San Antonio Missions

• Location: San Antonio, TX
• League: Texas League 1933-1942, 1946-1962, 1968-1971, 1988-2018; Pacific Coast League 2019; Double-A Central 2021; Texas League 2022-
• Affiliation: St. Louis Browns 1933-1953; Baltimore Orioles 1954-1958; Chicago Cubs 1959-1962, 1968-1971; Los Angeles Dodgers 1988-2000; Seattle Mariners 2001-2006; San Diego Padres 2007-2018; Milwaukee Brewers 2019-2020; San Diego Padres 2021-present
• Ballpark: Tech Field 1933-1946; Mission Stadium 1947-64; V. J. Keefe Memorial Stadium 1968-93; Municipal Stadium 1994-95; Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium 1995-present

Team History

First pitch at Missions game in 2012

The San Antonio Missions, formerly of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, briefly in Double-A Central, and now in the Double-A Texas League, are in the largest U.S. city that does not have MLB. The San Diego Padres farmhands play their home games at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium in San Antonio, TX.

After 118 Double-A campaigns between 1888 and 2018, mostly in the Texas League, the city landed Triple-A when three commonly owned teams moved in 2019. However, after the Coronavirus pandemic killed the 2020 season, MLB's 2021 Minor League Reorganization moved the Missions franchise back down to Double-A, and returned them from the Milwaukee Brewers' farm system to that of the Padres.

A city that seems perfectly positioned for professional baseball - a charter member of the Texas League, which was founded in 1888 - twice lost Double-A teams: to Amarillo in 1965 and Midland in 1971.

The team achieved a rare feat during the 2022 season when on May 15th, four pitchers threw a combined no-hitter and three games later, on May 18th, four other pitchers did that again.

The Missions play Copa de la Diversión Hispanic engagement campaign games as Flying Chanclas de San Antonio (San Antonio Flying Flip Flops[1]).

Year-by-Year Record

1994-2014 logo

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1933	79-72	4th	Hank Severeid	League Champs
1934	89-65	2nd	Hank Severeid	Lost League Finals
1935	75-84	6th	Hank Severeid
1936	73-77	6th	Bob Coleman
1937	85-76	4th	Zack Taylor	Lost in 1st round
1938	93-67	2nd	Zack Taylor	Lost League Finals
1939	89-72	3rd	Zack Taylor	Lost in 1st round
1940	89-72	2nd	Marty McManus	Lost in 1st round
1941	58-96	8th	Marty McManus
1942	80-68	4th	Ralph Winegarner	Lost in 1st round
1946	87-65	3rd	Jimmy Adair	Lost in 1st round
1947	60-94	7th (t)	Jimmy Adair (20-27) / Marc Carrola (40-67)
1948	75-76	5th	Gus Mancuso
1949	70-83	6th	Gus Mancuso
1950	79-75	4th	Don Heffner	League Champs
1951	86-75	2nd	Jo-Jo White	Lost League Finals
1952	79-82	5th	Jo-Jo White
1953	67-87	7th	Jimmie Crandall (37-55) / Bill Norman (30-32)
1954	78-83	5th (t)	Don Heffner
1955	93-68	2nd	Don Heffner	Lost in 1st round
1956	76-78	5th	Joe Schultz
1957	76-78	3rd	Joe Schultz	Lost in 1st round
1958	74-79	6th	Grady Hatton
1959	75-70	4th	Grady Hatton	Lost League Finals
1960	77-68	2nd	Grady Hatton (50-42) / Lou Klein (27-24)	Lost in 1st round
1961	74-65	3rd	Ripper Collins (14-15) / Harry Craft (13-6) / Bobby Adams (15-17) / Verlon Walker (32-27)	League Champs
1962	68-72	5th	Walt Dixon
1968	53-86	8th	Harry Bright
1969	51-81	8th	Jim Marshall
1970	67-69	5th	Jim Marshall
1971	63-77	7th	Walt Dixon

