Defunct professional baseball team in Traverse City, Michigan
Traverse City Beach Bums
Team logo
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Information
League
Frontier League
Location
Blair Township, Michigan
Ballpark
Wuerfel Park
Founded
2006
Folded
2018
League championships
1 (2015)
Division championships
1 (2012)
Former name(s)
Richmond Roosters
Colors
Navy blue, gold, white
The Traverse City Beach Bums were a professional baseball team based in the Traverse City, Michigan suburb of Blair Township from 2006-2018. The Beach Bums played in the independent Frontier League.
The Beach Bums were established in 2006 when the Richmond Roosters franchise was purchased and moved from Richmond, Indiana. The Roosters had begun playing in the third season of the Frontier League and existed from 1995-2005. The Beach Bums played their home games at Wuerfel Park in Traverse City, named for then owners John and Leslye Wuerfel. The Roosters played at Don McBride Stadium in Richmond.
In 2018, the franchise was sold to the owners of the Midwest League West Michigan Whitecaps who folded the Frontier League affiliation and launched a new team in the Northwoods League, the Traverse City Pit Spitters.[1]
The team is represented in the Frontier League Hall of Fame by pitcher Scott Dunn and first baseman Chase Burch.[2][3]
^"Traverse City Shifts to Northwoods League". Ballpark Digest. August Publications. September 26, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
^"Hall of Fame". Frontier League. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
^Jimenez, Jesus (July 10, 2018). "Former Richmond Roosters co-owner Duke Ward to enter Frontier League Hall of Fame". Palladium-Item.
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