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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
West Michigan Whitecaps canonical 12
West Michigan Whitecaps organization 3

Statements (47)

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 ⓘ
surface form: Grand Rapids, Michigan metropolitan area
classLevel High-A ⓘ
competitionLevel High‑A ⓘ
surface form: High-A Central (post-2021 restructuring)
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
division Midwest League ⓘ
surface form: Midwest League East Division
formerLeague Midwest League ⓘ
surface form: 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 (since 2021 restructuring) ⓘ
surface form: Minor League Baseball
playsInSeason Minor League Baseball regular season ⓘ
previousClassLevel Class A ⓘ
reclassifiedToHighA 2021 ⓘ
region West Michigan ⓘ
shortName Whitecaps ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
state Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Michigan
teamColors light blue ⓘ
navy blue ⓘ
silver ⓘ
white ⓘ
website https://www.milb.com/west-michigan ⓘ
wonLeagueChampionship 1996 ⓘ
1998 ⓘ
2004 ⓘ
2006 ⓘ
2007 ⓘ
2015 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grand Rapids, Michigan → hasSportsTeam → West Michigan Whitecaps ⓘ
Kent County, Michigan → containsSportsTeam → West Michigan Whitecaps ⓘ
Traverse City Pit Spitters → owner → West Michigan Whitecaps ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Michigan Whitecaps organization
Crash the River Rascal → mascotFor → West Michigan Whitecaps ⓘ
Rascal → mascotFor → West Michigan Whitecaps ⓘ
Whitecaps → officialName → West Michigan Whitecaps ⓘ
LMCU Ballpark → homeVenueOf → West Michigan Whitecaps ⓘ
LMCU Ballpark → tenant → West Michigan Whitecaps ⓘ
LMCU Ballpark → owner → West Michigan Whitecaps ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Michigan Whitecaps organization
LMCU Ballpark → operator → West Michigan Whitecaps ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Michigan Whitecaps organization
Comstock Park, Michigan → homeTeam → West Michigan Whitecaps ⓘ
Fifth Third Ballpark → homeTeam → West Michigan Whitecaps ⓘ
Fifth Third Ballpark → tenant → West Michigan Whitecaps ⓘ
Lansing Lugnuts → hasRivalry → West Michigan Whitecaps ⓘ
Old Kent Park → tenant → West Michigan Whitecaps ⓘ