Salt Lake City Trappers

Salt Lake City Trappers
Minor league affiliations
ClassRookie League
LeaguePioneer League
Major league affiliations
TeamUnaffiliated
Minor league titles
League titles (4)
  • 1985
  • 1986
  • 1987
  • 1991
Division titles (5)
  • 1985
  • 1987
  • 1990
  • 1991
  • 1992
Team data
NameSalt Lake City Trappers
BallparkDerks Field

The Salt Lake City Trappers were a Minor League Baseball team of the Rookie level Pioneer League from 1985 to 1992. They were located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and played their home games at Derks Field. The Trappers were not affiliated with any Major League Baseball team. They won the Pioneer League championship four times: in three consecutive seasons from 1985 to 1987, and again in 1991.

The Trappers' ownership group included Angels owner Arte Moreno, as well as actor Bill Murray and his brother Brian Doyle-Murray.

The team is best known for winning 29 consecutive games in 1987 to establish an all-time record for all of professional baseball. Memorabilia from the 1987 squad is on display at the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Team history

In 1985, the Rookie Calgary Expos, an affiliate of the Montreal Expos, relocated from Calgary, Alberta, to Salt Lake City to make room for the Calgary Cannons of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League.

In 1993, the team relocated to Pocatello, Idaho, as the Pocatello Posse before moving to Ogden, Utah, as the Ogden Raptors in 1994.

1987 streak

During the 1987 Pioneer League season, the Trappers won 29 consecutive games to set a new professional baseball record that is still standing today. The previous record was 27 games, set by the Corsicana Oil Citys of the Texas League in 1902 and matched by the Baltimore Orioles of the International League in 1921. The Trappers went on to win the Pioneer League Championship, their third title in a row.

No players on the 1987 team went on to play in the major leagues, although outfielder Adam Casillas played 3 seasons in Triple-A. Pitcher John Savage has been the UCLA baseball head coach since 2005.

The team was the subject of the 2025 documentary The Streak, which won the Audience Award at the 2024 Nashville Film Festival.

Season-by-season results

Season W–L Finish Win%
1985 46–24 1st .657
1986 45–25 1st .643
1987 49–21 1st .700
1988 41–29 2nd .586
1989 33–36 2nd .478
1990 42–26 2nd .618
1991 49–21 1st .700
1992 53–23 1st .697
Total 358–205 — .636

References

Specific
  1. ↑ Rock, Brad (July 27, 2012). "Bill Murray and Trappers in a league of their own". Deseret News. Retrieved July 18, 2026.
  2. ↑ Garrity, John (August 3, 1987). "Streak City". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2026.
  3. ↑ Seninger, Glenn (July 21, 2012). "'The Streak': 25 years later, the Trappers' record-setting performance still stands tall". DeseretNews.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2026.
  4. ↑ Kamrani, Christopher; Nesbitt, Stephen J. (August 30, 2022). "How a team of MLB rejects achieved baseball immortality — as Bill Murray served the beers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 18, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Pioneer League Champions". MiLB.com. Retrieved July 18, 2026.
  6. ↑ Castrovince, Anthony. "Salt Lake City Trappers set record for longest winning streak in baseball history". MLB.com. Retrieved July 18, 2026.
  7. ↑ "2024 Winners". NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL. Retrieved July 18, 2026.
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