Traverse City Beach Bums
| Traverse City Beach Bums | |||||
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| League | Frontier League | ||||
| Location | Chums Corner, Michigan | ||||
| Ballpark | Wuerfel Park | ||||
| Founded | 2006 | ||||
| Folded | 2018 | ||||
| League championships | 1 (2015) | ||||
| Division championships | 1 (2012) | ||||
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| Colors | Navy blue, gold, white | ||||
| Ownership | John and Leslye Wuerfel | ||||
The Traverse City Beach Bums were a professional baseball team based in Chums Corner, Michigan, a southern suburb of Traverse City. The Beach Bums played in the independent Frontier League. The team played at Wuerfel Park.
The Beach Bums were established in 2006 when the Richmond Roosters franchise was purchased and moved from Richmond, Indiana. The Roosters had begun playing in the third season of the Frontier League and existed from 1995 to 2005.
In 2018, the franchise was sold to the owners of the Midwest League West Michigan Whitecaps who folded the Frontier League affiliation and launched a new team in the Northwoods League, the Traverse City Pit Spitters.
The team is represented in the Frontier League Hall of Fame by pitcher Scott Dunn and first baseman Chase Burch.