Danville Dans
The Danville Dans are a collegiate summer league baseball team located in Danville, Illinois. The team plays in the Prospect League, which their former league, the NCAA-sanctioned Central Illinois Collegiate League, was absorbed into after the 2008 season.
| Danville Dans | |
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| League | Prospect League (2009–present) (Eastern Conference - Wabash River Division) |
| Location | Danville, Illinois |
| Ballpark | Danville Stadium |
| Year founded | 1989 |
| League championships | 9 (1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003) |
| Division championships | 3 (2010, 2018, 2019) |
| Former name(s) | Danville Dans (1989–present) |
| Former league(s) | Central Illinois Collegiate League (1989–2008) |
| Colors | Forest Green, Red, White |
| Ownership | Jeanie Cooke |
| Manager | Eric Coleman |
| Media | Commercial-News |
| Website | danvilledans.com |
In their history as a CICL team, the Dans won nine tournament titles. Since the merger of the CICL and the Prospect League, the Dans have qualified for the playoffs four times, with their best finish coming in 2010, when they were the runner-up to the league champion, Chillicothe Paints.
The Dans play in the Prospect League's Eastern Conference - Wabash River Division along with the Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp, Lafayette Aviators, and Terre Haute Rex.
Stadium
The Dans play their home games in 5,021-seat Danville Stadium.[1] During the 2017 season, just under 50,000 people attended Danville Dans games, ranking the stadium as the second-most visited facility in the Prospect League in terms of overall fans and average per game.[2]
Seasons
| Season | Manager | Record | Win % | League | Division | GB | Post-season record | Post-season win % | Post-season result | Notes |
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| 2008 | Pete Paciorek | 24-23 | – | – | - | Prospect League inaugural season | ||||
| 2009 | Pete Paciorek | 32–21 | .604 | 2nd | 2nd | 2.5 | – | – | - | |
| 2010 | Steve Bieser | 32–24 | .570 | 3rd | 1st | - | 2-1 | .667 | - | |
| 2011 | Mike Hutcheon | 25-29 | .463 | 10th | 5th | 12 | - | - | ||
| 2012 | Jamie Sailors | 17-43 | .283 | 11th | 6th | 21 | - | - | ||
| 2013 | Jamie Sailors | 41-19 | .683 | 1st | 1st | - | 0-2 | .000 | - | 2nd best regular season winning percentage in league history |
| 2014 | Eric Coleman[3] | 31-29 | .517 | 6th | 3rd | 8.5 | - | - | - | |
| 2015 | Eric Coleman | 31-29 | .517 | 6th | 2nd | 12 | - | - | - | |
| 2016 | Eric Coleman | 35-25 | .583 | 4th | 4th | 4.5 | - | - | - | |
| 2017 | Eric Coleman | 31-29 | .517 | 4th | 3rd | 5 | - | - | - | |
| 2018 | Eric Coleman | 35-23 | .588 | 2nd | 1st | - | 1-2 | .333 | Lost West Division championship series | |
| 2019 | Eric Coleman | 40-20 | .667 | 2nd | 1st | - | 0-1 | .000 | Lost East Division Championship Game | |
| 2020 | Season cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic) | |||||||||
| 2021 | Eric Coleman | 36-22 | .621 | 3rd | 2nd | 4.5 | 0-1 | .000 | Lost Wabash River Division Championship Game | |
| 2022 | Eric Coleman | 40-17 | .702 | 1st | 1st | 0.0 | 0-1 | .000 | Lost Wabash River Division Championship Game | |
| Totals[4] | 450-353 | .560 | 3-8 | .273 | ||||||
Roster
| Active roster | Coaches/Other | |||
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References
- "Danville Stadium Is Rich in History". www.danvilledans.org. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- "Prospect League Attendance Up in 2017 | Prospect Collegiate Baseball LLC". pointstreaksites.com. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- "Coleman Earns 100th Win with Danville Dans | Prospect Collegiate Baseball LLC". pointstreaksites.com. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- "Prospect Collegiate Baseball LLC | Pointstreak Stats". prospectleague.wttbaseball.pointstreak.com. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
