2011 Season
The Missions got a hot start to the 2011 season, finishing April with the best record in Double-A baseball. Remarkably, they also amassed the most home runs of any team in Minor League Baseball in that time despite playing in the notoriously pitcher-friendly Wolff Stadium. Their early season success can be attributed to a roster filled with some of the top slugging prospects in the Padres' system, including Jaff and Cody Decker (not related). They have also had an offensive boost with the return of Kyle Blanks. Blanks played for the Missions in 2008 and is currently rehabbing after having Tommy John surgery performed in July 2010.
Despite this incredible performance on the field and enjoying one of the largest market sizes in minor league baseball, the team has boasted the lowest attendance figures in the Texas League.
Through Memorial Day, the team also shows the lowest per-capita attendance in all of Double-A baseball with a rate of .17% of the population attending each game (Double-A average is .48% of the team's metro area population attending each game). The team with the next-worst attendance performance is the Carolina Mudcats, who share the Raleigh-Durham market with the nationally popular Triple-A Durham Bulls and still draw .28% of the population on a nightly basis.
The Missions will host the 75th Annual Texas League All-Star Game on June 29, 2011.
The Missions won the 1st half division title, thus going to the playoffs.
The Missions won their 12th Texas League Championship, sweeping the Arkansas Travelers in the Texas League Championship series
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