Portland MLB expansion team. The team finished in seventh place, only ahead of last-place Seattle who was also an expansion team that year. Here are some of those suggestions, plus ours. Following the 1945 season, Norgan purchased Klepper's share of the team becoming the team's new owner. The Class B team shared the use of Vaughn Street Park and was known as the Portland Pippins in 1911, but changed their name to the Portland Colts in 1912. In 2009, the city of Portland was awarded a Major League Soccer (MLS) expansion franchise for 2011, to be named the Portland Timbers. Then-Portland Mayor Vera Katz and other officials went to New York City to address the committee that was in charge of the Expos relocation. In their first season, classified as an independent league, the PCL featured six teams including the Browns. Portland, professional baseball's perpetual bridesmaid, is apparently on the short list of cities that could be getting a Major League Baseball team, at least according MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. The PCL expanded in 1978 and added a new team in Portland, calling themselves the Beavers, displacing the single-A Mavericks. Portland Diamond Project was formed to not just clothe and shoe an MLB team… Portland was second, splitting with both teams, and the Denver Bears were 1–3.[17]. Why not make an MLB team an homage to Portland’s scrappy independent baseball heroes of the 1970s? Kenworthy did manage the Beavers in 1924, replacing popular player-manager Jim Middleton. With America's entry into World War I, restrictions were placed on travel, such that the Beavers withdrew from the PCL for the 1918 season, playing instead in the Class B Pacific Coast International League. [4] During the 1904 season, the Browns finished with a record of 79–136. Portland’s newest professional hockey franchise will be nicknamed from one of five options that the team announced Thursday. Portland MLB. [4] Before the Portland franchise joined the PCL, the president of the Pacific Northwest League, Henry Lucas, was adamant in keeping the Portland franchise in his league. Replies. Portland Diamond Project needs to actually buy land for a stadium, and MLB needs to either move a franchise to Portland or add a new franchise to the mix. Now it needs a name. "Portland Beavers" won the contest,[22] and the team unveiled new logos and colors on January 29, 2008. Portland and Sacramento were the only two charter cities that had a team in the PCL as of 2010, the other cities having been taken over by Major League Baseball franchises. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. The team improved in 1935, finishing one game over .500, and then won the pennant in 1936, finishing 1½ games over runner-up Oakland, then winning the postseason series to capture the crown. Appearance on this list means the player attended the school, not that they played on the school's baseball team. Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your California Privacy Rights (each updated 1/1/21). The 1949 season began the integration of the Pacific Coast League as Frankie Austin and Luis Marquez became Beavers. Team Name: Portland Plaids Uniform: Primary would be blue and green, the secondary would be cool grey, tertiary would be red. Webfoots. A decade later, Beavers owner Joe Buzas moved the team after the 1993 season east to Salt Lake City,[18] where they became the Salt Lake Buzz in 1994 in a brand new ballpark. [23] The Beavers emphasized their connection to the three prior franchises with the notation "Est. The year also marked the end of their relationship with the Cleveland Indians. Why: The Beavers were the name of the Portland’s Pacific Coast League franchise from 1903-2010, winning nine league titles in the process. Charlotte _____? Portland Crows (From Reddit user UltraFinePointMarker). Prior to the Portland Thunder/Steel, Portland had the Arena Football League team the Portland Forest Dragons. [2] After the 2013 season, the Padres instead moved to El Paso, Texas and became the El Paso Chihuahuas. [19] The Portland Rockies played in the Rose City for the next six seasons and served an important role for the city, whose demand for a major league team was growing. Gregg finished the season with a 32–18 record and 14 shutouts while Krapp had a 29–16 record for the season. Reply. Lumberjacks are old-timey but not in a super problematic way. To see the full series, click here. Turner brought Walter McCredie back to manager the team in 1934, but he died early in the season and the team fell to the bottom half of the league. Mavericks. How about the Charlotte Checkers and the Portland Evergreens. In 1954 the team dropped again to the bottom of the league. Reply Delete. What about a team shared between Portland/Seattle and one for Cleveland/Cincinnati? In 1929, the Beavers changed their name to the Portland Ducks, bearing a duck on their uniform, and were also occasionally known that year as the Portland Rosebuds. And they’ve gotten some hints that MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred’s office wants to make a Portland team happen. But there has still been progress. MLB to Portland – Potential team names User Name: Remember Me: Password Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! The 1940 team was so bad, finishing 56–122, that they were still 25 games behind the seventh-place team (the league had eight teams at that time). The Hops won the NWL title in 2014 and again in 2015, averaging more than 3,700 in attendance for 38 regular season home games. In 1910, Portland won another pennant behind the pitching of Vean Gregg and Gene Krapp. [28][30][31][32] None of these sites progressed past initial discussions. Blue Socks? What's your favorite? The open league was a step above Triple-A, and was an attempt by the Pacific Coast League to be considered the third major league. In 1983, the Beavers won the PCL pennant, the first for Portland in 47 years. So maybe we should just name the team after what half of us are: bar owners. I propose the new baseball team (if we get one) be named the Portland Pathfinders. In 2007, owner Merritt Paulson announced that he was considering changing the name of the team to prevent confusion with the Oregon State University teams from Corvallis. [24] The Portland City Council approved a $31 million agreement to renovate PGE Park to a soccer- and football-only stadium, with the condition that a new ballpark be built in Portland for the Beavers by 2011.