Champion City Kings

The Champion City Kings are a college summer baseball team located in Springfield, Ohio. The Kings are a member of the East Division of the wood bat Prospect League and have been a member since 2013. The Kings play at Carleton Davidson Stadium, which is also the home of the NCAA DIII Wittenberg University Tigers.

Champion City Kings
Information
LeagueProspect League (Eastern Conference - Ohio River Valley Division)
LocationSpringfield, Ohio
BallparkCarleton Davidson Stadium
Year founded2009 (as the Slippery Rock Sliders)
League championships0
Division championships1 (2021)
ColorsRoyal Blue, Red, Black, White
ManagerGavin Murphy
General ManagerGinger Fulton
Websitehttp://www.championcitykings.com
The Champion City Kings host the Danville Dans at Carleton Davidson Stadium in Springfield, Ohio on June 18, 2015

The Kings are led by General Manager Ginger Fulton and Field Manager Gavin Murphy.

The franchise was previously located in Slippery Rock, PA and was known as the Sliders prior to relocating to Ohio in time for the 2014 season.[1][2] The Sliders were originally a member of the Frontier League,[3] but left the league after the 2007 season, its only year as a member.

Seasons
SeasonManagerRecordWin %DivisionGBPost-season recordPost-season win %Post-season resultNotes
2007Greg Jelks29-66.3054th26.0-
2008Ceased operations for one season
2009Chase Rowe22-31.4155th7.5-As the Slippery Rock Sliders
2010Andy Chalot21-33.3894th17.0-
2011Andy Chalot/Jon Rodriguez26-29.4733rd2.50-1.000Lost in Divisional ChampionshipMade playoffs as 1st Half East Division champion
2012Shawn Pynn20-40.3335th20.5-
2013Brett Neffendorf28-32.4674th10-Final season in Slippery Rock
2014Brett Neffendorf[4]21-39.3505th19-
2015Chris Perkovich[5]24-35.4075th13.5-
2016Rick White27-33.4505th7.5-
2017Mike Ruechel29-29.5003rd7.0-
2018Arthur Stenberg[6]26-33.4415th11-
2019John Jeanes25–34.4245th14.5-
2020Season cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic)
2021Gavin Murphy28–30.4832nd7.01–1.500Won in Divisional Championship
Lost in Conference Championship		Made playoffs with 2nd best 2nd half record
2022Gavin Murphy23–34.4043rd13.5-
Totals320-432.4261–2.333

Roster
Champion City Kings roster
Active roster Coaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 24 Kyle Archual
  • 10 Gabe Carter
  •  4 Trey Carter
  • 35 Connor Gill
  • 28 Nathan Jedraszkiewicz
  •  1 Cade Kontny
  • 25 Drew Lang
  •  6 Connor Lockwood
  • 15 Aaron Miller
  • 16 Noah Penney
  • 33 Gabe Phipps
  • 34 Manny Reyes
  • 22 Charlie Shafer
  • 19 Jake Woolf
  • 11 Tyler Wynkoop



  

Catchers

  • 50 Joel Gardner
  • 13 James Heavilin
  •  2 Ethan Krizen
  • 17 Jonah Sutton
  • 36 Evan Waggoner

Infielders

  • 26 Nick Dolan
  •  3 Drew Emerson
  • 27 Patrick Fultz
  •  8 Gus Gregory
  • 31 Sean Kolenich
  • 21 Kyle Mahon
  • 18 Ben Stuart
  • 23 Jayson Zmejkoski

Outfielders

  • 30 Barry Eiseman
  • -- Matt Mercer
  • 14 Edrick Padilla
  •  5 Alex Ryan
  

Manager

  •    Gavin Murphy

Coaches

  •    John Erhard (assistant)
  •    Mark Lucas (assistant)

Disabled list
‡ Inactive list
§ Suspended list

Roster updated June 17, 2022

References
  1. Reichard, Kevin (October 31, 2013). "Prospect League's Sliders move to Springfield, will play as Champion City Kings". Ballpark Digest. August Publications. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  2. Cohn, Bob (October 31, 2013). "Slippery Rock Sliders moving to Ohio". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  3. Simonich, Milan (August 4, 2007). "Boys of summer -- The Sliders playing baseball on slippery ground". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  4. "Kings Add Four Infielders". Champion City Kings. April 29, 2014. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  5. "Chris Perkovich Named Manager". Champion City Kings. October 21, 2014. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  6. "Champion City Kings coaching staff". Champion City Kings. Archived from the original on June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.


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