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2024 YEAR
IN REVIEW
The Albuquerque Isotopes completed their 21st in 2024, a memorable campaign that saw exciting moments on the diamond, tremendous fan support
and new events hosted at Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park.
For the second straight year, Isotopes Park welcomed the highest cumulative total of fans in the Paci昀椀c Coast League, as 503,525 walked through the
turnstiles in 2024. The cumulative attendance was also 昀椀fth-most in all of Minor League Baseball, tied for the highest Albuquerque has 昀椀nished in 21
seasons (2023). Additionally, the Isotopes paced the PCL in average attendance for the third consecutive year with 6,714 per contest. Albuquerque
welcomed a 昀椀ve-昀椀gure crowd for six of their 75 home dates. The Sunday evening Cinco de Mayo Fiesta at “The Plaza” drew 12,011 fans, the eighthlargest crowd in MiLB. The club has now welcomed a cumulative total of 11,520,367 fans over 21 seasons.
The Savannah Bananas brought their world-famous brand of “Banana Ball” to Isotopes Park April 20-21. The Bananas played two games against their
rival the Party Animals as over 25,000 fans attended the two contests. Party Animals pitcher Drew Gillespie — an Albuquerque native, 2017 Sandia
High School graduate and University of New Mexico baseball alum — pitched in both games and closed out a Party Animals victory in game two
Sunday afternoon.
A few months later on August 23, Major League Baseball brought its Home Run Derby X competition to Albuquerque, an exciting 3-on-3 home run
derby featuring power hitting and defensive hustle. The event was headlined by former MLB stars Manny Ramirez, Ian Desmond, Jonny Gomes and
Ryan Zimmermann that also featured local stars Jared Mang, Andrew Howard, Gene Trujillo, and former Isotope Rob Stratton.
The Isotopes also held their annual Albuquerque Professional Baseball Hall of Fame ceremony as Mike Scioscia, former Albuquerque Dukes catcher
(1979-80) and manager (1999), was inducted Saturday June 29 prior to Dukes Retro Night.
On the 昀椀eld, Albuquerque set a franchise record with 186 stolen bases, surpassing the previous standard of 178 set in the 2003 inaugural campaign.
Out昀椀elder Zac Veen swiped second base Sept. 10 vs. Las Vegas to set the new bench mark. Additionally, the Isotopes stole a base in 12-straight games
from April 18-May 1—setting a new team-high. The club then equaled the record from August 25-Sept. 7.
Nine Isotopes players made their Major League debut with the Colorado Rockies (Jordan Beck, Drew Romo, Seth Halvorsen, Jeff Criswell, Aaron
Schunk, Luis Peralta, Greg Jones, Tanner Gordon and Jaden Hill), two shy of the team record set in 2016.
The club also tallied nine walk-off wins, the third-most in team history behind the 2006 and 2015 teams that both recorded 11. Four of those nine walkoff hits were homers (Romo, Jones, Hunter Stovall and Elehuris Montero), tying a franchise record (also: 2015 and 2021).
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