Previous Teams
Starting in 1939, Boise was a longtime member of the Pioneer League. The teams were originally known as the Pilots, and later as the Yankees (1952–53) and Braves (1955–63). They played in a ballpark about a half mile (0.8 km) east of Bronco Stadium, in Municipal Park in east Boise, now the site of the headquarters of the state's fish & game department. (photo - 1950s) The present-day campus of Boise State University was the site of the original Boise airport, Varney Field, until 1940. The last season of the Pioneer League in Boise was 1963 and the city went 11 summers without minor league baseball.
Boise's original team in the Northwest League was the Boise A's, who played in 1975 and 1976. Fresh from high school, future hall of famer Rickey Henderson was a member of the 1976 team as a 17-year-old. The independent Boise Buckskins debuted in 1978, but after a 23–49 (.319) season, the team folded. Both teams played their home games at Bill Wigle Field, then known as "Borah Field." Boise went without minor league baseball for eight summers until the Hawks arrived in 1987.
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