From 2012 til 2013, the Freedom Pro Baseball League attempted to bring a full mid-summer
independent league to the under-utilized Spring Training ballparks of Arizona (and Prescott’s Roughrider Park in Yavapai College). When the 4 team
league first began 2012, Peoria’s Baseball Complex (Spring Training Home of the
Mariners and Padres), would be home to two of the four franchises… each playing
when the other was on the road. After two seasons the league fell apart…
mainly because of the FPBL’s inability to expand into Tucson’s former Spring Training stadium, Kino Park in Tucson. Some of this had to do with the uncertainty surrounding
the San Diego Padres’ Triple-A franchise… that was hoping to be able to
move into their brand new Southwest University Park in El Paso for the upcoming season. Some of it had to do with the stadium’s reluctance
to allow anything less than a Triple-A franchise to take over the ballpark,
which of course wasn’t going happen anytime soon. |
Goodyear Stadium Goodyear Centennials (2013) |
Scottsdale Stadium II Arizona Centennials (2012) |
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Phoenix Municipal Stadium II Phoenix Prospectors (start-2013) |
Peoria Baseball Complex Copper State Prospectors (2012) Senoran Explorers (2012) Peoria Explorers (2013) |
PRESCOTT Arizona Roughrider Park @ Yavapi College Montezuma Federals (2012) Prescot Montezuma Federals (2013) |
Surprise Stadium Intended future expansion – Never Utilized (2014) |
Salt River Field @ Talking Sitck Intended future expansion – Never Utilized (2014) |
Tucson Electric (Kino Park) Intended future stadium – Unable to obtain lease (2014) |
Camelback Ranch Phoenix Prospectors (mid-2013) |
Intended for play 2014 – League folded before expansion was completed |