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Lakeshore Chinooks
Lakeshore Chinooks
Information
League	Northwoods League (South Division 2012–2018); (Great Lakes West 2019–present)
Location	Mequon, Wisconsin, U.S.
Ballpark	Kapco Park
Founded	2012
League championships	1 (2014)
Division championships	1 (2014)
Colors	Lake blue, black, silver, white;
Ownership	Jim Kacmarcik; Jon Hammes; Dan Laine; Jeff Prochnow; Robin Yount; Carl Claerbout; Scott Roeker; Bob Uecker; Dave Fischer; Tom Multerer; Bill Johnson; Bob Johnson;
Manager	Trevor Cho
General Manager	Eric Snodgrass
Media	Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Website	LakeshoreChinooks.com

The Lakeshore Chinooks are a baseball team based in Mequon, Wisconsin, United States and a member of the Northwoods League, a collegiate summer baseball league. The Chinooks play their home games at Kapco Park on the campus of Concordia University Wisconsin.

History

The Lakeshore Chinooks became the seventh Northwoods League team in Wisconsin. Based at Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon, a northern suburb of Milwaukee, the Chinooks were the first Northwoods League franchise to make its home in a major metropolitan area.

Launch marketing featured Robin Yount in a series of television spots and included a guest appearance by Milwaukee Brewers GM Doug Melvin.^{[citation needed]}

The inaugural season began May 30, 2012, with a 2-1 road victory over the Green Bay Bullfrogs. The home opener was June 11, a 6-5 win over the Battle Creek Bombers.^[1]

On May 30, 2013, the Chinooks held their home opener, where Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig threw the first pitch to Major League Baseball Hall of Fame member and Chinooks minority owner Robin Yount. The Chinooks won their division, capturing their first playoff berth. They were defeated in the first round by the Madison Mallards two games to one.^[2]

In 2014, the Chinooks became just the third team in league history to accumulate 50 victories, winning the organization's third-straight South Division half title.^{[citation needed]} The team swept the Wisconsin Woodchucks two games to none in the division playoff to advance to the franchise's first championship appearance. Against the North Division champion Mankato MoonDogs, the Chinooks won the first game of the series in Mankato, 5–4, before returning to Mequon and completing their undefeated run through the playoffs with a 3–0 victory in game two to clinch the franchise's first-ever league championship.^[3]

On July 4, 2015, first baseman Luke Raley became the first player in league history to hit four home runs in a single game.^[4]

On July 3, 2017, shortstop Owen Miller hit for the cycle in a game against the Kalamazoo Growlers. Two days later, he hit for another cycle against Rockford Rivets, becoming the first player in league history to hit for multiple cycles.^[4]

On June 15, 2020, the Chinooks announced that they would not be participating in the first two weeks of the modified 2020 season amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5] Two weeks later, the team cancelled their season altogether.^[6] The team returned to play in 2021.

Season-by-season records

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Table key
League	The team's final position in the league standings
Division	The team's final position in the divisional standings
GB	Games behind the division's first place team
†	League champions
*	Division champions
^	Postseason berth

Season-by-season records
Season	Regular season						Postseason
Season	Division	Record	Win %	League	Division	GB	Record	Win %	Result
2012	South	35–35	.500	7th	4th	14	—	—	—
2013 * ^		44–26	.629	2nd	1st	—	1–2	.333	Won second half South Division title Lost division playoffs vs. Madison Mallards 1–2
2014 ^ * †		50–21	.704	1st	1st	—	4–0	1.000	Won first and second half South Division title Won division playoffs vs. Wisconsin Woodchucks 2–0 Won championship vs. Mankato MoonDogs 2–0
2015		36–36	.500	9th	5th	12	—	—	—
2016 *		35–37	.486	10th	4th	14	0–1	.000	Lost quarterfinals vs. Wisconsin Rapids Rafters 0–1
2017 *		38–34	.528	9th	4th	14	0–1	.000	Lost quarterfinals vs. Wisconsin Rapids Rafters 0–1
2018		29–42	.408	15th	8th	19+1⁄2	—	—	—
2019	Great Lakes West	32–40	.444	17th	6th	14	—	—	—
2020	Did not play (COVID-19 pandemic)
2021	Great Lakes West	31–39	.443	13th	5th	12	—	—	—
2022		36–36	.500	12th	4th	21	—	—	—
2023		27–44	.380	20th	6th	13+1⁄2	—	—	—
Totals		393–390	.501				5–4	.556

