Billings Mustangs

From BR Bullpen

• Location: Billings, MT
• League: Pioneer League 1948-1963, 1969-present
• Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers 1949-1951; Pittsburgh Pirates 1952-1956; St. Louis Cardinals 1957-1963; Seattle Pilots 1969; Kansas City Royals 1970-1973; Cincinnati Reds 1974-present
• Ballpark: Cobb Field 1948-2007 ; ?? 2008-present

The Billings Mustangs were a member of the Pioneer League from 1948 to 1963 and again since 1969. They have won fourteen league titles in that time. In 1971, Hall of Famer George Brett played for the club. Since 1974, the Mustangs have been a farm club of the Cincinnati Reds. For their entire existence, they have played at Cobb Field in Billings, Montana.

[edit] Year-by-Year Record

Year	Affiliation	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1948	none	48-77	8th	Charles Root
1949	Brooklyn Dodgers	77-48	2nd	Larry Shepard	Lost League Finals
1950	Brooklyn Dodgers	72-54	3rd	Larry Shepard	League Champs
1951	Brooklyn Dodgers	65-70	6th	Larry Shepard
1952	Pittsburgh Pirates	73-59	3rd	Cliff Dapper	Lost first round
1953	Pittsburgh Pirates	71-60	3rd	Cliff Dapper	Lost first round
1954	Pittsburgh Pirates	76-56	2nd	Cliff Dapper	Lost first round
1955	Pittsburgh Pirates	64-68	5th	Jack Paepke; Buck Elliot
1956	Pittsburgh Pirates	70-62	2nd	Buck Elliot
1957	St. Louis Cardinals	79-47	1st	Eddie Lyons	League Champs
1958	St. Louis Cardinals	56-72	7th	Chase Riddle
1959	St. Louis Cardinals	68-62	2nd	Whitey Kurowski	League Champs
1960	St. Louis Cardinals	65-65	3rd	Ray Wilson
1961	St. Louis Cardinals	55-73	6th	Owen Friend (43-55) / Grover Resinger (12-18)
1962	St. Louis Cardinals	81-48	1st	Grover Resinger	League Champs
1963	St. Louis Cardinals	61-66	4th	Ron Plaza	Lost League Finals
1969	Seattle Pilots	26-45	7th	Bobby Mavis; Roland LeBlanc
1970	Kansas City Royals	37-33	4th	David Pavlesic
1971	Kansas City Royals	43-27	2nd	Gary Blaylock
1972	Kansas City Royals	50-22	1st	Gary Blaylock	League Champs
1973	Kansas City Royals	44-26	1st	Gary Blaylock	League Champs
1974	Cincinnati Reds	35-37	2nd (tie)	Jim Hoff
1975	Cincinnati Reds	26-45	4th	Jim Hoff
1976	Cincinnati Reds	36-35	2nd	Jim Hoff
1977	Cincinnati Reds	23-46	6th	Greg Riddoch
1978	Cincinnati Reds	50-18	1st	Jim Hoff	League Champs
1979	Cincinnati Reds	43-26	1st (tie)	Jim Hoff
1980	Cincinnati Reds	44-26	1st	Jim Hoff	Lost League Finals
1981	Cincinnati Reds	30-40	2nd	Jim Hoff
1982	Cincinnati Reds	31-39	3rd	Marc Bombard
1983	Cincinnati Reds	43-27	1st	Marc Bombard	League Champs
1984	Cincinnati Reds	47-21	1st	Lawrence Barton	Lost League Finals
1985	Cincinnati Reds	41-27	2nd	James Lett
1986	Cincinnati Reds	31-39	5th	Jeffrey Cox
1987	Cincinnati Reds	44-25	2nd	Dave Keller
1988	Cincinnati Reds	35-34	3rd	Dave Keller
1989	Cincinnati Reds	26-41	3rd	Dave Keller
1990	Cincinnati Reds	32-34	6th	Gary Groeninger
1991	Cincinnati Reds	25-44	6th	P.J. Carey
1992	Cincinnati Reds	53-23	1st	Donnie Scott	League Champs
1993	Cincinnati Reds	49-26	1st	Donnie Scott	League Champs
1994	Cincinnati Reds	50-22	1st	Donnie Scott	League Champs
1995	Cincinnati Reds	49-20	1st	Donnie Scott	Lost in 1st round
1996	Cincinnati Reds	23-49	7th	Matt Martin (10-25) / Bill Plummer (13-24)
1997	Cincinnati Reds	39-32	2nd	Donnie Scott	League Champs
1998	Cincinnati Reds	40-34	4th	Russ Nixon
1999	Cincinnati Reds	42-33	2nd/2nd	Russ Nixon	Lost League Finals
2000	Cincinnati Reds	39-36	2nd (tie)/3rd	Russ Nixon
2001	Cincinnati Reds	46-29	1st/2nd	Rick Burleson	League Champs
2002	Cincinnati Reds	38-37	3rd/1st	Rick Burleson	Lost in 1st round
2003	Cincinnati Reds	41-35	2nd/4th	Rick Burleson (24-14) / Jay Sorg (17-21)	League Champs
2004	Cincinnati Reds	37-37	1st/3rd	Luis Aguayo
2005	Cincinnati Reds	43-33	2nd/3rd	Rick Burleson
2006	Cincinnati Reds	51-25	1st/1st	Rick Burleson	Lost in 1st round
2007	Cincinnati Reds	37-38	4th (t)	Joe Kruzel

[edit] External Link

Billings Mustangs Baseball