Northwoods League | 08/15 22:35 | 1 | Kalamazoo Growlers v La Crosse Loggers | W | 7-6 | |
Northwoods League | 08/14 23:05 | 2 | Madison Mallards v Kalamazoo Growlers | W | 2-3 | |
Northwoods League | 08/13 23:35 | 3 | Rockford Rivets v Kalamazoo Growlers | W | 2-8 | |
Northwoods League | 08/12 23:35 | 3 | Rockford Rivets v Kalamazoo Growlers | L | 18-11 | |
Northwoods League | 08/10 23:05 | - | Kokomo Jackrabbits v Kalamazoo Growlers | L | 8-5 | |
Northwoods League | 08/09 23:00 | - | Kokomo Jackrabbits v Kalamazoo Growlers | W | 1-3 | |
Northwoods League | 08/08 22:35 | - | Kalamazoo Growlers v Royal Oak Leprechauns | W | 7-2 | |
Northwoods League | 08/07 22:35 | - | Royal Oak Leprechauns v Kalamazoo Growlers | W | 10-17 | |
Northwoods League | 08/06 23:05 | - | Traverse City Pit Spitters v Kalamazoo Growlers | W | 2-3 | |
Northwoods League | 08/05 23:05 | - | Traverse City Pit Spitters v Kalamazoo Growlers | L | 6-2 | |
Northwoods League | 08/04 17:35 | - | Kalamazoo Growlers v Battle Creek Bombers | W | 10-3 | |
Northwoods League | 08/03 22:35 | - | Kalamazoo Growlers v Battle Creek Bombers | W | 13-1 |
The Kalamazoo Growlers are a baseball team based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, that plays in the Northwoods League, a summer collegiate baseball league. The Growlers were founded in 2013 and played their first game on May 28, 2014, losing to the then defending league champion Madison Mallards 6-2. The Growlers played their first home game on May 30, 2014, beating the Battle Creek Bombers 13-3. The team plays its home games at Homer Stryker Field.
On June 3, 2013, the Kalamazoo City Commission approved a contract with Kalamazoo Baseball, LLC to bring a team back to the city. Kalamazoo had been without a baseball team since the Kalamazoo Kings of the Frontier League disbanded in 2011. The contract stipulated that the Northwoods League would pay expenses associated with the team's home games, practice and the maintenance of Homer Stryker Field. On Nov. 15 of that year, the team was formally introduced as the Kalamazoo Growlers, a tribute to the city's brewing tradition and the black bears that can be heard "growling" in the forests of Michigan.