News release from the TinCaps:
2016 TinCaps Season ReCap
Fort Wayne Completes Another Record-Setting Season
(September 12, 2016) — In the eighth season of TinCaps baseball at Parkview Field, the team completed another record-setting season. Though the longest active playoff streak among all Minor League and Major League Baseball teams came to a close at seven years, the TinCaps still provided plenty of highlights throughout the campaign.
2016 Organizational Honors
- Parkview Field voted Best Class A Ballpark in Ballpark Digest poll
- Top 25 in Minor League Baseball merchandise sales
- Team President Mike Nutter received the Better Business Bureau serving Northern Indiana’s Individual of Integrity Award
2016 in the Seats at Parkview Field
- Franchise record for regular-season and total attendance (413,701)
- Franchise record for average attendance (6,084)
- 21 sell-out crowds
- No. 2 average attendance among all 100 Single-A/Rookie teams
- Better average attendance than 12 of 30 Triple-A teams
- Better average attendance than 28 of 30 Double-A teams
- Seventh time in eight seasons at Parkview Field with attendance eclipsing 400,000
- 9,026 fans on the Fourth of July – third largest home crowd in franchise history
- Team welcomed 3,000,000th fan in TinCaps history
2016 on the Field – Individual Accomplishments
Austin Allen
- Midwest League Mid-Season and Post-Season All-Star
- Franchise record for longest hitting streak (24 games)
- Midwest League Player of the Month for April
- Midwest League Player of the Week (April 7-17)
- 6th in the league in AVG (.320)
RHP J.C. Cosme
- Midwest League Mid-Season All-Star (SP for Eastern Division)
RHP Enyel De Los Santos
- Midwest League Mid-Season All-Star
CF Michael Gettys
- Midwest League Mid-Season All-Star
RHP Jake Nix
- Midwest League Mid-Season All-Star
- Best Breaking Pitch in Midwest League (Baseball America)
3B Carlos Belen
- Midwest League Player of the Week (August 8-14)
- Best Infield Arm in Midwest League (Baseball America)
OF Jhonatan Peña
- Midwest League Player of the Week (June 20-26)
- First ever TinCap to homer in four consecutive games (June 23-26)
2016 on the Field – Team Accomplishments
- 20 TinCaps players earned promotions in the San Diego Padres system
- Of the current Padres Top 30 prospects, per MLB.com, 12 played with the TinCaps
- Eight walk-off wins, including five in a span of 17 home games (July 30-Sept. 1) in the second half
The 2017 Midwest League season begins on April 6 when the TinCaps square off with the Lansing Lugnuts on the road. The TinCaps return to Fort Wayne to host the Lugnuts in the home opener on Saturday, April 8 at 6:05 p.m. at Parkview Field.
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