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About the Salina Stockade
Founded in 2016 the Salina Stockade are the only team in baseball history to play in five different leagues in five years. The name Stockade refers to the Stockade that was built around Salina, Kansas in the early 1900's that could not be penetrated by enemy forces. The Stockade are the only team in independent baseball history to play in three different leagues in three consecutive years. The Stockade have always been a travel team with limited or no home games. In 2016 and 2017 the Stockade called Salina, Kansas home and played home games at Dean Evans Stadium in Salina, Kansas. The Stockade are owned and operated by the Pecos League with Andrew Dunn serving as director. David Peterson has been on all coaching staff in some capacity. The teams colors are Navy Blue, Royal Blue, Powder Blue, Silver and White.

In 2021 the Salina Stockade played as the Pecos League's travel team. Originally they were supposed to move to Dean Evans Park in Salina and play 15 home games. The Pecos League came to terms with El Dorado and Colby to host the Salina Stockade's Games.

In 2020 the Salina Stockade will played the summer season in the Pecos League's Houston new Central Divison. Due to COVID-19 there will be no travel and the Stockade will play in a four team division with Tucson, Houston Apollos and Roswell. The Stockade last played in the Pecos League in 2016 as the travel team.

For the 2019 season, The Salina Stockade will serve as the Travel Team in the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs. See All time History of Pacific Association The Stockade will not play any home games. The Pacific Association of Baseball Clubs is a five team professional baseball league in San Francisco Bay Area that was founded in 2012. Teams in the Pacific Association are the San Rafael Pacifics, Sonoma Stompers, Vallejo Admirals, Napa Silverados.

In the 2018 season, the Salina Stockade served as one of two international teams in the CanAm League. The CanAM League is based in Quebec and Metro New York City. The Stockade replaced the Cuban National Team who had served as the International Travel Team in 2017. The Stockade played an 18 game schedule playing each of the full time Can Am League Teams three times. The teams in the Can Am League were the Rockland Boulders, Sussex Miners, New Jersey Jackals, Quebec Capitales, Trois Riveres Aigles, Ottawa Champions. The Stockade completed the season with a 4-14 record playing many close games.

In the 2017 season, the Salina Stockade served as the replacement travel team in the American Association of Professional Baseball Clubs. The American Association is a 12 team league that followings I-35 through the heart of the United States. The teams in 2017 were the Winnipeg Gold Eyes, Fargo Morehead Redhawks, St Paul Saints, Sioux Falls Canaries, Sioux City Explorers, Gary Railcats, Lincoln Saltdogs, Texas Airhogs, Cleburne Railroaders, Wichita Wingnuts, and Kansas T-Bones. The Stockade replaced the Laredo Lemurs one week before the season. The Stockade completed the season with an 18-72 record. The Stockade played eight games at home at Dean Evans Stadium in Salina, Kansas. In 2018 the Chicago Dogs entered as an expansion team to give the league a balanced number of teams. In 2019 the Milwaukee Milkmen replaced the Wichita Wingnuts to keep the league balanced at 12 teams.

In the 2016 season, the Salina Stockade served as the travel team in the Pecos League. The Stockade played 10 home games against the Great Bend Boom and Topeka Train Robbers at Dean Evans Stadium. Dean Evans was heavily used as was not available to host series only individual games. The Stockade narrowly missed the playoffs having one the leagues best pitching staffs and worst offenses.

The Stockade played the 2018 season in the CanAm Baseball League. The Stockade played the 2017 season in the American Association. The Stockade played the 2016 season in the Pecos League. The Stockade's Colors are Navy blue, royal blue, silver and white.

On January 31, 2018 it was announced the Salina Stockade will serve as one of the two International Travel Teams in the CanAm League for the 2018 season. The Stockade will play an 18 game season from June 9 to June 26 in Canada and Metro New York City. The team will be owned and operated by the Pecos League. Salina Stockade 8/20/2017 picture Bob Lipp

(Salina Stockade 5/20/2017 picture Bob Lipp Bisbee Blue)

On May 3, 2017 it was announced that the Pecos League would be running the travel team in the American Association. The Laredo Lemurs folded due to their owner being locked out of her ballpark and a major FBI border sting. The League had limited options and limited time. In a joint agreement between the City of Salina, the American Association and the Pecos League it was agreed to use the name Salina Stockade and have the Pecos League run a travel team in the American Association. Salina was a great geographic location in between Kansas City, Wichita and Lincoln. The league made a deal with Chris Cotten of Salina to play 7 games in Salina against the Wichita Wingnuts. The Pecos League would own and operate the team under a private agreement in the American Association. The team would be a Pecos League Team operating in the American Association. The team would wear the exact jerseys and hats with grey pants being worn every game. The team had almost no chance to be competitive in the first month as they lost the majority of their games. Things changed from June 1 on as the Pecos League allowed 10 of its players to be called up. The Stockade started to win and be competitive in the majority of its games.