[25]. The Beavers finished last in 1907, and second in 1908 and 1909. "The grand gamble of the pro leagues", now the idea of pro team sports in sin city is a debate in its own. Gregory did this because he felt it was not right that no memento was given to the players from the 1936 championship team. You decide. John McMillan, courtesy of Oregon State University, Mark Graves , Mark Graves. After the 2012 season, the NWL Yakima Bears relocated to a new 4,500-seat stadium in the northwest suburb of Hillsboro and became the Hillsboro Hops. He pitched 25 innings for the Beavers, striking out 19 and giving up 18 earned runs without recording a decision. [4], Before the 1905 season, professional baseball player Walt McCredie and former Republican U.S. House member from Washington Judge William Wallace McCredie purchased the Portland franchise. Portland Diamond Project charter investors include names from Nike, Avamere, MLB A group of mostly-local charter investors has funded the Portland Diamond Project's splashy design renderings, legal services, government relations and branding in its effort to bring a Major League Baseball team and stadium... Read Article . The team continued to improve in 1932, winning Portland its first pennant since 1914. The Official Site of Minor League Baseball web site includes features, news, rosters, statistics, schedules, teams, live game radio broadcasts, and video clips. Bad? [28] That was until the Portland Pickles collegiate wood bat team began play in 2016 at Walker Stadium. Portland vs. Seattle would be a fun rivalry to watch. Pro baseball in Portland has had many different names over the past 150 years, each adding a layer to the game’s legacy in the Rose City. In 1956, the Beavers left the now-demolished Vaughn Street Park to move into 25,000-seat Multnomah Stadium, today's Providence Park. Truitt would later be known as the "Dean of Pacific Coast League broadcasters." We live in uncertain times. Somehow, the Beavers still moved up in the league, finishing second in 1944. Benevento retired at the end of the 1966 season and was given a new car. Oregon Governor Earl Snell presented a commemorative watch and gold and diamond ring to each player at the banquet. Some forums can only be seen by registered members. Seattle has been the only MLB team in the Northwest now for 30 years and California already has 5 teams. In 1970, Portland was granted an NBA expansion franchise and team officials announced a name-the-team contest. Longtime head groundskeeper Rocky Benevento started working for the Beavers in 1927. If you don’t like crows, how do you feel about pigeons? https://www.oregonlive.com/.../2017/09/possible_names_for_a_portland.html Name: The Beavers. Despite having Duffy Lewis on the team in 1925 (winning the PCL batting title), Elmer Smith in 1926 and 1927 (leading the PCL in home runs in 1926 and all of minor league baseball in home runs in 1927), and Ike Boone in 1928, the Beavers continued to finish in the bottom half of the league. After being without a team in 1994, the Class A Rockies of the Northwest League relocated from Bend for the 1995 season. Learn about Portland’s baseball past and prepare for the next chapter. Ballpark Digest. In 2010, the Beavers were sold to Jeff Moorad, owner of the San Diego Padres. The Portland Beavers was the name of separate minor league baseball teams, which represented Portland, Oregon, in the Pacific Coast League (PCL). Vote below or comment with another idea. Throughout most of the 1960s, the Beavers were the Triple-A affiliate of the American League Cleveland Indians, nurturing such future stars as "Sudden" Sam McDowell, Lou "Mad Dog" Piniella, and Luis "El Gigante" Tiant. As for uniform elements…I think it would be cool to create a modern-heritage feel by combining technical fabrics along with wool, felt, … [29] Other locations in the Portland area were considered for the ballpark, including a vacant terminal at the Port of Portland, Delta Park, the Portland Expo Center, Portland Meadows, the Westwood Corporation Heliport site, a building owned by Portland Public Schools near the Rose Quarter, and suburban locations in Beaverton, Clackamas, and Vancouver, Washington. Due to the Korean War, among other issues, the stadium never came to fruition. The team drew, up to then, a team record of 421,000 fans that season. The name change didn't change the team's luck as they finished with a 90–112 record. [4] The 1906 Beavers were recognized as one of the 100 greatest minor league teams of all time.