Springfield Capitals

{{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} The '''Springfield Capitals''' were an independent baseball league team in Springfield, Illinois.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?code=FRON&class=Ind|title=Frontier League League History|publisher=baseball-reference.com|accessdate=2018-04-21}}</ref> The Capitals were members of the Frontier League from 1996 to 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180302/jr-blues-skate-on-as-springfields-longest-operating-sports-franchise|title=Jr. Blues skate on as Springfield's longest-operating sports franchise|publisher=sj-r.com|accessdate=2018-04-22}}</ref> The Capitals won the Frontier League championship in 1996 and in 1998.

After the 2001 season, the team moved to Rockford, Illinois, and became the Rockford Riverhawks.

==The Ballpark== The Capitals played at Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park. The park had a capacity of 5,200.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/park.cgi?id=IL053|title=Lanphier Park (I) Minor League History - Baseball-Reference.com|work=baseball-reference.com|accessdate=2018-04-21}}</ref>

==Springfield Capitals (1963–1977)== The original Springfield Capitals baseball team played in Springfield from 1963 to 1977 in the Central Illinois Collegiate League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ciclbaseball.com/index.php?view=about&show=teams|title=CICL Year-By-Year League Membership|publisher=ciclbaseball.com|accessdate=2018-04-21}}</ref> The team was disbanded when the New Orleans Pelicans relocated to Springfield to play as the Springfield Redbirds a Triple-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Springfield&state=IL&country=US Statistics from ''Baseball-Reference''] * [https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/t-sc14669 Statistics from ''Stats Crew'']

Category:Professional baseball teams in Illinois Capitals Category:Defunct baseball teams in Illinois Category:Defunct Frontier League teams Category:Defunct independent baseball league teams Category:Baseball teams established in 1996 Category:1996 establishments in Illinois Category:2001 disestablishments in Illinois Category:Baseball teams disestablished in 2001