Portland Sea Dogs

• Location: Portland, ME
• League: Eastern League 1994-2019; Double-A Northeast 2021; Eastern League 2022-
• Affiliation: Florida Marlins 1994-2002; Boston Red Sox 2003-present
• Ballpark: Hadlock Field
• Famous Alumni: Josh Beckett, Luis Castillo, Livan Hernandez, Charles Johnson, Kevin Millar, Jonathan Papelbon, Brad Penny, Edgar Renteria

Team History

The Portland Sea Dogs, of the Double-A Eastern League and briefly in Double-A Northeast, were the first minor league team in the Portland, ME, area since the Maine Guides left after the 1988 season. The Boston Red Sox farmhands play their home games at Hadlock Field in Portland.

The Sea Dogs franchise arrived in 1994, originally playing as part of the Florida Marlins farm system in a brand-new downtown stadium. Beginning with the two-year affiliation cycle that started in 2003, they succeeded the Trenton Thunder in the local-favorite Boston Red Sox's system - which makes plenty more sense.

The Sea Dogs have advanced to the Eastern League playoffs eight times in their history, capturing their only circuit title in 2006.

In late 2022, Sea Dogs' ownership signed an agreement to sell the club to Diamond Baseball Holdings, the entity created by entertainment giant Endeavor Group Holdings but later sold to Silver Lake Partners. When the sale closed in early 2023, DBH reached a milestone: owning 10 percent of MLB's 120 farm teams. The group's initial nine-team purchase took it from nowhere on the list of minors operators to the one with the most teams - by more than double.

The Dogs play Copa de la Diversión Hispanic engagement campaign games as Alces de Maine (Maine Moose).

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Affiliation	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach	Coach
1994	Marlins	60-81	4th	Carlos Tosca		Jose Castro	Marty DeMerritt
1995	Marlins	86-56	1st	Carlos Tosca	Lost in 1st round	Jeff Pentland	Rich Gale
1996	Marlins	83-58	2nd	Carlos Tosca	Lost League Finals	Jeff Pentland, Ken Joyce	Britt Burns
1997	Marlins	79-63	2nd	Fredi Gonzalez	Lost League Finals	Sal Rende	Britt Burns
1998	Marlins	66-75	7th	Lynn Jones			Brian Peterson
1999	Marlins	65-77	9th (t)	Frank Cacciatore		Jose Castro	Steve Luebber
2000	Marlins	71-70	8th	Rick Renteria		Jose Castro	Steve Luebber
2001	Marlins	77-65	4th (t)	Rick Renteria		Jose Castro	Jeff Andrews
2002	Marlins	63-77	5th (tie)	Eric Fox		Matt Raleigh	Tom Signore
2003	Red Sox	72-70	3rd	Ron Johnson		Mark Budaska	Bob Kipper
2004	Red Sox	69-73	4th (tie)	Ron Johnson		Russ Morman	Bob Kipper
2005	Red Sox	77-66	2nd (tie)	Todd Claus	Lost League Finals	Russ Morman	Fernando Arroyo
2006	Red Sox	72-67	4th	Todd Claus	League Champs	Russ Morman	Ace Adams
2007	Red Sox	71-72	6th	Arnie Beyeler	Lost in 1st round	Russ Morman	Mike Cather
2008	Red Sox	74-66	4th	Arnie Beyeler	Lost in 1st round	Dave Joppie	Mike Cather
2009	Red Sox	67-74	9th	Arnie Beyeler		Dave Joppie	Mike Cather
2010	Red Sox	70-71	7th	Arnie Beyeler		Dave Joppie	Bob Kipper	Mickey Jiang
2011	Red Sox	59-83	12th	Kevin Boles		Dave Joppie	Bob Kipper	Mickey Jiang
2012	Red Sox	68-73	8th	Kevin Boles		Dave Joppie	Bob Kipper
2013	Red Sox	68-73	8th (t)	Kevin Boles		Rich Gedman	Bob Kipper
2014	Red Sox	88-54	1st	Billy McMillon	Lost in 1st round	Rich Gedman	Bob Kipper
2015	Red Sox	53-89	12th	Billy McMillon		Dave Joppie	Kevin Walker
2016	Red Sox	55-84	11th	Carlos Febles		Jon Nunnally	Kevin Walker	Mickey Jiang
2017	Red Sox	65-74	7th	Carlos Febles		Lee May	Kevin Walker	Mickey Jiang
2018	Red Sox	63-76	10th	Darren Fenster		Lee May	Paul Abbott
2019	Red Sox	62-77	10th	Joe Oliver		Lee May	Paul Abbott
2020	Season cancelled
2021	Red Sox	67-47	4th	Corey Wimberly		Lance Zawadzki	Lance Carter	Ako Thomas
2022	Red Sox	75-63	5th	Chad Epperson	Lost in 1st round	Doug Clark	Lance Carter	Chris Hess, Katie Krall
2023	Red Sox	73-63	4th	Chad Epperson		Doug Clark	Sean Isaac	Pablo Cabrera (minors), Mickey Jiang, Justin Frometa
2024	Red Sox			Chad Epperson		Chris Hess	Sean Isaac	Kyle Sasala, Mickey Jiang, Justin Frometa

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