ASHEVILLE TOURISTS

The 'Asheville Tourists' are a minor league baseball team in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. They are a Class A team in the South Atlantic League and have been a farm team of the Colorado Rockies since 1994. They were previously affiliated with the Boston Red Sox (1934), St. Louis Cardinals (1935-42), Brooklyn Dodgers (1946-51, 1953-55), Philadelphia Phillies (1959-60), Pittsburgh Pirates (1961-66), Houston Astros (1967, 1982-93), Cincinnati Reds (1968-70), Chicago White Sox (1971) and Texas Rangers (1976-81).
The Tourists play home games at McCormick Field. The park opened in 1924. It was renovated in 1959, and renovated again for the 1992 season. McCormick Field seats 4,000 fans, and is often joked about because of its scoreboard, which reads "Visitors" in the guest slot and "Tourists" in the home slot.
In 1968, the Tourists won the Southern League championship under manager Sparky Anderson. Anderson went on to manage the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers during his 26 years in Major League Baseball.
In mid-2005 the Tourists owner Peter "Woody" Kern, who had owned the team since 1981, sold the team to Palace Sports and Entertainment, owners of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Detroit Pistons, and part owner of the Detroit Shock. Currently, their manager is Joe Mikulik, who is now known for his 2006 tirade after being ejected from the June 25 game against the Lexington Legends. The very animated tantrum was shown on newscasts nationwide. [1]

Contents

Year-by-Year Record

Current Roster

External links

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1915	74-46	1st	Jack Corbett	none 'League Champs'
1916	58-54	4th	Jack Corbett	none
1917	12-16	--	Ernest "Doc" Ferris	Team disbanded May 18
1924	58-63	5th	Bob Higgins	none
1925	66-63	5th	Bob Higgins / Larry Gardner	none
1926	80-66	2nd	Larry Gardner	none
1927	76-73	4th	Larry Gardner	none
1928	97-49	1st	Ray Kennedy	none
1929	84-62	2nd	Mike Kennedy	Lost League Finals
1930	79-61	3rd	George Speirs
1931	66-67	4th	Ray Kennedy / Bobby Hipps
1932	35-33	--	Joe Guyon	Team disbanded July 7
1934	34-59 (55-78 overall)	5th	Bill Laval / Possum Whitted		Columbia moved to Asheville June 7
1935	75-62	1st	Billy Southworth	Lost League Finals
1936	40-103	6th	Billy Southworth
1937	89-50	1st	Hal Anderson	Lost in 1st round
1938	63-75	7th	Hal Anderson
1939	89-55	1st	Hal Anderson	'League Champs'
1940	75-60	2nd	Tommy West	Lost in 1st round
1941	64-76	7th	Nick Cullop
1942	61-77	6th	Bill DeLancey
1946	83-57	2nd	Bill Sayles	Lost in 1st round
1947	65-74	6th	Bill Sayles
1948	95-51	1st	Clay Bryant	Lost in 1st round
1949	76-71	3rd	Ed Head	Lost in 1st round
1950	83-62	2nd	Clay Bryant	Lost League Finals
1951	85-55	2nd	Ray Hathaway	Lost League Finals
1952	65-75	5th	William Hart / George Tesnow
1953	83-67	2nd	Ray Hathaway	Lost in 1st round
1954	86-54	1st	Ray Hathaway	Lost League Finals
1955	53-63	3rd	Earl Naylor
1959	70-70	5th	Clyde McCullough
1960	62-77	6th	Chuck Kress
1961	87-50	1st	Ray Hathaway	none 'League Champs'
1962	70-70	4th	Ray Hathaway	Lost in 1st round
1963	79-61	2nd	Ray Hathaway
1964	52-86	8th	Ray Hathaway (28-53) / Bob Clear (24-33)	none
1965	80-60	2nd	Pete Peterson	none
1966	78-61	2nd	Pete Peterson	none
1967	64-74	10th	Chuck Churn
1968	86-54	1st	Sparky Anderson	none 'League Champs'
1969	69-69	3rd	Alex Cosmidis	none
1970	59-80	8th	Jim Snyder	none
1971	90-51	2nd	Larry Sherry	Lost League Finals
1976	76-62	1st	Wayne Terwilliger	Lost League Finals
1977	81-58	2nd	Wayne Terwilliger
1978	73-67	4th	Wayne Terwilliger	none
1979	75-63	2nd	Wayne Terwilliger
1980	69-71	5th	Tom Robson
1981	74-68	4th	Tom Robson
1982	65-76	8th	Dave Cripe
1983	64-80	9th (t)	Tom Spencer
1984	73-70	5th	Tom Spencer	'League Champs'
1985	76-62	4th	Fred Hatfield
1986	90-50	2nd	Ken Bolek	Lost League Finals
1987	91-48	1st	Keith Bodie	Lost League Finals
1988	65-75	9th	Gary Tuck / Jim Coveney
1989	68-70	8th	Jim Coveney
1990	66-77	9th	Frank Cacciatore
1991	55-83	14th	Frank Cacciatore
1992	74-66	4th	Tim Tolman
1993	51-88	14th	Bobby Ramos
1994	60-73	11th	Tony Torchia
1995	76-63	5th	Bill McGuire	Lost in 1st round
1996	84-52	1st	P.J. Carey	Lost in 2nd round
1997	62-76	12th	Ron Gideon
1998	71-69	7th	Ron Gideon
1999	64-77	11th	Jim Eppard
2000	66-69	8th (t)	Joe Mikulik
2001	68-71	9th	Joe Mikulik
2002	64-74	12th	Joe Mikulik
2003	74-65	6th	Joe Mikulik
2004	64-75	13th	Joe Mikulik
2005	71-67	10th	Joe Mikulik
2006	74-63	6th	Joe Mikulik
2007

Current Roster

'Active (25-man) roster'				'Coaches/Other'
'Pitchers' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ [2] updated 6/18/07		'Catchers' ★ ★ 'Infielders' ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 'Outfielders' ★ ★ ★ ★		'Manager' ★ 'Coaches' ★ (pitching) ★ (hitting)

External links

★ Official site

★ PalaceNet - PS&E press release on Tourists purchase