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Home Field: O’Malley Fields, Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, Co. South Dublin Colours: Red Jerseys with Black Trim, White Pants and Red Sox Honours: Irish Baseball League A-League Champions (5): 2005, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 / A-League Pennant (14): 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
Dublin City Hurricanes: A-League Champions 2017[6]
Season-by-Season Record
| Year | Div | P | W | L | FF | Pts | Pos | PW | PL | Chp | IW | IL | IC |
| 1997 | IBL | 1 | – | ||||||||||
| 1998 | IBL | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | IBL | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| 2000 | IBL | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | IBL | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | IBL | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 2 | ||||||
| 2003 | IBL | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 1 | – | – | – | |||
| 2004 | IBL | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 2 | SF | |||
| 2005 | IBL | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| 2005 | Champ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | W | |||
| 2006 | A | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
| 2007 | A | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
| 2008 | A | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 2 | F | |||
| 2009 | A | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 1 | F | |||
| 2010 | A | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 2 | F | |||
| 2011 | A | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
| 2012 | A | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 2 | F | |||
| 2013 | A | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 1 | SF | |||
| 2014 | A | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 2 | F | |||
| 2015 | A | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 0 | W | |||
| 2016 | A | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 0 | W | |||
| 2017 | A | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 0 | W | |||
| 2018 | A | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 0 | W | |||
| 2019 | A | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | W | |||
| 2020 | A | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Note: Known simply as “Hurricanes” in the Irish Baseball League (1999-2005)
Report
Dublin City Hurricanes are one of Baseball Ireland’s oldest and most successful teams, having been founded in the first season of the Irish Baseball League after the first player draft took place (second season of 1998). They won the League Pennant in 1997, 2003, 2004 when there were no Playoffs and in 2005 won both the League Pennant and Playoffs defeating Spartans in the Final. From 2006 to 2014 they won the A League Pennant 5 times but lost in the Playoff Final to Dublin Spartans (4 times) and Greystones Mariners (2014) – The Dublin Spartans won a remarkable 9 Championships in succession and Dublin City Hurricanes were unlucky to have come up against them during this run.
Breaking the run in 2015 they finally won the Playoffs under the new Baseball Ireland A League and B League system with a sweep of Greystones Mariners in the Final. This started a run of 4 League Pennant and Playoff Championships won in a row from 2015 to 2018 before a new duo of Ashbourne Giants and Greystones Mariners took over from the old dynastic duo of Dublin Spartans and Dublin City Hurricanes. Dublin City Hurricanes slipped to 3rd and 4th in the Standings in 2019 and 2020.
Legend / Key
| Key | Explanation |
| Div | Division |
| IBL | Irish Baseball League |
| Champ | Championship (2nd Half Top Group) |
| Trophy | Trophy (2nd Half Bottom Group) |
| A | Irish Baseball League A-League |
| P | Played |
| W | Won |
| L | Lost |
| FF | Forfeit |
| Pts | Points |
| Pos | Final League/Division Position |
| Chp | Final Playoff Position |
| W | Winners |
| F | Finalists |
| SF | Semi-Finalists |
| PO | Knocked Out in Playoff Round |
| PW | Playoff Matches Won |
| PL | Playoff Matches Lost |
| IW | International Matches Won |
| IL | International Matches Lost |
| IC | International Championships Won |
| N/A | Not Applicable |
References
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Images
[2] Baseball Ireland (2017) Baseball Ireland Logo Car Sticker [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/images/carsticker.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017]
[32] Dublin City Hurricanes Facebook Page (2018) Dublin City Hurricanes Logo [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/p200x200/10933776_804798689591934_8248138920111264355_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&oh=fa032b0e9afd140ec2e5ffa4f8ae3c0b&oe=5C54C203 [Accessed 6 October 2018]
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Websites
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Internet Archive
[3] Internet Archive – Irish Baseball and Softball Federation (1999) The 1999 Irish Baseball League Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/19991103022901/http://www.ibsf.ie:80/baseball/Baseball_Schedule_99.htm#Top [Accessed 10 August 2017]
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[6] 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]
[7] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2005) Adult League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20050828155124/http://www.baseballireland.com/adult_league.htm [Accessed 24 March 2017]
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[26] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2013) 2013 League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20131015095707/http://www.baseballireland.com/tables.php?search_year=2013 [Accessed 19 June 2018]
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Social Media
[29] Dublin Spartans Facebook Page (2016) Facebook Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1308998669133659 [Accessed 27 October 2016]
[30] Dublin Spartans Facebook Page (2016) Facebook Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinspartans/posts/1758906561024919 [Accessed 27 October 2016]
[31] Dublin Spartans Facebook Page (2016) Facebook Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinspartans/posts/1759225940992981 [Accessed 27 October 2016]
Websites
[33] Baseball Ireland (2019) League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/tables.php?search_year=2019 [Accessed 9 September 2019]
[34] Baseball Ireland (2019) A League Fixtures [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?league=A&search_year=2019 [Accessed 30 September 2019]
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[36] Baseball Ireland (2020) A League [Internet] Available from: https://baseballireland.ie/league/151693/ [Accessed 9 September 2019]
[37] Baseball Ireland (2020) Results [Internet] Available from: https://baseballireland.ie/results/ [Accessed 28 August 2020][Last Accessed 17 September 2020]
[38] Baseball Ireland (2020) League Standings as of 28 August 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://baseballireland.ie/irish-league-standings-as-of-28-august/ [Accessed 28 August 2020, 31 August 2020][Last Accessed 17 September 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Peter Kavanagh, Baseball Ireland
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