Lethbridge Mounties

• Location: Lethbridge, AB
• League: Pioneer League 1992-1995
• Affiliation: co-op
• Ballpark:

Team History

The Lethbridge Mounties (based in Lethbridge, AB) joined the Pioneer League in 1992 as an independent club. They went 24-50 under Larry Milbourne, but avoided the league's worst record as the Medicine Hat Blue Jays were 23-52. The team had loaner players from the Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers to bolster their roster. Mitch House (.242/~.353/.379) was the team's top performer.

In 1993 they became even more reliant on loaners as the Pirates supplied 14 players, the Florida Marlins five and the Cleveland Indians one. Adrian Brown (.266/~.308/.323, 22 SB) made the majors eventually while fellow OF Willie Brown made the All-Star team after a .244/~.364/.516 season with a league-high 16 homers. The team went 29-44, again having the 7th-best record of the 8 Pioneer League teams.

Lethbridge was better in 1994 - by half a game at 29-43. Only their fellow independents, the Butte Copper Kings, did worse. The star was All-Star OF Chris Priest, who hit .307/.384/.546 with 14 homers and 19 steals in 72 games.

The Mounties were 25-47 in 1995, again seventh and ahead of Butte. The co-op/independent club had no All-Stars that season.

In 1996 Lethbridge got a much better club when the Arizona Diamondbacks decided to make it an affiliate, as the Lethbridge Black Diamonds.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Hitting Coach	Pitching Coach
1992	24-50	7th	Larry Milbourne	Jim Procopio	Jim Bennett
1993	29-44	7th	Phillip Wellman	Juan Bustabad	Bill Sizemore
1994	29-43	4th	Phillip Wellman	Rodney McCray	Bill Sizemore
1995	25-47	7th	Daniel Simonds