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The Salem Senators are the longest lasting name used by several minor league baseball teams based in Salem in the U.S. state of Oregon. The team name derived from Salem being the capital of Oregon. The team was founded in 1940. The current incarnation competes in the Mavericks Independent Baseball League.
The Salem-Keizer area has been home to professional baseball since 1940, when the Salem Senators (an homage to Salem's role as Oregon's capital) were formed as a member of the Western International League (WIL). When the WIL reformed into the current Northwest League (NWL) in 1955, the Senators were a charter member of the new circuit.
Salem's previous NWL teams in the 1980s played at Chemeketa Community College. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Minor League Baseball season was cancelled. Following the cancelled season, Major League Baseball took direct control of Minor League Baseball. The Northwest League was elevated to the High-A classification and contracted to six ...
Salem Senators; Salem Soldiers; Salem-Independence (minor league baseball team) T. Salem Trailblazers; V. Campesinos de Salem-Keizer
Aug. 13—The Salem All-Stars will play their first game in the Little League Baseball World Series Wednesday at 3 p.m. against Central East Maui, Hawaii, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Salem, the repeat state champ of the 10-12-year-old division, boasts four aces, and all are cut from the same cloth. ... Aug. 1—It's rare for a Little League baseball team — even an All-Star ...
[7] [8] As part of Major League Baseball's 2021 reorganization of the minor leagues, the Northwest League was promoted to High-A, reduced to six teams, and renamed the "High-A West" for the 2021 season. [9] The two dropped teams were the Boise Hawks and Salem-Keizer Volcanoes. Following MLB's acquisition of the rights to the names of the ...
Aug. 14—One foot the other way might have resulted in a stunning win to open the Little League Baseball World Series for the Salem Youth Baseball 10-12-year-old All-Stars. Instead, Grayson ...