Marion Berries
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| Information | |||||
| League | West Coast League (2025–present) | ||||
| Location | Salem, Oregon | ||||
| Ballpark | Spec Keene Stadium at Bush's Pasture Park | ||||
| Founded | 2024 | ||||
| Nickname(s) | Berries | ||||
| League championships | 0 | ||||
| Division championships | 0 | ||||
| Colors | Dark Purple, Berry Blue, Green and White | ||||
| Ownership | Salem Baseball Club, LLC Luke Emanuel | ||||
| President | Luke Emanuel | ||||
| General manager | Pat Zajac | ||||
| Manager | TBA | ||||
| Website | www | ||||
The Marion Berries are a collegiate summer wood bat baseball team based in Salem, Oregon. They play in the South Division of the West Coast League, a premier collegiate summer baseball league based in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. The Berries play their home games at Spec Keene Stadium at Bush’s Pasture Park in Salem's Willamette University.
History
Team founding and naming (2024)
On January 19, 2024, the West Coast League announces that Salem would be the host of the league's 17th team, an expansion franchise. [1] Months later after a name-the-team contest, the team became officially known as the Marion Berries.[2][3][4] The name's origin comes from the popular marionberry that was discovered in 1956, leading to a robust berry industry in the heart of the Willamette Valley. The Berries are the latest baseball team to play in the Salem region joining the professional former Minor League Baseball team the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes and the Mavericks League.
2025
The Berries played their first ever home game on June 23rd defeating the Corvallis Knights 14-7. The Berries play their home games at Chemeketa Field due to their ballpark not being ready for the season. Chemeketa Field hosted the Salem Senators minor league team in 1978.[5][6][7]
Paul Vasquez (Oregon State) was named player of the week by the league on July 7th.[8]
Results by Season
| League Champions | Division Champions | Division Regular Season Champions | Playoff Berth |
| Year | League | Division | Finish | W | L | Win% | GB | Postseason | Manager |
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| 2025 | WCL | South | 5th | 16 | 15 | .516 | 9 | Tucker Brack |
References
- ^ "Salem Awarded WCL Expansion Team for 2025". West Coast League. January 19, 2024.
- ^ Siess, Joe (September 17, 2024). "Salem's new summer baseball team will be called the Marion Berries". Salem Reporter. Salem, Oregon. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
- ^ Denney, Jarrid (September 19, 2024). "Salem's new summer collegiate baseball team announces name, logo". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
- ^ Martinez, Luis (November 22, 2024). "Marion Berries Are Newest Semi-Pro Team in Salem". Salem Business Journal. Salem, Oregon. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
- ^ https://westcoastleague.com/marion-berries-ready-for-first-home-game/
- ^ https://baseball.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=630952
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=122156879264398114&set=pb.61561943443257.-2207520000&type=3
- ^ https://westcoastleague.com/bridges-and-vazquez-garner-weekly-honors/