GENERAL INFORMATION
Address:...................................345 Old Bluefield Road, ....................................................... Princeton, WV 24739 Phone: ....................................................(304) 487-2000 Website:................................. whistlepigsbaseball.com Twitter/Instagram: ............................ @Go_WhistlePigs Facebook: ................ Princeton Baseball Association Affiliation..............................................Tampa Bay (1997) League Championships...........................................1994 Stadium....................................................Hunnicutt Field Stadium Built...............................................................1988 Stadium Capacity.................................................... 1,950 Stadium Dimensions (LF-CF-RF)............330-396-330
FRONT OFFICE STAFF
Operated By.... Princeton Baseball Association, Inc. Farm Director....................Jeff McLerran (Tampa Bay) President..................................................Dewey Russell General Manager.............................Danny Shingleton Director, Stadium Ops.............................. Adam Sarver Asst. Director, Stadium Ops.....................Rusty Sarver Finance Specialist.....................................Mori Williams Executive Assistant.....................Courtney Longworth Head Groundskeeper.............................................. TBD
GAME INFORMATION
PA Announcer.........................................Thomas Lester Broadcast Announcer.................... Wes McKinney (H) ...................................................................Kyle Cooper (R) Broadcast Network................ WAEY 103.3 FM, online No. of Games Broadcast .................... All - 68 Official Scorer............................................................... John Lowe Standard Game Times............................ Mon-Sat 6:30 ............................................................................. Sun 5:00 Newspaper........................... Bluefield Daily Telegraph Beat Writer......................... Tom Bone, (304) 327-2813
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NOTABLE ALUMNI
Willie Greene..............................................................1989 Kevin Jarvis..................................................................1991 Pokey Reese................................................................1991 Chad Fox.....................................................................1992 Luiz Ordaz............................................................ 1993-93 Scott Sharp.................................................................1994 Travis Phelps...............................................................1997 Jared Sandberg.........................................................1997 Carl Crawford.............................................................1999 Josh Hamilton............................................................1999 Rocco Baldelli........................................................... 2000 Jonny Gomes............................................................ 2001 Jason Hammel......................................................... 2002 Reid Brignac............................................................. 2004 Wade Davis............................................................... 2004 Jake McGee.............................................................. 2004 Jeremy Hellickson................................................... 2005 Desmond Jennings................................................. 2006 Alex Cobb.................................................................. 2006 Matt Moore.......................................................... 2007-08 Alex Colome............................................................. 2008 Kevin Kiermaier......................................................... 2010 Blake Snell..................................................................2012
ABOUT
When the Appalachian League’s Princeton organization started to look for a new nickname, it didn’t have to look far. Near to the team’s home, Hunnicutt Field, is a small creek where you can often spot one of the area’s more adorable, albeit pesky, animals. While they might normally be referred to as groundhogs, that is not the case in West Virginia where residents often call them by the more colloquial name of whistlepigs, based on the highpitched whistling sound they are known to make when they feel threatened. That was as far as the search for a new team name needed to go and how the Princeton Whistlepigs became part of the new-look Appy League. Previously known as the Princeton Rays due to their affiliation with Tampa Bay since 1997, the West Virginia town has seen its fair share of future big leaguers suit up for the hometown team, including Carl Crawford, Josh Hamilton, Kevin Kiermaier, Blake Snell, and current Minnesota Twins manager 20 2 1 A P PA L AC H I A N L E AG U E M E D I A G U I D E
