Rimini

Rimini is an Italian baseball team who have played in Serie A1. Home games are played at Stadio dei Pirati in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna. They have won league titles in 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2015 and 2017. They won the European Cup in 1976, 1979 and 1989 and have also claimed numerous Silver Medals in the Cup.

Jason Simontacchi played for Rimini in 2000 before making his way to the Majors. Other MLB players who played for Rimini: Pete Falcone, Rick Waits, Mark Funderburk, Dave Nilsson, Josh Phelps, Chuck Carr, Tom Urbani, Tony Fiore, Alex Romero and Ray Olmedo. In 2019 Rimini pulled out of Serie A1 just before the start of the season because of financial problems. They had played continuously in Serie A1 since 1973, had posted winning records each season of the decade and having won titles in two of their past four years.

Rimini Pirates stadium.

Yearly Record in Playoff Era

Year	Record	Manager	Playoffs	European Competition
1986	37-11	Jim Mansilla	Runner-Up
1987	28-14	Ray Carrion	Champions
1988	27-15	Greg Sabat	Champions	Runner-Up
1989	30-12	Rick Waits	Runner-Up	Champions
1990	59-7	John Long	Runner-Up	Runner-Up
1991	28-8		Semi Final
1992	23-13	Rick Waits	Champions
1993	21-15		Runner-Up	4th Place
1994	34-14		Semi Final	Champions
1995	30-24
1996	33-21	Mauro Mazzotti	Semi Final
1997	28-26	Mauro Mazzotti
1998	31-17	Mike Romano	Runner-Up
1999	40-8	Mauro Mazzotti	Champions
2000	37-11	Mike Romano	Champions	Runner-Up
2001	43-11	Mike Romano	Runner-Up	3rd Place
2002	39-15	Mike Romano	Champions
2003	36-18	Mike Romano	Semi Final	Runner-Up
2004	29-25	Mike Romano
2005	33-21	Mike Romano	Semi Final
2006	25-23	Mike Romano	Champions
2007	21-21	Mike Romano		3rd Place
2008	19-23	Mike Romano/Pedro Jova/Christian Catanoso (co-managers)
2009	30-12	Mauro Mazzotti	Semi Final
2010	27-15	Mauro Mazzotti	Semi Final	3rd Place
2011	24-18	Larry Olenberger/Chris Catanoso
2012	28-14	Chris Catanoso	Runner-Up
2013	27-9	Chris Catanoso	Runner-Up	Runner-Up
2014	22-16	Chris Catanoso	Runner-Up	Runner-Up
2015	27-19	Orlando Muñoz	Champions	3rd Place
2016	22-14	Orlando Muñoz	Runner-Up	Runner-Up
2017	20-14	Paolo Ceccaroli	Champions	5th Place
2018	23-5	Paolo Ceccaroli	Semi Final	Runner-Up
2021	13-18	Mike Romano

Website

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