{{Use American English|date=March 2026}}{{other uses|Harrisonburg Turks (minor league baseball)}} {| style="margin:5px; border:1px solid #8888AA;" align=right cellpadding=3 cellspacing=3 width=280 |- align="center" bgcolor="#E62020" |colspan=2| <span style="color:#333399;">'''Harrisonburg Turks'''</span> |- align="center" |- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" || '''Founded''' || 1915 |- align="center" || '''Field''' || Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park |- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" || '''Team History''' || '''Harrisonburg Turks''' <br> Class C Virginia League <br> (1915–1944) <br> Massanutten League <br> (1945–1949) <br> VBL <br> (1950–present) |- align="center" |- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" || '''Division''' || '''Southern Division''' <br />(1950–2008, 2015-22) <br /> '''Central Division''' <br /> (2009–2013) |- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" || '''Championships''' || '''13''' (1955) (1958) (1959) (1962) (1964) (1969) (1970) (1971) (1977) (1991) (2000) (2012) (2023) |- align="center" |- align="center" |- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" || '''Runner-Up''' || '''13''' (1957) (1961) (1967) (1968) (1975) (1976) (1978) (1984) (1986) (1989) (1992) (1994) (1996) |- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" || '''Owner''' || Gerald Harman |- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" || '''Head coach''' || Bob Wease |- align="center" |}
The '''Harrisonburg Turks''' are a collegiate summer baseball team in Harrisonburg, Virginia. They play in the South Division of the Valley Baseball League, a collegiate wooden bat summer league consisting of 11 teams in the state of Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sports |first=WHSV |title=Turks in middle of close South Division race |url=https://www.whsv.com/content/sports/Turks-in-middle-of-close-South-Division-race-486493861.html |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=whsv.com |language=en}}</ref> The Turks have been coached and/or owned by Bob Wease for 33 years as of the end of the 2023 season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McKenny |first=Simone |title=Longtime owner, manager of Harrisonburg Turks looking for someone to take over the team |url=https://www.whsv.com/2021/09/17/longtime-owner-manager-harrisonburg-turks-looking-someone-take-over-team/ |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=whsv.com |language=en}}</ref> Wease sold the team to Gerald Harman prior to the start of the 2023 season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=News-Record |first=NOAH FLEISCHMAN Daily |date=2023-08-04 |title=Turks Claim Valley Baseball League Title Over Tom Sox |url=https://www.dnronline.com/sports/recreation/vbl/turks-claim-valley-baseball-league-title-over-tom-sox/article_c4a3400e-68b0-5627-bb86-e15b8bbd0179.html |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=Daily News-Record |language=en}}</ref> The Turks play their home games at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park on the campus of James Madison University.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-28 |title=Let the games begin: Previewing the 2019 Harrisonburg Turks |url=https://hburgcitizen.com/2019/05/28/let-the-games-begin-previewing-the-2019-harrisonburg-turks/ |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=The Harrisonburg Citizen |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Notable alumni== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} *Scott Cousins *Roy Corcoran *Rich Croushore *Steve Decker *David Eckstein *Steve Finley *Jesse Foppert *Danny Godby *Orlando Gonzalez *Travis Harper *Gary Hill *Ron Hodges *Chris Hoiles *Mike Hubbard *Daryl Irvine *Logan Kensing *Darren Lewis *Sean Maloney *Kirt Manwaring *Frank Menechino *Larry Mitchell *Oscar Múñoz *Tim Nordbrook *Talmadge Nunnari *Brian O'Connor *Jim Pankovits *Cliff Pennington *Juan Pierre *Greg Pryor *Jon Rauch *Billy Sample *Ryan Shealy *Doug Strange *Steve Swisher *Jeff Tam *Mo Vaughn<ref>{{Cite web |last=News-Record |first=DAVID DRIVER Daily |title=Turks' Roster Includes Four JMU Players |url=https://www.dnronline.com/dnronline/turks-roster-includes-four-jmu-players/article_d911c9a8-a42f-5e8f-b302-2a447704d9da.html |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Daily News-Record |language=en}}</ref> *George Vukovich *Brian Wolfe *Jon Zuber {{div col end}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.harrisonburgturks.com/ Turks] *[http://www.valleyleaguebaseball.com/ Valley Baseball League]
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Category:Amateur baseball teams in Virginia Category:Valley Baseball League teams Category:Harrisonburg, Virginia Category:Baseball teams established in 1915 Category:1915 establishments in Virginia
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