Category: Blue Devils (2001-2004)

Blue Devils Irish Baseball Team 2001-2004

Factfile

Home Field: O’Malley Fields, Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 / Co. South Dublin

Colours:

Honours: None

All-time Record: (W-L-Forfeit) All Games (9-26-12) Regular Season (9-26-12) Playoffs (0-0-0) Note: Complete Record Unknown.

Year by Year Record

YearLeaguePWLFFPtsPosPWPLChpIWILIC
2001IBL
2002IBL1509637
2003IBL14491247
2004IBL18585238
[References: 2-7]

History

Blue Devils were one of the first of the “new” teams to be created in the Irish Baseball League, having played their first season in 2001. They won no matches in their second season forfeiting 6, but put in a much better display in 2003 winning 4 games and only forfeiting one. 2004 was to be their last season with the Blue Devils winning a team-record 5 games, but again forfeiting too many, five this time as they finished 8th of 10 teams. They had finished 7th in both the two previous seasons, although there were only 7 and 8 teams in 2002 and 2003 respectively. The Blue Devils folded after the 2004 season. They had played out of Corkagh Park in Clondalkin, Dublin 22, then the only fully-developed Baseball Field in Ireland and where nearly all games were played.

Legend

KeyExplanation
DivDivision
IBLIrish Baseball League
ChampChampionship (2nd Half Top Group)
TrophyTrophy (2nd Half Bottom Group)
AIrish Baseball League A-League
PPlayed
WWon
LLost
FFForfeit
PtsPoints
PosFinal League/Division Position
ChpFinal Playoff Position
WWinners
FFinalists
SFSemi-Finalists
POKnocked Out in Playoff Round

References

Internet Archive

[1] Irish Baseball and Softball Federation | Wayback Machine (2001) Baseball | Adult League [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010425080100/http://www.ibsf.ie:80/baseball/adult_league.htm [Accessed 30 November 2019]

Images

[2] Baseball Ireland (2019) Panthers 2001 Irish League Champions [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/images/The_Panthers_med.gif [Accessed 2 December 2019]

[3] Wayback Machine Web Archive – Irish Baseball & Softball Federation (2017) The 2002 Irish Baseball League Standings [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20030110141248/http://www.ibsf.ie:80/baseball/adult_league.htm [Accessed 7 May 2017]

[4] Wayback Machine Web Archive – Irish Baseball & Softball Federation (2017) 2002 Irish Baseball League Results to Date – Final Season Results [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20031121094249/http://www.ibsf.ie:80/baseball/adult_league_past.htm [Accessed 7 May 2017]

[5] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2003) Adult League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030206112504/http://www.baseballireland.com/adult_league.htm [Accessed 24 March 2017]

[6] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2003) Adult League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20031001124151/http://www.baseballireland.com/adult_league.htm [Accessed 24 March 2017]

[7] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2004) Adult League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20041206085245/http://www.baseballireland.com/adult_league.htm [Accessed 24 March 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Patrick Kavanagh (Baseball Ireland)

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Last Updated: 11 June 2021

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