Danville Dans
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| Danville Dans | |||||
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| League | Prospect League (2009–present) (Eastern Conference – Central Division) | ||||
| Location | Danville, Illinois | ||||
| Ballpark | Danville Stadium | ||||
| Founded | 1989 | ||||
| League championships | 9 (1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003) | ||||
| Division championships | 1 (2010) | ||||
| Former league | Central Illinois Collegiate League (1989–2008) | ||||
| Colors | Forest green, red, white | ||||
| Ownership | Rick Kurth | ||||
| General manager | Jeanie Cooke & Rick Kurth | ||||
| Manager | Eric Coleman | ||||
| Media | Commercial-News | ||||
| Website | danvilledans.com | ||||
The Danville Dans are a collegiate summer league baseball team located in Danville, Illinois. The team plays in the Prospect League, which their former league, the NCAA-sanctioned Central Illinois Collegiate League, was absorbed into after the 2008 season.
In their history as a CICL team, the Dans won nine tournament titles.[citation needed] Since the merger of the CICL and the Prospect League, the Dans have qualified for the playoffs four times, with their best finish coming in 2010, when they were the runner-up to the league champion, Chillicothe Paints.[citation needed]
The Dans play in the Prospect League's Eastern Conference – Central Division along with the Decatur Bean Ballers, Dubois County Bombers, Springfield Lucky Horseshoes, and Terre Haute Rex.[1]
The Dans play their home games in 5,021-seat Danville Stadium.[2] During the 2017 season, just under 50,000 people attended Danville Dans games, ranking the stadium as the second-most visited facility in the Prospect League in terms of overall fans and average per game.[3]
Seasons
| Season | Manager | Record | Win % | League | Division | GB | Post-season record | Post-season win % | Postseason result | Notes |
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| 2008 | Pete Paciorek | 24–23 | .511 | 1–2 | .333 | Lost Central Illinois Collegiate League Championship (Springfield) | ||||
| 2009 | Pete Paciorek | 32–21 | .604 | 2nd | 2nd | 2.5 | 0–0 | .000 | Did not qualify | Prospect League Inaugural Season |
| 2010 | Steve Bieser | 32–24 | .570 | 3rd | 1st | – | 2–1 | .667 | Won Central Division Championship (Nashville) Won Semifinals (Quincy) Lost Prospect League Championship (Chillicothe) | |
| 2011 | Mike Hutcheon | 25–29 | .463 | 10th | 5th | 12.0 | 0–0 | .000 | Did not qualify | |
| 2012 | Jamie Sailors | 17–43 | .283 | 11th | 6th | 21.0 | 0–0 | .000 | Did not qualify | |
| 2013 | Jamie Sailors | 41–19 | .683 | 1st | 1st | – | 0–2 | .000 | Lost West Division Championship (Quincy) | 2nd best regular season winning percentage in league history |
| 2014 | Eric Coleman[4] | 31–29 | .517 | 6th | 3rd | 8.5 | 0–0 | .000 | Did not qualify | |
| 2015 | Eric Coleman | 31–29 | .517 | 6th | 2nd | 12.0 | 0–0 | .000 | Did not qualify | |
| 2016 | Eric Coleman | 35–25 | .583 | 4th | 4th | 4.5 | 0–0 | .000 | Did not qualify | |
| 2017 | Eric Coleman | 31–29 | .517 | 4th | 3rd | 5.0 | 0–0 | .000 | Did not qualify | |
| 2018 | Eric Coleman | 35–23 | .603 | 2nd | 1st | – | 1–2 | .333 | Lost West Division Championship (Terre Haute) | |
| 2019 | Eric Coleman | 40–20 | .667 | 3rd | 2nd | – | 0–1 | .000 | Lost East Division Championship (Chillicothe) | |
| 2020 | Season cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic) | |||||||||
| 2021 | Eric Coleman | 36–22 | .621 | 3rd | 2nd | 4.5 | 0–1 | .000 | Lost Wabash River Division Championship (Lafayette) | |
| 2022 | Eric Coleman | 40–17 | .702 | 1st | 1st | – | 0–1 | .000 | Lost Wabash River Division Championship (Illinois Valley) | |
| 2023 | Eric Coleman | 33–23 | .589 | 3rd | 1st | – | 0–1 | .000 | Lost Wabash River Division Championship (Springfield) | |
| 2024 | Eric Coleman | 30–26 | .536 | 8th | 2nd | 2.5 | 0–1 | .000 | Lost Central Division Championship (Terre Haute) | |
| 2025 | Eric Coleman | 18–33 | .353 | 16th | 4th | 16.0 | 0–0 | .000 | Did not qualify | |
| 2026 | Eric Coleman | 0–0 | – | – | – | – | 0–0 | – | – | |
| Totals[5] | 531–435 | .550 | 4–12 | .250 | ||||||
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