[8]. After the 1954 season the team went up for sale to the community via public stock, which resulted in 2,400 new owners for the 1955 season. Clay Hopper, who had been Jackie Robinson's manager when he played for the Montreal Royals in 1946, was named the team's manager in 1952. Portland's new amateur baseball team has a home. The team also brought back the name "Lucky Beavers" as part of a sleeve patch on their alternate jersey. Portland … Shefter bought the team from Turner. Though the 1915 Beavers featured future Hall of Famer Stan Coveleski, the team didn't fare too well, and started into a tailspin that would last for over a decade. This year also marked the first year the Pacific Coast League was classified by the NAPBL as an "open league." The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. The Portland Beavers was the name of separate minor league baseball teams, which represented Portland, Oregon, in the Pacific Coast League (PCL). The team came back that season with their first winning record since 1937. The management of the team began referring to the team as the "Lucky Beavers" and Vaughn Street Park was known as "Lucky Beaver Stadium." What better way to show our respect for Oregon’s wildfire fighters than by naming the team after them? Either would work. The Portland Diamond Project, which is backing a bid for a Major League Baseball stadium and team in Portland, asked citizens to suggest club names. [6] The Browns finished their first season fifth in the PCL. For the first time since 1894, Portland was without professional baseball. With no suitable Portland location available, in July 2010, Paulson announced that he was putting the team up for sale and relocation. Portlanders are so into beer it’s almost like, are we onto something new yet? Klepper had brought Seattle player-manager Bill Kenworthy down to manage the Beavers, only Seattle claimed Kenworthy was still under contract and that Klepper had tampered in the matter. 4/11/19. [4] During the 1905 season, the PCL was re-classified as a Class-A league in minor league baseball. [14][15] As PCL champs in 1983, the Beavers participated in the first Triple-A World Series, a three-team round-robin competition in Louisville with the champions of the International League and the American Association. The team was renamed the Stingers in 2001, and have been the Bees since the 2006 season. is apparently on the short list of cities that could be getting a Major League Baseball team, Redditors are coming up with possible names for the team. Following the 2010 season, the Beavers were placed for sale and relocation because of the lack of a suitable stadium in Portland, as PGE Park was being remodeled into a soccer-only configuration for Major League Soccer's 2011 expansion Portland Timbers. The new team in Sacramento was known as the Sacramento Senators, and could be considered a continuation of the original Portland Baseball Club. But most of all, they’ve got money. Despite winning the pennant, the team lost to San Francisco in the first round of the playoffs. A more general and all-purpose animal team name could be the salmon. In 1943, William Klepper, with partner George Norgan buying a minority share, purchased the Beavers. [10] The 1924 season was also noteworthy in that future Hall of Famer Mickey Cochrane played on the team. If there are Ducks fans ignorant enough to not support a potential Portland MLB franchise because the team name, which also happens to be the state animal, is the same as OSU’s mascot, then I don’t think that franchise would want those people as fans anyways. Due to U.S. involvement in the war, the available pool of baseball players in the nation was ravaged. Orcas are both cute and ferocious. Reply . Carolina ... How about just moving the Charlotte Knights up to MLB Status that way we wouldn't have to think of an expansion team name. My youth soccer club was called Reign so I can contribute some cheers. Let’s be the first! What about New Orleans, Nashville, Las Vegas and others? Oaks? The single-A Portland Rockies moved up the Columbia River to Pasco and became the Tri-City Dust Devils in 2001. [1] The team temporarily moved to southern Arizona and became the Tucson Padres while awaiting a new purpose-built stadium in their planned future home of Escondido, California. [10] According to The Portland Beavers, a book by Kip Carlson and Paul Andresen, "The feisty Klepper went to court and had the decision overturned, supposedly the only time that Landis ever had a ruling reversed." With the change the Beavers rose to fifth place, only nine games back of first. Tuesday's official announcement that an amateur baseball team will play home games at Lents Park in east Portland … The Portland area is home to Nike, adidas, Under Armour and Columbia Sportswear, to name a few. From 1911 to 1914 the Portland Beavers had their own farm team which played in the Northwest League (renamed the Pacific Coast International League in 1918). [4] The team was then renamed the Portland Giants and Walter McCredie was named the player-manager of the team. The team folded after the 2016 season. Klepper brought in the 35-year old Jim Thorpe, who played outfield and first base with the Beavers in 1922,[9] paying him a then-unheard of minor league salary of US$1,000 per month. It rolls off the tongue for one. Is there a more regal fish than the mighty steelhead trout? The Portland Publicans (HandMeMyThinkingPipe). This isn't exactly blazer related but Twitter is useless for feedback and us blazer fans are loyal to sports in Portland, so hear me out. For almost a year, the Portland Diamond Project has largely been silent on closing the purchase of land for an MLB ballpark. Of the more than 10,000 entries, … The site, however, proved to be too small. [5] A team in the Pacific Northwest League was formed called the Portland Green Gages, which folded early in its first season. The team was established in … Though tied for third overall during the regular season,[11] the Beavers won the second half division title by four games,[12] defeated first-half winner Edmonton Trappers in four games (3–1) to take the Northern Division title,[13] then swept the three-time defending champion Albuquerque Dukes in three games in the finals to capture the league championship. © 2021 Advance Local Media LLC. Over on r/Portland, Redditors are coming up with possible names for the team. [21] Possible new names and logos were unveiled, and a vote was staged on the team website. Portland has been part of the MLB expansion/relocation discussion since the early 2000s. Let me introduce you to the nutria! He was fired mid-season, though, as he was not able to generate support from the players. the Woods? 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