{{Short description|Collegiate summer baseball team in North Dakota}} {{Infobox baseball team | name = Minot Greenheads | logo =MinotGreenheadsLogo.jpg | league = Northwoods League (2000) | division = | location = Minot, North Dakota | stadium = Corbett Field | founded = 2000 | colors = Green, blue, gold, white<ref name="trucolor">{{cite web |title=Northwoods League Official Colors (1994 through present) |url=https://www.trucolor.net/portfolio/northwoods-league-official-colors-1994-through-present/ |website=TruColor.net |access-date=16 March 2026}}</ref><br>{{Color box|#215732}} {{Color box|#00205B}} {{Color box|#FFBF3F}} {{Color box|#FFFFFF}} | league_champs = | series = | series_champs = | former_names = | former_leagues = | former_ballparks = }} The '''Minot Greenheads''' were an American baseball team that played in the Northwoods League, a collegiate summer baseball league. They played their home games at Corbett Field in Minot, North Dakota.{{cn|date=March 2026}}
==History== The Greenheads came into being after the 1999 Northwoods League season, when the Southern Minny Stars relocated due to economic problems.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Guy N. Limbeck |title=It's official: Northwoods League out of Austin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/post-bulletin-its-official-northwoods/183256061/ |access-date=16 March 2026 |work=Rochester Post-Bulletin |date=February 3, 2000}}</ref> Corbett Field had previously hosted a Prairie League team called the Minot Mallards, which itself shared a name with previous affiliated minor league baseball teams. The Greenheads name and identity similarly referred to mallard ducks. The league's expansion to Minot increased travel distances to a point where every NWL club traveled by coach bus for the first time.<ref name="history">{{cite web |title=History|url=https://northwoodsleague.com/about-nwl/history/ |website=NorthwoodsLeague.com |access-date=March 16, 2026}}</ref>
The Greenheads only played one season in the NWL before ceasing operations.<ref name="history"></ref> They posted a record of 22-42{{cn|date=March 2026}} and did not have a single player go on to reach Major League Baseball.<ref name="nwlmlb">{{cite web |url=https://assets.northwoodsleague.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/NWL-Alumni-in-MLB-2025.pdf |title=Northwoods League Alumni in Major League Baseball |website=Northwoods League |access-date=March 16, 2026}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.northwoodsleague.com Northwoods League] – official site
Category:Northwoods League teams Category:Amateur baseball teams in North Dakota Category:Sports in Minot, North Dakota Category:Baseball teams established in 2000 Category:2000 establishments in North Dakota