# Boise Yankees

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{{Infobox Minor League Baseball
| name = Boise Yankees
| firstseason = 1952 
| lastseason = 1953
| allyears = 
| city = Boise, Idaho
| logo = 
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| past class level = [Class C](/source/Class_C_(baseball))
| league = 
| conference = 
| division = 
| past league = [Pioneer League](/source/Pioneer_League_(baseball)) (1952–1953)
| pastmajorleague = [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) (1952–1953)
| pastnames =
| pastparks = [Joe Devine Airway Park](/source/Joe_Devine_Airway_Park) (1952–1953)
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The '''Boise Yankees''' were a [minor league](/source/Minor_League_Baseball) [baseball](/source/baseball) team in the [western](/source/Western_United_States) United States, based in [Boise, Idaho](/source/Boise%2C_Idaho). They played in the [Class C](/source/Class_C_(baseball)) [Pioneer League](/source/Pioneer_League_(baseball)) in 1952 and 1953 as an affiliate of the [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees), and their home venue was [Joe Devine Airway Park](/source/Joe_Devine_Airway_Park), named for the late Yankee scout [Joe Devine](/source/Joe_Devine_(scout)) in 1952.<ref name=sptap>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0otaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XU8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3655%2C3377570 |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |location=Florida |agency=Associated Press |title=Joe Devine honored |date=March 17, 1952 |page=15}}</ref><ref name=alookat>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-iDcR0R6-N0C&pg=PA41 |publisher=Can He Play? A Look at Baseball Scouts and their Profession |title=Joe Devine |last=Kling |first=Dwayne |date=November 2011 |pages=41–42|isbn=9781933599236 }}</ref>

==History==
The team was previously known as the unaffiliated [Boise Pilots](/source/Boise_Pilots)<ref name=byinnn>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6o1hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j04DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4763%2C4831293 |newspaper=Deseret News |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |agency=Associated Press |title=Boise Yanks is the new name |date=January 27, 1952 |page=C3}}</ref> from 1939 to 1951 (except for three years during [World War II](/source/World_War_II) when the league did not operate), while the Yankees' affiliates in the Pioneer League were previously the [Twin Falls Cowboys](/source/Twin_Falls_Cowboys) (1946–51)<ref name=trower>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qi5PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_k0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4285%2C3211888 |newspaper=Deseret News |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |agency=United Press |title=Twin Falls needs Yankee help – not 'Trower' of strength – yet |date=April 13, 1951 |page=A11 }}</ref><ref name=tgfipf>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OfJXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N_YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5652%2C5347142 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Twin, Great Falls in Pioneer finals |date=September 14, 1951 |page=11}}</ref><ref name=ybnr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UK1eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=By8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2375%2C2656615 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |agency=Associated Press |title=Boise assumes Yankee banner |date=October 2, 1951 |page=2}}</ref> and the [Idaho Falls Russets](/source/Idaho_Falls_Russets) (1940–41). The Yankees pulled out of the Pioneer League and the western U.S. after the 1953 season.<ref name=slc0ct53>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TrIwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l00DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4482%2C3675073 |newspaper=Deseret News |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |last=Chipman |first=Dee |title=Pioneer League has talent; Yankees drop Boise; Garth deserves support |date=October 20, 1953 |page=2B }}</ref> The Boise team's name reverted to Pilots for 1954, then was the [Boise Braves](/source/Boise_Braves) (affiliated with the [Milwaukee Braves](/source/Milwaukee_Braves)) from 1955 to 1963.

A notable Boise Yankee was future country music star [Charley Pride](/source/Charley_Pride).<ref name=cpbio>{{cite web |url=http://www.charleypride.com/about/biography |publisher=CharleyPride.com |title=Biography |accessdate=November 14, 2015}}</ref>

==Season records==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;"
!Season !! Manager(s) !! W–L !! Win % !! Finish || Playoffs || Ref
|-
! 1952
| Wayne Tucker || 63–69 || .477 || 5th || none || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=547110a0 |title=1952 Boise Yankees |website=[Baseball-Reference.com](/source/Baseball-Reference.com) |accessdate=August 16, 2017}}</ref>
|-
! 1953
| [Ted Gullic](/source/Ted_Gullic) || 63–68 || .481 || 6th || none || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=55c4d50c |title=1953 Boise Yankees |website=[Baseball-Reference.com](/source/Baseball-Reference.com) |accessdate=August 16, 2017}}</ref>
|}

==Notable players==
*[Woodie Held](/source/Woodie_Held)
*[Ken Hunt](/source/Ken_Hunt_(outfielder))
*[Johnny James](/source/Johnny_James)
*[Bob Martyn](/source/Bob_Martyn)
*[Charley Pride](/source/Charley_Pride)

==See also==
*[Boise Yankees players](/source/%3ACategory%3ABoise_Yankees_players)

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?city=Boise&state=ID&country=US Baseball Reference] – Boise teams

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Category:Defunct Pioneer League (baseball) teams
Category:Baseball teams established in 1952
Category:Professional baseball teams in Idaho
Category:New York Yankees minor league affiliates
Category:1952 establishments in Idaho
Category:Baseball teams disestablished in 1953
Category:1953 disestablishments in Idaho
Category:Sports in Boise, Idaho
Category:Defunct baseball teams in Idaho

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