11 Facts About Salem-Keizer Volcanoes

Salem-Keizer Volcanoes are a baseball team located in Keizer, Oregon, who are charter members of the Mavericks Independent Baseball League, a four-team league entirely based in the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area and playing all their home games at Volcanoes Stadium.

Salem-Keizer Volcanoes history begins in Bellingham, Washington where the franchise played for eighteen season as an affiliate of the Seattle Mariners.

The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes continued their player development contract with the San Francisco Giants, a relationship that continued through 2020.

Salem-Keizer Volcanoes defeated the Boise Hawks in the best-of-three series en route to a Northwest League championship.

The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes won the Freitas Award as the best short-season Class A baseball franchise.

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The Volcanoes celebrated their 10th season in Salem-Keizer by ending the regular season with a league record 55 victories, a league record.

The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes capped the 2006 season by defeating the Boise Hawks, three games to one, winning the league championship.

In 2013, the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes won the south division title, but lost to Boise in the division series.

The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes were defeated in the division series by the eventual league champion Hillsboro Hops.

The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes were not extended an invitation to continue as a franchise affiliated with a major league organization.

Salem-Keizer Volcanoes area has been home to professional baseball since 1940, when the Salem Senators were formed as a member of the Western International League .