Modesto Nuts

• Location: Modesto, CA
• League: California League 2005-2019; Low-A West 2021; California League 2022-
• Affiliation: Colorado Rockies 2005-2016; Seattle Mariners 2017-
• Ballpark: John Thurman Field

Team History

The Modesto Nuts, of the California League and briefly in Low-A West, say their nickname salutes "the agricultural community in the Central Valley and Stanislaus County … specifically almonds and walnuts … a huge part of who we are."[1] The Seattle Mariners farmhands play their home games at John Thurman Field in Modesto, CA.

The Modesto A's played in the Cali League for 30 years, from 1975 through 2004. When the team lost its affiliation with the Oakland A's after the 2004 season, it re-branded as the Nuts and hooked up with the Colorado Rockies. After the 2016 campaign, the Mariners bought 51 percent of the team - thus extricating themselves from parenting a team in dilapidated Sam Lynn Ballpark in Bakersfield, CA. MLB's 2021 Minor League Reorganization lowered the Nuts, and most of the California League, one level.

A Nuts cap was among five Cali League ones that became clues to a murder in TV's Life (2007-2009).

The Nuts play Copa de la Diversion Hispanic engagement campaign games as Alebrijes de Modesto. An alebrije is a colorful wooden folk sculpture popular in Mexico.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach	Coach
2005	72-67	5th	Stu Cole	Lost in 2nd round	Glenallen Hill	Butch Hughes
2006	66-74	8th	Chad Kreuter (28-24) / Glenallen Hill (38-50)		Glenallen Hill/Dave Hajek	Butch Hughes
2007	76-64	3rd	Jerry Weinstein		Dave Hajek	Butch Hughes	Jonathan Stone
2008	70-69	5th	Jerry Weinstein		Duane Espy	Butch Hughes	Jonathan Stone
2009	75-65	3rd (t)	Jerry Weinstein	Lost in 1st round	Duane Espy	Doug Linton
2010	73-67	6th	Jerry Weinstein	Lost in 2nd round	Duane Espy	Darryl Scott	Brian Betancourth
2011	74-66	4th	Jerry Weinstein	Lost in 1st round	Kevin Riggs	Darryl Scott	Brian Betancourth
2012	73-67	4th	Lenn Sakata	Lost League Finals	Jonathan Stone	Darryl Scott
2013	75-65	4th	Lenn Sakata (42-45) / Fred Nelson (33-20)	Lost in 1st round	Jonathan Stone	Dave Burba
2014	43-97	10th	Don Sneddon		Jonathan Stone	Dave Burba
2015	67-73	7th	Fred Ocasio		Drew Saylor	Brandon Emanuel
2016	60-80	8th (t)	Fred Ocasio		Lee Stevens	Brandon Emanuel
2017	74-66	3rd	Mitch Canham	League Champs	Joe Thurston	Peter Woodworth	Jim Pankovits
2018	62-78	7th	Mitch Canham		Joe Thurston	Peter Woodworth	Austin Knight
2019	65-75	6th	Denny Hocking		Jose Umbria	Rob Marcello	Louis Boyd
2020	Season cancelled
2021	64-51	4th	Eric Farris		Rob Benjamin	Nathan Bannister	Mike Ahmed, Geoff Jimenez
2022			Austin Knight		Michael Fransoso	Nathan Bannister	Ryan Scott

External Link

• Modesto Nuts
• Nuts Myspace page