Ballpark

In 2011, Kapco Inc., a metal fabrication and stamping company in Grafton, donated $1 million toward completion of Concordia University Wisconsin's new baseball field, named Kapco Park. The donation was part of a $2.7 million fund already allocated for the stadium. Concordia's baseball team uses Kapco Park in the spring.^[8]

The Chinooks were the first Northwoods League franchise to make its home on a university campus. Kapco Park acknowledges the Milwaukee Brewers with its outfield dimensions; 317 feet in left for Jim Gantner (who wore number 17), 344 to left-center for Hank Aaron (who wore number 44), 404 to center for Paul Molitor (who wore number 4) and 319 to right for Robin Yount (who wore number 19), the latter of whom helped design the fence.^[9]

In 2012, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) moved the State High School summer baseball tournament to Kapco Park until the tournament ended in 2018.^[10]

Kapco Park hosted the 2014 Northwoods League All-Star Game on July 22, 2014.^[11]

Ownership

The Chinooks' ownership group consists of twelve investors; most notably Jim Kacmarcik, president of Kapco, Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play announcer Bob Uecker, and Baseball Hall of Famer Robin Yount.^[12]^[13]^[14]

Awards

League awards


Year	Player	Award
2014	Mark Moriarty	Coach of the Year
2014	Eddy Morgan	Manager of the Year
2016	Marshall Kasowski	Pitcher of the Year

Postseason All-Stars


Year	Player	Pos.	College
2012	Ryan Harris	P	Texas Tech
	Eric Aguilera	DH	Illinois State
	Bre Kimball	3B	Louisiana Tech
2013	Mitch Sewald	P	LSU
2013	Kyle Bouman	P	Jefferson College (MO)
2014	Lake Tuttle	P	Milwaukee
	Andrew Elliot	P	Wright State
	Brett Siddall	OF	Canisius
2015	Lake Bachar	P	Wisconsin–Whitewater
2015	Lucas Raley	OF	Lake Erie
2016	Marshall Kasowski	P	Houston
2017	Jacob Richardson	3B	Southern Arkansas
2017	Matthew Mikea	2B	UCF
2018	Jack Dunn	SS	Northwestern
2018	Dallas Beaver	C	UCF
2019	Daryl Myers	SS	Benedictine
2022	Mitch Mueller	P	Parkland College
2022	Matt DePrev	C	Xavier

Notable MLB alumni


Player	Chinooks season	Draft				MLB season(s)
Player	Chinooks season	Year	Rd	Pick	Team	MLB season(s)
Zack Granite	2012	2013	14	410	MIN	2017
Brian Anderson	2012	2014	3	76	MIA	2017–present
Alex Young	2013	2015	2	43	ARI	2019–present
Andrew Stevenson	2013	2015	2	58	WAS	2017–2021, 2023
Harrison Bader	2013	2015	3	100	STL	2017–present
Eric Hanhold	2013	2015	6	181	MIL	2018, 2021
Shaun Anderson	2014	2016	3	88	BOS	2019–present
Cam Vieaux	2014	2016	6	195	PIT	2022
Jake Noll	2014	2016	7	214	WAS	2019–2020
Luke Raley	2015	2016	7	221	LAD	2021–present
Jesse Scholtens	2015	2016	9	264	SD	2023
Greg Deichmann	2015	2017	2	43	OAK	2021
Zac Lowther	2015	2017	2	74	BAL	2021–2022
Mark Kolozsvary	2015	2017	7	197	CIN	2022–2023
Owen Miller	2016–2017	2018	3	84	SD	2021–present
Alec Marsh	2017	2019	B	70	KC	2023–present
Will Klein	2019	2020	5	135	KC	2024–present
Grant Hartwig	2019	undrafted, 2021				2023–present
Hayden Birdsong	2022	2022	6	196	SF	2024–present