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unusual facts about American Association of Independent Professional Baseball



Amarillo Sox

In 2010, businessman Quint Studer sold his American Association franchise, the Pensacola Pelicans, to the Amarillo group as part of a series of purchases aimed at bringing an affiliated Double-A team to Pensacola.

Lee Cruz

Lee Cruz returned to the Kansas City TBones Kansas City T-Bones of the American Association on July 13, 2012.

Cruz had his contract purchased by the Kansas City TBones Kansas City T-Bones of the American Association on April 17, 2012.

The Long Island Ducks announced on August 28, 2012 that they have acquired outfielder Lee Cruz from the Kansas City T-Bones of the American Association in exchange for a player to be named later.

Salvi Sports Enterprises

Salvi Sports owns the Gary SouthShore RailCats of the American Association, the North Shore Navigators of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League, and the Schaumburg Boomers of the Frontier League.

Sports in Texas

The Fort Worth Cats are a team in Fort Worth, Texas that has won 3 straight championships, one in the Central Baseball League and the last two in the American Association.

Tyler Graham

So far in 2013, Graham has played for York, the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks and the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the American Association, and the Rojos del Águila de Veracruz of the Mexican League.

Yurendell DeCaster

He entered 2012 with the Olmecas de Tabasco, before joining the independent Winnipeg Goldeyes of the American Association during the midseason.


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