Bowie Baysox

• Location: Bowie, MD
• League: Eastern League 1993-2019; Double-A Northeast 2021; Eastern League 2022-2024
• Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles 1993-present
• Ballpark: Memorial Stadium 1993; Prince George's Stadium 1994-2024

Team History

The Bowie Baysox, of the Double-A Eastern League and briefly in Double-A Northeast, played their first season - 1993 - at their parent Baltimore Orioles' former home, Memorial Stadium. The Orioles farmhands now play their home games at Prince George's Stadium in Bowie, MD.

The season in Memorial was planned, with the old yard vacant after the Birds moved into Oriole Park at Camden Yards. PGS was not ready on time, though, and the Baysox played their home games at other parks for the first two months of the 1994 campaign.

The Baysox franchise has been with the Orioles since 1989, when it was still the Hagerstown Suns - now the sixth longest partnership among teams without common ownership. Bowie is in the Washington Nationals' protected territory but pre-dates the former Montreal Expos' move there by 11 years, so their territorial rights have been grandfathered. Bowie is roughly halfway between Baltimore and Washington.

In 2008, the Baysox had a remarkable season in the field with the Minor League Player of the Year in catcher Matt Wieters, the Eastern League Most Valuable Player and Triple Crown-winning center fielder in Luis Montanez, and the EL Pitcher of the Year in Brad Bergesen. The team finished second overall in the standings, two games behind the Trenton Thunder, but lost in the first round of the playoffs.

The Baysox play Copa de la Diversión Hispanic engagement campaign games as Cangrejos Fantasmas de Chesapeake (Chesapeake Ghost Crabs). In 2025, they changed their name to the Chesapeake Baysox.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach	Coach
1993	72-68	3rd	Don Buford	Lost in 1st round	Joe Durham	John O'Donoghue
1994	84-58	2nd	Pete Mackanin	Lost in 1st round	Al Bumbry	John O'Donoghue
1995	68-74	6th	Bob Miscik		Craig Faulkner	Chris Lein
1996	54-88	10th	Bob Miscik (4-4) / Moe Drabowsky (0-1) / Tim Blackwell (50-83)		Dan Simonds	Chris Lein
1997	75-67	3rd	Joe Ferguson	Lost in 1st round	Bien Figueroa	Larry McCall
1998	71-71	6th	Joe Ferguson		Bien Figueroa	Bo McLaughlin
1999	70-71	6th	Joe Ferguson		Bien Figueroa	Dave Schmidt
2000	65-77	10th	Andy Etchebarren		Butch Davis	Dave Schmidt
2001	59-82	11th	Dave Machemer		Bien Figueroa	Tom Burgmeier
2002	55-85	11th	Dave Cash (29-59) / Dave Stockstill (26-26)		Frank Klebe	Tom Burgmeier
2003	69-72	8th	Dave Trembley		Butch Davis	Dave Schuler
2004	73-69	5th	Dave Trembley		Butch Davis	Larry McCall
2005	74-68	4th (t)	Don Werner		Butch Davis	Larry McCall
2006	67-74	8th	Don Werner		Moe Hill	Scott McGregor
2007	72-68	5th	Bien Figueroa		Moe Hill	Scott McGregor
2008	84-58	2nd	Brad Komminsk	Lost in 1st round	Moe Hill	Mike Griffin
2009	73-69	5th	Brad Komminsk		Moe Hill	Larry McCall
2010	75-67	5th	Brad Komminsk		Moe Hill	Kennie Steenstra
2011	75-66	4th	Gary Kendall		Denny Hocking	Kennie Steenstra	Einar Diaz
2012	78-64	3rd	Gary Kendall	Lost in 1st round	Denny Hocking	Kennie Steenstra
2013	71-71	5th	Gary Kendall		Butch Davis	Blaine Beatty	Scott Thomas
2014	72-70	6th	Gary Kendall		Butch Davis	Blaine Beatty	Kyle Moore
2015	79-63	2nd	Gary Kendall	League Champs	Keith Bodie	Alan Mills
2016	56-86	12th	Gary Kendall		Howie Clark	Alan Mills	Shawn McGill
2017	72-68	4th (t)	Gary Kendall	Lost in 1st round	Butch Davis	Kennie Steenstra
2018	67-71	6th	Gary Kendall		Keith Bodie	Kennie Steenstra
2019	76-64	5th	Buck Britton	Lost League Finals	Keith Bodie	Kennie Steenstra	Josh Conway
2020	Season cancelled
2021	73-47	2nd	Buck Britton	Lost League Finals	Ryan Fuller	Justin Ramsey	Jeff Kunkel, Grant Anders
2022	68-70	7th	Kyle Moore		Branden Becker	Josh Conway	Tim DeJohn, Billy Facteau
2023	67-70	7th	Kyle Moore		Sherman Johnson	Forrest Herrmann	Tim DeJohn, Ryan Goll
2024	62-75	9th	Roberto Mercado		Josh Bunselmeyer	Austin Meine	Chase Sebby

External Links

• The Official Website of the Bowie Baysox