Albuquerque Isotopes

• Location: Albuquerque, NM
• League: Pacific Coast League 2003-present
• Class: AAA
• Affiliation: Florida Marlins 2003-2008; Los Angeles Dodgers 2009-2014; Colorado Rockies 2015-Present
• Ballpark: Isotopes Park

Team History

The Albuquerque Isotopes began play in 2003, when the Calgary Cannons moved from Canada to New Mexico.

The team's name is a play on an episode of the television show The Simpsons in which Albuquerque tries to lure away Simpsons' hometown team, the Minor League Springfield Isotopes. At the time the episode aired, Albuquerque was temporarily without a team, and when one moved there it was decided to name the team the Isotopes at least in part because of the TV episode. The name is also appropriate because New Mexico was the home to the first nuclear weapons test in history and remains the home of two nuclear research laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories.

The Isotopes hosted the 2007 AAA All-Star Game and festivities at their stadium in Albuquerque.

In 2007, the Isotopes won Baseball America's Freitas Award, given to a minor league team at each classification level for oustanding operations.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach
2003	74-70	5th	Dean Treanor	Lost in 1st round	Matt Stark	Gary Buckels
2004	67-77	12th	Tracy Woodson		Matt Stark	Jeff Schwarz
2005	78-76	5th	Dean Treanor		Reggie Jefferson	Jeff Schwarz
2006	70-72	10th	Dean Treanor		Steve Phillips	Tom Brown
2007	72-70	9th	Dean Treanor		Steve Phillips	Rich Gale
2008	68-75	10th	Dean Treanor		Steve Phillips	Rich Gale
2009	80-64	2nd	Tim Wallach	Lost in 1st Round	John Moses	Jim Slaton
2010	72-71	10th	Tim Wallach		John Moses	Jim Slaton / Glenn Dishman
2011	70-74	8th (t)	Lorenzo Bundy		John Valentin	Glenn Dishman
2012	80-64	4th	Lorenzo Bundy	Lost in 1st Round	John Valentin	Glenn Dishman
2013	76-68	6th (t)	Lorenzo Bundy		Franklin Stubbs	Glenn Dishman
2014	62-80	14th	Damon Berryhill		Franklin Stubbs	Glenn Dishman
2015	62-82	14th	Glenallen Hill		Dave Hajek	Darryl Scott
2016	71-72	7th (t)	Glenallen Hill		John Shelby	Darryl Scott
2017			Glenallen Hill		Darin Everson	Mark Brewer

Related Sites

• Albuquerque Isotopes Baseball Club
• Summary of the Simpsons episode in which Albuquerque tries to lure away the Isotopes