Lancaster Stormers

The Lancaster Stormers (formerly known as the Lancaster Barnstormers) are an American professional baseball team based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They are a member of the North Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, a "partner league" of Major League Baseball. The Stormers have played their home games at Clipper Magazine Stadium in the city's Northwest Corridor since 2005.

Lancaster Stormers
Team logo Cap insignia
Information
LeagueAtlantic League of Professional Baseball (North Division)
LocationLancaster, Pennsylvania
BallparkClipper Magazine Stadium
Founded2003
League championships(4) 2006, 2014, 2022, 2023
Division championships(5) 2006, 2012, 2014, 2022, 2023
Former name(s)
  • Lancaster Barnstormers (2003–2023)
ColorsRed, black, gold, white
       
MascotCylo
Retired numbers42
OwnershipLancaster Baseball, LLC
ManagerRoss Peeples
General ManagerMichael Reynolds
MediaLNP
Websitelancasterstormers.com

The team's name, selected in a fan ballot, refers to the tradition of "barnstorming," which means to travel around an area appearing in exhibition sports events, especially baseball games. The term was used to describe Lancaster's baseball teams as early as 1906 when the Lancaster Daily Intelligencer reported, "There was a crowd of between seven and eight hundred persons out on Friday to see the Lancaster barnstormers play the Philadelphia Giants." Their original primary logo incorporated the colors red, navy blue, and khaki previously used by the Lancaster Red Roses of affiliated Minor League Baseball from 1940 to 1961. The name and logo also allude to Lancaster's Pennsylvania Dutch agricultural heritage.

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