Spokane Indians
The Spokane Indians are a Minor League Baseball team located in Spokane Valley, the city immediately east of Spokane, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest. The Indians are members of the High-A Northwest League (NWL) as an affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. Spokane plays its home games at Avista Stadium, which opened in 1958 and has a seating capacity of 6,752.
For the Native American tribe, see Spokane people.Spokane Indians
High-A (2021–present)
- Class A Short Season (1972, 1983–2020)
- Triple-A (1958–1971, 1973–1982)
- Class B (1892, 1902, 1904–1918, 1920, 1937–1942, 1946–1951, 1955–1956)
- Class A (1952–1954)
- Class D (1901)
- Class F (1898)
Northwest League (1983–present)
- Pacific Coast League (1973–1982)
- Northwest League (1972)
- Pacific Coast League (1958–1971)
- Northwest League (1955–1956)
- Western International League (1937–1942, 1946–1954)
- Pacific Coast International League (1918, 1920)
- Northwestern League (1905–1917)
- Pacific National League (1903–1904)
- Pacific Northwest League (1892, 1898, 1901–1904)
- Pacific Northwestern League (1891)
- Pacific Northwest League (1890)
Colorado Rockies (2021–present)
- Texas Rangers (2003–2020)
- Kansas City Royals (1995–2002)
- San Diego Padres (1983–1994)
- California Angels (1982)
- Seattle Mariners (1979–1981)
- Milwaukee Brewers (1976–1978)
- Texas Rangers (1973–1975)
- Los Angeles Dodgers (1958–1972)
- Philadelphia Phillies (1953)
- Brooklyn Dodgers (1947)
- 1890
- 1960
- 1970
- 1973
- 1974
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1999
- 2003
- 2005
- 2008
- 1963
- 1967
- 1968
- 1970
- 1973
- 1974
- 1982
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1998
- 1999
- 2003
- 2005
- 2008
- 2010
- 2018
- 2019
- 2019
Spokane Indians (1903–1920, 1940–present)
- Spokane Hawks (1937–1939)
- Spokane Smoke Eaters (1902)
- Spokane Blue Stockings (1901)
- Spokane Bunchgrassers (1892)
- Spokane Bunch Grassers (1891)
Red, navy, light blue, beige
Otto, Doris the Spokanasaurus, Recycle Man, Ribby the Redband Trout[1]
Avista Stadium (1958–present)
Ferris Field (1936–1956)
Brett Sports & Entertainment
Kyle Day
From 1958 through 1982, excluding 1972, the Indians were in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League (PCL). They were members of the Class A Short Season Northwest League from 1955 to 1956, in 1972, and from 1983 to 2020. The NWL operated as the High-A West in 2021 and was elevated to the High-A level. They have won 12 league titles: four in the PCL and eight in the NWL. The Spokane region has over a century of history in Minor League Baseball, dating back to the 1890s.[2]
Logos and uniforms[edit]
The team's colors are red, navy blue, light blue, and beige. In the 2006 offseason, the Indians began a process to redesign their logo and uniforms. As per tradition[clarification needed], they began by avoiding the use of any American Indian imagery, but early in the process, the Spokane Nation contacted the team about officially supporting the team. In the process, the tribe gave permission to the team to adopt subtle and tasteful imagery, in order to pay homage to the team's history and new connection with the tribe. The cooperation included the creation of a secondary logo written in Salish, the traditional language of the Spokane.[45]