Harrisonburg Turks | |
Founded | 1915 |
Field | Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park |
Team History | Harrisonburg Turks Class C Virginia League (1915–1944) Massanutten League (1945–1949) VBL (1950–present) |
Division | Southern Division (1950–2008, 2015-22) Central Division (2009–2013) |
Championships | 13 (1955) (1958) (1959) (1962) (1964) (1969) (1970) (1971) (1977) (1991) (2000) (2012) (2023) |
Runner-Up | 13 (1957) (1961) (1967) (1968) (1975) (1976) (1978) (1984) (1986) (1989) (1992) (1994) (1996) |
Owner | Gerald Harman |
Head coach | Bob Wease |
The Harrisonburg Turks are a collegiate summer baseball team in Harrisonburg, Virginia. They play in the South Division of the Valley Baseball League, a collegiate wooden bat summer league consisting of 11 teams in the state of Virginia. The Turks have been coached and/or owned by Bob Wease for 33 years as of the end of the 2023 season. Wease sold the team to Gerald Harman prior to the start of the 2023 season. The Turks play their home games at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park on the campus of James Madison University.
Notable alumni
- Scott Cousins
- Roy Corcoran
- Rich Croushore
- Steve Decker
- David Eckstein
- Steve Finley
- Jesse Foppert
- Danny Godby
- Orlando Gonzalez
- Travis Harper
- Gary Hill
- Ron Hodges
- Chris Hoiles
- Mike Hubbard
- Daryl Irvine
- Logan Kensing
- Darren Lewis
- Sean Maloney
- Kirt Manwaring
- Frank Menechino
- Larry Mitchell
- Oscar Múñoz
- Tim Nordbrook
- Talmadge Nunnari
- Brian O'Connor
- Jim Pankovits
- Cliff Pennington
- Juan Pierre
- Greg Pryor
- Jon Rauch
- Billy Sample
- Ryan Shealy
- Doug Strange
- Steve Swisher
- Jeff Tam
- Mo Vaughn
- George Vukovich
- Brian Wolfe
- Jon Zuber
References
- Sports, WHSV. "Turks in middle of close South Division race". whsv.com. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
- McKenny, Simone. "Longtime owner, manager of Harrisonburg Turks looking for someone to take over the team". whsv.com. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
- News-Record, NOAH FLEISCHMAN Daily (2023-08-04). "Turks Claim Valley Baseball League Title Over Tom Sox". Daily News-Record. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- "Let the games begin: Previewing the 2019 Harrisonburg Turks". The Harrisonburg Citizen. 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
- News-Record, DAVID DRIVER Daily. "Turks' Roster Includes Four JMU Players". Daily News-Record. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
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