Former reality star and Tucson Saguaros Championship manager JD Droddy came out of retirement to manage the team. The team finished in last place but gave 36 players the ability to play a season in the American Association that would have not played. 19 of the 23 players had played in the Pecos League prior to being on the Stockade roster. Per agreement with Pecos League JD Droddy retired from baseball on 8/2/2017 and Daniel Aldrich took over as manager on 8/4/2017. Daniel left the Stockade to return to College on 8/26/2017. David Peterson from Garden City Wind and TJ Zarewitz from the Santa Fe Fuego joined as assistants on 8/4/2017 and managed the team the last week of the season.

(Salina Stockade 6/26/2016 picture Laurie Lefebeve Tucson Saguaros)

The Stockade have the distinction as being the only travel team to be in two different leagues as a travel team in independent baseball. David Peterson has been the only link to the Salina Stockade as he was an assistant on the 2016 Pecos League Team. He was the Manager of the 2018 and 2017 Pecos Spring League Teams and he returned as an assistant on the 2017 team in the American Association. He was named the 2018 American Manager of the Salina Stockade. Troy Mannebach and Tim Blackmon have the distinction as being players that played for the 2016 and 2017 Salina Stockade. David Peterson was an assistant the entire season for the Stockade. At the conclusion of the 2017 Garden City Season he rejoined Salina as an assistant.

Ben Lindburgh from the Ringer wrote an extensive story on the Stockade

(Salina Stockade in New York Times)

(Salina Stockade 6/3/2016) The Stockade played the 2016 season in the Northen Division of the Pecos League. The Pecos League expanded from 8 teams to 10 teams in the 2016 season. The Pecos League added Great Bend, Kansas and Topeka, Kansas. It was neccessary to have a team in the middle to balance scheduling. Salina was added even though the City of Salina only allowed 10 home games to be played. The Stockade went 29-36 and missed the playoffs by one game to the Topeka Train Robbers. The Stockade had a good following despite only playing 10 home games in Salina. Justin Thompson was field manager and David Peterson was his assistant. The Salina Stockade had four players or coaches that would be managers in 2017 in the Pecos League. (Sean McNeil-Hollywood Stars, David Peterson-Garden City Wind, Justin Thompson-Monterey Amberjacks, Cip Garza-California City Whiptails) Originally David Peterson was named Pecos League Manager for 2017 season when Thompson moved to California. The Stockade where the only team in the Pecos League to play in all 10 Pecos League Ballparks. They were a true travel team.

The 2016-2017 offseason proved to be a wild one for the Salina Stockade. The Pecos League left Great Bend and Topeka and moved into true minor league stadiums in California in Bakersfield and High Desert. The City of Salina gave the Stockade 24 home dates to pick from. Amarillo, Texas was no longer going to host a team in the American Association and the owner of the team subleased the stadium to the Pecos League. In December 2016, Potter County Judge ruled the sublease was a violation of his lease and indepedent baseball would end in Amarillo. This left Salina on a geographic island from the rest of the Pecos League markets. David Peterson left Salina and took the majority of the Stockade players with him to Garden City Kansas. This caused alot of fans to be unhappy and the team lose the majority of its support.

On 2/17/2017 the Pecos League announced it could no longer continue in Salina. In March of 2017 The Salina Stockade were entered a team in the Pecos Spring League. This team was managed by Peterson and Thompson again.

2017 Pecos Spring League Salina Stockade

What is a Stockade?
The Salina Stockade was named by Pecos League Owner Andrew Dunn. In consistant theme of naming teams original names that historically represent the area they are from. Salina's Stockade was built in Salina, Kansas, to provide the residents with protection from the American Indians in the area, many of whom were hostile toward white settlement. While Salina had been raided in 1862 by Native Americans and then Confederate guerrillas, it was not until May 1864 when residents decided they needed to build a stockade for protection. On May 17, 1864, a makeshift stockade, consisting of wagons placed in a circle around the town's flagpole, was erected. The local militia then drilled and guarded Salina. On the northeast corner of 7th Street and Iron Avenue stood a small building. Around this a permanent stockade was erected in May and June 1864. Without this Stockade the City of Salina would have likely never existed. In 2019 the Stockade are in the Pacific Association. Other teams in the Pacific Association are Sonoma Stompers, Napa Silverados, Vallejo Admirals, San Rafael Pacifics

In 2018 the Stockade were in the Can-Am League. Other teams in the Can-Am League are Rockland Boulders, Sussex Miners, New Jersey Jackals, Quebec Capitales, Ottawa Champions, Trois-Rivieres Aigles