1993 Portsmouth Explorers baseball program from the Frontier League

Portsmouth Explorers

Frontier League (1993-1995)

Tombstone

Born: 1993 – Frontier League founding franchise
Folded: Postseason 1995

First Game:
Last Game
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Frontier League Championships: None

Stadium

Ownership & Affiliation

Owners:

Major League Affiliation: Independent

Attendance

Portsmouth Explorers attendance ranked last in the eight-team Frontier League during the club’s final season in 1995.

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Source: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.), Lloyd Johnson & Miles Wolff, 2007

 

Background

The Portsmouth Explorers were an independent professional baseball team in the small (pop. 20,000) Southern Ohio city of Portsmouth during the mid-1990’s.  The Explorers were one of eight original members of the Frontier League (1993-present), which is the oldest independent baseball league in the country at the time of this writing.

The Explorers finished in 7th place with a losing for three consecutive seasons from 1993 until 1995.  None of the men who played for the Explorers ever played in the Major Leagues.

The ball club ultimately could not sustain itself.  The Explorers averaged fewer than 1,000 fans per game in all three seasons they played.  Pro baseball has never returned to Portsmouth, Ohio since the Explorers disbanded in 1995.

 

Downloads

1993 Portsmouth Explorers Scorecard

1993 Portsmouth Explorers Scorecard

 

Links

Frontier League Media Guides

Frontier League Programs

 

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