Pensacola Blue Wahoos

• Location: Pensacola, FL
• League: Southern League 2012-2019; Double-A South 2021; Southern League 2022-
• Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds 2012-2018; Minnesota Twins 2019-2020; Miami Marlins 2021-present
• Ballpark: Blue Wahoos Stadium

Team History

Members of the Blue Angels throw out the first pitch at a Blue Wahoos game in 2013

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos, of the Double-A Southern League and briefly in Double-A South, replaced an independent team when its owner, Quint Studer, sold that club to buy and move the Carolina Mudcats. The Miami Marlins farmhands play their home games at Blue Wahoos Stadium in Pensacola, FL.

The team's name was chosen through a name-the-team contest, beating out finalists Aviators, Redbones, Salty Dogs, Loggerheads and Mullets. In 2015, PGA star and Pensacola native Bubba Watson purchased a minority share in the team.

The indy team, the Pensacola Pelicans, had played eight seasons by the bay after the city went 40 years with no professional ball.

Studer, who started his career teaching in Janesville, WI, put together the deal that saved minor-league baseball for nearby Beloit, WI, and now owns both clubs.

MLB's 2021 Minor League Reorganization left the Wahoos in Double-A but moved them into the Marlins' farm system. The Marlins became Pensacola's third different parent already, following the Cincinnati Reds (2012-2018) and Minnesota Twins (2019), but it makes sense in the context of the reorganization as both parents shortened distances to farm clubs: the Twins by moving their Double-A players from Pensacola to Wichita, KS, and the Marlins by putting their Triple-A players in Jacksonville, FL, instead of Wichita while keeping their Double-A prospects in Florida - albeit four hours farther away.

On April 22, 2017, Reds farmhand Tyler Mahle threw the first Southern League perfect game since 1970.[1]

The Wahoos play Copa de la Diversión Hispanic engagement campaign games as the Pensacola Pok-Ta-Pok - an ancient Mayan game, the first known ball sport in the Americas, that has similarities with both basketball and soccer.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach	Coach
2012	68-70	7th	Jim Riggleman		Tony Jaramillo	Tom Brown
2013	59-79	8th (t)	Delino DeShields		Dick Schofield	Tom Brown
2014	60-80	9th(t)	Delino DeShields		Alex Pelaez	Jeff Fassero
2015	63-75	8th	Pat Kelly	Lost in 1st round	Alex Pelaez	Jeff Fassero
2016	81-59	2nd	Pat Kelly	Lost in 1st round	Alex Pelaez	Danny Darwin	Todd Takayoshi
2017	74-66	3rd	Pat Kelly	League Co-Champs	Gookie Dawkins	Danny Darwin	Dick Schofield
2018	69-68	4th	Jody Davis	Lost in 1st round	Mike Devereaux	Danny Darwin/Tony Fossas / James Baldwin	Lenny Harris
2019	76-63	4th	Ramon Borrego	Lost in 1st round	Steve Singleton	Cibney Bello Justin Willard
2020	Season cancelled
2021	57-54	5th	Kevin Randel		Scott Seabol	Tim Norton	Jose Ceballos
2022	68-63	3rd	Kevin Randel	League Champs	Scott Seabol	Dave Eiland	Frank Moore
2023	79-57	1st	Kevin Randel	Lost League Finals	Matt Snyder	Dave Eiland	Danny Black
2024			Kevin Randel		Jason Krizan	Jerad Eickhoff	Danny Black

Further Reading

• Matt Monagan: "Are these the worst uniforms ever? 'It was just a vision in my head. Which I'm not sure is a good thing.'", mlb.com, August 10, 2021. [2]

External Link

• The Pensacola Blue Wahoos
• Reds affiliate heading to Pensacola