Fond du Lac Dock Spiders


The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders are a baseball team that plays in the Northwoods League. Based in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, the Dock Spiders play their home games at Herr-Baker Field on the campus of Marian University. The Dock Spiders are the current champions of the Northwoods League, winning the 2018 championship over the Duluth Huskies 2 games to 1.

History

On August 15, 2016, it was announced that the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers had partnered with Marian University to bring the 20th Northwoods League team to Fond du Lac. The on-campus Herr-Baker Field underwent renovations to accommodate the team.
A name-the-team contest was held, with the five finalists being Barn Owls, Dock Spiders, Lake Flies, Pipsqueaks and Shantymen. On November 21, the Dock Spiders name, logo and colors were officially announced. The team appeared in Sports Illustrated as the best attention-grabbing new baseball club name for 2017. The team logo was designed by San Diego marketing firm Brandiose.
In 2017, the team's inaugural season, the Dock Spiders went 38-34. After posting a 16-20 record in the first half, the Dock Spiders went 22-14 in the second half to finish 3 games out of 1st place. The overall record put the Dock Spiders in a tie for the final playoff spot in the South Division; however, the Dock Spiders missed on a 3-way tiebreak with the Lakeshore Chinooks and the Madison Mallards. In 2018, the Dock Spiders compiled a 39-31 overall record to take the final playoff spot in the South Division, with split-half records of 21-13 and 18-18. In the playoffs, the Dock Spiders won road games over the Madison Mallards 17-5 and the Kalamazoo Growlers 3-1 to win the South Division title and advance to the championship series against the Duluth Huskies. Fond du Lac won the opening game of the best-of-3 series 3-0 at home, then lost at Duluth 8-1 before winning the deciding game 4-3 to clinch the team's first Northwoods League title in the franchise's second season of play.

Dock Spiders in the Pros

Year-by-Year Records