{{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox baseball team | name = Oneonta Outlaws | logo =Oneonta Outlaws Logo.jpg | cap_logo = | league = PGCBL (2012, 2016-Present) | division = East Division | location = Oneonta, New York | stadium = Damaschke Field | founded = {{start date and years ago|1966}} | league_champs = (NYPL): 1968, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1998<br> (NYCBL): 2011, 2013<br>(PGCBL): None | series = | former_names = Oneonta Red Sox (1966)<br>Oneonta Yankees (1967–1998)<br>Oneonta Tigers (1999–2009) | former_leagues = NYCBL (2010-2011, 2013-2015) <br> NYPL (1966-2009) | former_ballparks = | colors = | owner = Gary Laing<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ballparkdigest.com/201209195581/college-baseball/news/local-businessman-buying-oneonta-outlaws|title=Local businessman buying Oneonta Outlaws|website=Ballpark Digest}}</ref> | management = | manager = Joe Hughes (2018-present) | media = | website = [https://www.oneontaoutlaws.com/ oneontaoutlaws.com] }} The '''Oneonta Outlaws''' are a collegiate summer baseball team in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL).
== History == === Previous Oneonta teams === Oneonta, located just 30 minutes from the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, first appeared on the baseball map in 1890 with the Oneonta Indians and was a mainstay in the New York–Penn League (NYPL) for more than 40 years, beginning with the arrival of the Oneonta Red Sox in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.com/sports/outlaws-keeping-baseball-in-oneonta-with-10th-season/article_2afad078-804b-5693-b4ce-862dbca671a1.html|title=Outlaws keeping baseball in Oneonta with 10th season|website=The Daily Star}}</ref> From 1967 to 2009 the team competed in NYPL as the Oneonta Yankees/Tigers, and won 12 league championships, the most among all league franchises.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/new-york-penn/history/champions|title=New York-Penn League Champions|website=MiLB.com}}</ref>
On January 27, 2010, Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller announced in a press release saying that the Tigers would be leaving Oneonta for Norwich, Connecticut for the 2010 season, and essentially ending its run as a pro team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.com/archives/oneonta-tigers-going-going-gone/article_502ed0b2-705f-59cf-a2e1-984fb6a70345.html|title=Oneonta Tigers: Going, going, gone?|website=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ballparkdigest.com/201001282458/minor-league-baseball/news/o-tigers-to-norwich-for-2010|title=O-Tigers to Norwich for 2010|website=Ballpark Digest}}</ref>
=== Collegiate summer team === In conjunction with team shifting operations to Norwich, the '''Saratoga Phillies''' transferred their rights in the wood-bat New York Collegiate Baseball League (NYCBL) to Oneonta,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ballparkdigest.com/201002162520/independent-baseball/news/nycbl-swoops-into-oneonta-cooperstown|title=NYCBL swoops into Oneonta, Cooperstown|website=Ballpark Digest}}</ref> and announced that the team would play in Damaschke Field.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ballparkdigest.com/200903211607/college-baseball/visits/damaschke-field-oneonta-tigers|title=Damaschke Field / Oneonta Outlaws|website=Ballpark Digest}}</ref> The team would later be named "Outlaws".
After winning the 2011 NYCBL title, the team moved to the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL) for the 2012 season,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.perfectgame.org/articles/View.aspx?article=6485|title=Oneonta Outlaws join PGCBL|website=PerfectGame.org}}</ref> but returned a year later after local businessman Gary Laing bought the team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ballparkdigest.com/201212135924/college-baseball/news/oneonta-outlaws-to-nycbl-in-2013|title=Oneonta Outlaws to NYCBL in 2013 UPDATED!|website=Ballpark Digest}}</ref> The Outlaws won another NYCBL title in 2013, but rejoined the PGCBL before the 2016 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.com/sports/outlaws-to-open-season-june-1-on-road/article_57fa6c71-3c11-550f-ae67-cc9c05055b29.html|title=Outlaws to open season June 1 on road|website=The Daily Star}}</ref>
==Season results== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season !! League !! W-L !! Manager !!Postseason!!Misc |- | 2021 || PGCBL |14-21 |Joe Hughes |No | |- | 2020 || PGCBL|| -- || -- || -- || Season canceled due to COVID-19 |- |2019 | PGCBL |18-28 |Joe Hughes |No | |- |2018 | PGCBL |16-29 |Joe Hughes |No | |- |2017 | PGCBL |14-30 |Atlee Pearson |No | |- |2016 | PGCBL |24-24 |Atlee Pearson |Yes (0-1) | |- |2015 |NYCBL |26-18 |Joe Hughes |Yes (4-3) | |- |2014 |NYCBL |27-19 |Joe Hughes |Yes (4-4) | |- |2013 |NYCBL |25-15 |Joe Hughes |Yes (4-1) |'''NYCBL Championship''' |- |2012 | PGCBL |25-22 |Greg Zackrison |No | |- |2011 |NYCBL |29-15 |Greg Zackrison |Yes (5-0) |'''NYCBL Championship''' |- |2010 |NYCBL |26-16 |Greg Zackrison |Yes (0-2) | |- |}
==Notable alumni== * Artie Lewicki (2014) * Carlos Asuaje (2013) * Tom Murphy (2012) * Chandler Engel (2016, 2017) * Quin Cotton (2016)
{{As of|2021|January}} there are 41 Outlaws alumni who got drafted in the MLB draft and 52 players that continued to pro career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://media.hometeamsonline.com/photos/baseball/ONEONTAOUTLAWS/Outlaws_Almanac_2019_ed_(1).pdf|title=Outlaws Almanac 2019}}</ref>
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Category:Baseball teams established in 1966 Category:Oneonta, New York Category:1966 establishments in New York (state)
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