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting Coach	Pitching Coach	Coach
1988	73-60	2nd	Kevin Kennedy	Lost in 1st round		Pat Zachry
1989	49-87	8th	John Shoemaker			Claude Osteen
1990	78-56	1st	John Shoemaker	Lost League Finals	Jon Debus	Burt Hooton
1991	61-75	6th	John Shoemaker		Ron Roenicke	Burt Hooton
1992	62-74	6th	Jerry Royster		Darrell Evans	Burt Hooton
1993	58-76	8th	Glenn Hoffman		Brett Magnusson	Burt Hooton
1994	62-74	6th	Tom Beyers		Brett Magnusson	Burt Hooton
1995	64-72	6th	John Shelby
1996	69-70	6th	John Shelby		Dino Ebel	Claude Osteen
1997	84-55	1st	Ron Roenicke	League Champs	Lance Parrish	Guy Conti
1998	67-73	6th	Ron Roenicke (44-37) / Lance Parrish (23-36)	Lost in 1st round	Lance Parrish	Gorman Heimueller
1999	67-73	6th	Jimmy Johnson		John Shoemaker	Dean Treanor
2000	64-76	7th	Rick Burleson
2001	70-67	3rd	Dave Brundage	Lost in 1st round	Orlando Gomez
2002	68-72	6th	Dave Brundage	League Champs	Terry Pollreisz	Rafael Chaves
2003	88-51	1st	Dave Brundage	League Champs	Terry Pollreisz	Rafael Chaves
2004	66-72	6th	Dave Brundage		Gary Thurman	Scott Budner
2005	76-64	2nd	Dave Brundage	Lost in 1st round	Gary Thurman	Dwight Bernard
2006	60-78	7th	Daren Brown		Henry Cotto	Brad Holman
2007	73-66	3rd	Randy Ready	League Champs	Tom Tornincasa	Glenn Abbott
2008	75-65	3rd (t)	Bill Masse	Lost in 1st round	Terry Kennedy	Steve Webber
2009	70-70	6th	Terry Kennedy	Lost in 1st round	Orv Franchuk	Steve Webber
2010	68-72	6th	Doug Dascenzo		Max Venable	Glenn Abbott
2011	94-46	1st	Doug Dascenzo	League Champs	Tom Tornincasa	Jimmy Jones
2012	60-80	7th	John Gibbons		Tom Tornincasa	Jimmy Jones / Tim Worrell
2013	78-61	2nd	Rich Dauer	League Champs	Jacque Jones	Jimmy Jones
2014	68-72	5th (t)	Rich Dauer		Francisco Morales	Jimmy Jones
2015	60-80	8th	Jamie Quirk (28-35) / Rod Barajas (32-45)		Morgan Burkhart	Jimmy Jones
2016	58-82	8th	Phillip Wellman		Johnny Washington	Jimmy Jones
2017	78-62	1st	Phillip Wellman	Lost in 1st round	Lance Burkhart	Jimmy Jones	Jonathan Meyer
2018	71-67	3rd	Phillip Wellman	Lost League Finals	Raul Padron	Jimmy Jones	Jonathan Meyer
2019	80-60	3rd (t)	Rick Sweet		Al LeBoeuf	Fred Dabney	Ned Yost IV
2020	Season cancelled
2021	57-63	8th	Phillip Wellman		Raul Padron	Pete Zamora	Freddy Flores
2022	68-68	5th	Phillip Wellman	Lost in 1st round	Raul Padron	Pete Zamora	Shane Robinson
2023	70-68	4th (t)	Luke Montz	Lost in 1st round	Pat O'Sullivan	Jeff Andrews	Felipe Blanco
2024			Luke Montz		Yunir Garcia	Jeff Andrews	Miguel Del Castillo

Further Reading

• Rob Terranova: "Missions notch second no-no in less than a week", mlb.com, May 19, 2022. [2]

Related Sites

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