Next Home Game
Monday June 26 vs
St. Joe 7:05

Click Her - For Stories of All Games

Photos from Mudcats vs Sedalia June 20

Mudcat Sponsors

MLB Drafts Four Former Mudcats

Picture







Four former Chillicothe Mudcats were drafted in this year’s MLB draft.  Shown here in their Mudcat uniforms (9) Todd Czinge to the Rockies in the 29th round, (13) Garrison Schwartz to the Braves in the 16th round, (31) Riley Echols to the Indians in the 24th round and (40) Blake Weiman to the Pirates in the 8th round.  Congratulations to these young men!


Former Mudcat, Austin Kerns, Signs With
Houston Astros

Everything happens for a reason!  Austin Kerns, a native of Owasso, Oklahoma, was 12 hours into his 25 hour drive to New Hampshire for summer ball when he got the call.  Austin went home and signed with the Astros.  Austin played with the Mudcats in the summer of 2014.

Austin Gussman Named M.I.N.K. League Pitcher of the Week

The M.I.N.K. League announced that Austin Gussman has been named the League Pitcher of the Week.  Austin pitched 6 innings, had 1 save, 11 strike outs, allowed 0 runs and had 2 wins.  Congratulations to Austin!


Chillicothe Mudcats hire New Jersey coach Jack Winters as 2017 field skipper

The head coach for Chillicothe’s “’Fish of Summer” will be a man of Winters – Jack Winters, to be precise.
Grand River Entertainment, which organized and founded the Chillicothe Mudcats college-level, wood-bat summer baseball team in 2001, and team General Manager Doug Doughty have announced the hiring of Winters as head coach for the 2017 season.
Also confirmed by Doughty is that Winters’ fellow assistant coach at Centenary, Ken Durling, has been hired as Mudcats 2017 assistant coach on Winters’ recommendation.
Winters is the pitching coach at Centenary, located in Hackettstown, N.J.
He becomes the 10th head coach in the 15-years history of the Chillicothe team that plays in the MINK League of collegiate wood baseball.
He succeeds Tai Mitchell, who led the Mudcats the past three years, the longest tenure as head coach in Mudcats history.
Paul Sturm
Sports Editor
Constitution-Tribune

Ken Durling new Assistant Coach
Ken Durling, from Kingston PA, is a 2013 graduate from Misericordia University.  While there he was a four year starter for the baseball program and graduated with a degree in Sports Management.  Through his baseball career at Misericordia, he set most of the offensive records such as hits, RBI, and doubles. He was a three time All-Conference player, three time All-Region player, and a two time All-American.  After graduating, he had a short stint in a Professional Independent League in San Angelo, TX playing for the San Angelo Colts.  Once finished, he returned to Misericordia as a volunteer assistant working mainly with hitters and outfielders.  Currently, Ken is a Graduate Assistant at Centenary University working with hitters and outfielders, while studying to get his Master’s Degree in Leadership.

Banman hits 51 home runs to win the Home Run Derby at Phil Welch Field in St Joseph.  

Mudcats Host Baseball Camp

Mudcats with their Host Families

Former Mudcat Caleb Joseph, One of the First Mudcats to Make it to Major League Baseball, Hits a RBI Single vs the Royals August 25, 2015

Caleb Joseph talks to Paul Sturm about being in the Majors. Click play button to listen.

Click on the above link and see more Mudcat Photos

Picture
Click to listen live!
Picture
Welcome to the site of the Chillicothe Mudcats.  The 2016 season will mark the fourteenth season of Mudcat baseball.  The Mudcats participate in the MINK League (a wood bat league) which is affiliated with the National Baseball Congress.  The MINK League is made up of teams from Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. During the fourteen years the Mudcats have always had a winning record. 

The Mudcats organization is run by Grand River Entertainment of Chillicothe.  GRE is a non-profit organization whose primary purpose is to bring family type entertainment to the area.  The Mudcats have been very successful and the community has been very supportive of the team.
Picture
Mudcats to workout at the YMCA

The Chillicothe Mudcats have reached an agreement which will allow the Mudcats to workout at the Grand River Area YMCA.

The facility will be available to the Mudcats all summer for free.

Mink League

                                                                     Click on the team logo to access their website.