Fort Wayne TinCaps

• Location: Fort Wayne, IN
• League: Midwest League 2009-2019; High-A Central 2021; Midwest League 2022-
• Affiliation: San Diego Padres 2009-present
• Ballpark: Parkview Field

Team History

The Fort Wayne TinCaps, of the Midwest League and briefly in High-A Central, are nicknamed for John "Johnny Appleseed" Chapman, who is buried in Fort Wayne; legend says his cooking pot doubled as a cap. The San Diego Padres farmhands play their home games at Parkview Field in Fort Wayne, IN.

In its first season under the new identity, the team finished first by 12 games, winning both halves of the Eastern Division season, then won the MwL crown by defeating the Burlington Bees in the finals. The old identity was Fort Wayne Wizards, the brand the Kenosha Twins adopted when they brought professional baseball back to Fort Wayne in 1993. They changed brands to TinCaps in conjunction with their 2009 into The View.

The city's baseball history includes the First game in major league history in 1871 - but the city lost its last previous pro team in 1935.

MLB's 2021 Minor League Reorganization raised the 'Caps, and most of the MwL, one level. The over-arching goal was to lessen distances between parent and farm clubs, but the Padres wanted to keep their players in the Summit City. Speaking of nicknames, Fort Wayne's is that because it was the highest point on the 1820s-era Wabash & Erie Canal.

The TinCaps play Copa de la Diversión Hispanic biennial engagement campaign games as Manzanas Luchadoras de Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne Fighting Apples).

Year by Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach	Coach
2009	94-46	1st	Doug Dascenzo	League Champs	Tom Tornincasa	Tom Bradley
2010	77-63	5th	Jose Flores		Tom Tornincasa	Bronswell Patrick
2011	69-70	9th	Shawn Wooten	Lost in 2nd round	Kory DeHaan	Willie Blair
2012	69-71	8th	José Valentin	Lost League Finals	Jacque Jones	Willie Blair
2013	72-67	6th	José Valentin	Lost in 2nd round	Morgan Burkhart	Burt Hooton
2014	63-76	12th	Michael Collins	Lost in 2nd round	Morgan Burkhart	Burt Hooton
2015	77-61	3rd	Francisco Morales	Lost in 1st round	Lance Burkhart	Burt Hooton
2016	62-78	13th	Anthony Contreras		Lance Burkhart / Vinny Lopez	Burt Hooton	Vinny Lopez / Raul Padron
2017	68-72	10th	Anthony Contreras	Lost League Finals	Doug Banks	Burt Hooton	Jhonny Carvajal
2018	64-74	11th (t)	Anthony Contreras		Jon Mathews	Burt Hooton	Jhonny Carvajal
2019	62-76	12th	Anthony Contreras		Jon Mathews	Burt Hooton	Jhonny Carvajal
2020	Season cancelled
2021	54-66	10th	Anthony Contreras		Jon Mathews	Jimmy Jones	Felipe Blanco
2022	50-80	12th	Brian Esposito		Randolph Gassaway	Jimmy Jones	Jhonaldo Pozo
2023	69-63	4th (t)	Jon Mathews	Lost in 1st round	Aaron Bray	Carlos Chavez	Jerry Downs, Brian Burres
2024			Mike Daly		Jed Morris	Thomas Eshelman	Jhonaldo Pozo

Related Sites

• Official site
• Tincaps Myspace page