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2006 BDBL Champions
2006 Eck League Champions
2006, 2024 Higuera Division Champions

 

OWNER
J.D. Luhning 1 photo J.D. Luhning 2 photo Name: J.D. Luhning
Home Town: Philadelphia, PA
Age: 47
Birthday: June 5th
Occupation: Senior General Counsel, School District of Philadelphia
Hobbies: Reading, Golf, Softball, Travel
Family: Married, no kids
Favorite teams: Cardinals baseball, St. Louis Blues hockey, Chiefs football
Fantasy baseball experience: Several fantasy baseball leagues, oldest still going since 2002.
Brush with fame: Played in the Whitey Herzog Golf Tournament for several years. Partnered with Tom Lawless once, and played in the same group as Willie McGee once. Both were extremely nice and not bad golfers.
BDBL member since: 12/22/2020

 

HISTORY
Year Owner Team Name Record
1999 Jason Wichman/ Eric Zigmund Delafield Ogres (PD) 81-79 (2nd)
2000 Eric Zigmund / Tony Chamra Minneapolis Haymakers (Butler Division) 76-84 (4th)
2001 Tony Chamra Villanova Mustangs (PD) 71-89 (3rd)
2002 87-73 (2nd)
2003 66-94 (3rd)
2004 61-99 (4th)
2005 76-84 (3rd)
2006 101-59 (1st)
2007 78-82 (2nd)
2008 69-91 (3rd)
2009 70-90 (3rd)
2010 75-85 (2nd)
2011 68-92 (3rd)
2012 Tony Chamra / Matt Decrevel / Kevin Nichols 47-113 (4th)
2013 Michael Quinn Cuenca Strangegloves 57-103 (4th)
2014 Michael Quinn / Kyle Robinson 74-86 (4th)
2015 Kyle Robinson Big River Beavers 64-96 (4th)
2016 58-102 (4th)
2017 Saskatoon Sasquatch 77-83 (4th)
2018 86-74 (3rd)
2019 62-98 (4th)
2020 Kyle Robinson / Jason Gargac / Kyle Robinson 59-101 (4th)
2021 J.D. Luhning South Philly Gritty 71-89 (3rd)
2022 57-103 (4th)
2023 84-76 (T-1st)
2024 101-59 (1st)
2025 64-96 (3rd)

 

COACHING STAFF
GM: Branch Rickey
Manager: Whitey Herzog
Bench Coach: Willie McGee
1B Coach: Fred McGriff
3B Coach: Terry Pendleton
Pitching Coach: Lee Smith
Hitting Coach: Ricky Jordan
Radio play-by-play: Joe Buck
Radio color: Orel Hershiser

 

FARM SYSTEM
Year Rank #1 Pick #1 Prospect
1999 Tony Armas
2000 8 Drew Henson Ruben Mateo (7)
2001 18 Clint Weibl Drew Henson (33)
2002 18 Garrett Gentry Carl Crawford (30)
2003 10 Dustin McGowan Adam Wainwright (24)
2004 1 Chad Billingsley Casey Kotchman (13)
2005 1 Matt Tuiasosopo Andy Marte (3)
2006 6 Chris Iannetta Chad Billingsley (7)
2007 7 Kory Casto Chris B. Young (8)
2008 15 Jed Lowrie Carlos Carrasco (53)
2009 15 Tyler Flowers Trevor Cahill (14)
2010 12 Jarred Cosart Martin Perez (17)
2011 10 Robbie Erlin Eric Hosmer (8)
2012 13 Byron Buxton Gary Brown (32)
2013 8 None Carlos Correa (22)
2014 13 Tyler Kolek Carlos Correa (5)
2015 4 N/A Carlos Correa (4)
2016 12 Yusniel Diaz Austin Meadows (18)
2017 8 Kyle Wright Austin Meadows (8)
2018 9 Shane McClanahan Kyle Wright (28)
2019 12 Brayan Rocchio Kyle Wright (33)
2020 7 Josiah Gray Nate Pearson (7)
2021 7 Oswald Peraza Nate Pearson (10)
2022 10 N/A Reid Detmers (27)
2023 17 Jacob Wilson Masyn Winn (35)
2024 21 Zach Dezenzo Zach Dezenzo (75)
2025 24 Slade Caldwell Carson Benge (95)