West Michigan Whitecaps

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Minor League Baseball team professional baseball team

The West Michigan Whitecaps are a Minor League Baseball team and a Detroit Tigers affiliate based in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Minor League Baseball team → professional baseball team →
affiliatedWith	Detroit Tigers →
affiliationStartYearWithDetroitTigers	1997 →
ballparkCapacityApprox	9000 →
ballparkOpened	1994 →
basedIn	Comstock Park, Michigan →
basedInMetropolitanArea	Grand Rapids, Michigan metropolitan area →
classLevel	High-A →
competitionLevel	High-A Central (post-2021 restructuring) →
country	United States →
division	Midwest League East Division →
formerLeague	Class A Midwest League →
formerNameOfStadium	Fifth Third Ballpark →
founded	1994 →
governingBody	Minor League Baseball organization →
hasNotableAlumniMLBTeam	Detroit Tigers → other Major League Baseball teams →
homeGamesPlayedAt	LMCU Ballpark →
homeStadium	LMCU Ballpark →
inauguralSeason	1994 →
league	Midwest League →
majorLeagueAffiliate	Detroit Tigers →
mascot	Crash the River Rascal → Rascal →
nicknameOrigin	reference to Lake Michigan waves →
ownerType	private ownership group →
parentOrganization	Detroit Tigers farm system →
participatesIn	Minor League Baseball →
playsInSeason	Minor League Baseball regular season →
previousClassLevel	Class A →
reclassifiedToHighA	2021 →
region	West Michigan →
shortName	Whitecaps →
sport	baseball →
state	Michigan →
teamColors	light blue → navy blue → silver → white →
website	https://www.milb.com/west-michigan →
wonLeagueChampionship	1996 → 1998 → 2004 → 2006 → 2007 → 2015 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Comstock Park, Michigan → Fifth Third Ballpark →	homeTeam
Crash the River Rascal → Rascal →	mascotFor
LMCU Ballpark ("West Michigan Whitecaps organization") → Traverse City Pit Spitters ("West Michigan Whitecaps organization") →	owner
Fifth Third Ballpark → LMCU Ballpark →	tenant
Kent County, Michigan →	containsSportsTeam
Lansing Lugnuts →	hasRivalry
Grand Rapids, Michigan →	hasSportsTeam
LMCU Ballpark →	homeVenueOf
Whitecaps →	officialName
LMCU Ballpark ("West Michigan Whitecaps organization") →	operator