The Batavia Muckdogs are a collegiate summer baseball team in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL). They are located in Batavia, a city in Genesee County, New York, United States. Their home field is Dwyer Stadium in the city of Batavia, built after the 1996 season to replace the original Dwyer Stadium that opened July 27, 1938 as home to the Batavia Bees, a semi-pro team in the Genesee County League.
Joe Hornung was player/manager for the Batavia Giants in 1897.
Gene Baker was named Batavia manager June 19, 1961.
Jack Tighe lead Batavia to their first two championships in 1945 & 1946.
Phillies All-Star Chase Utley made his pro debut in Batavia during the 2000 season.
Batavia is a city in and the county seat of Genesee County, New York, United States. It is located near the center of the county, surrounded by the Town of Batavia, which is a separate municipality. Batavia's population, as of the 2020 census, was 15,600. The name Batavia is Latin for the Betuwe region of the Netherlands, and honors early Dutch land developers. In 2006, a national magazine, Site Selection, ranked Batavia third among the nation's micropolitans, based on economic development. The New York State Thruway passes north of the city. Genesee County Airport (GVQ) is also north of the city.
Genesee County Courthouse
All of western New York was sold through this office of the Holland Land Company, which is now a museum.
Oatka Milk plant still processes milk from area dairy farms which are fewer but larger in recent times.
Old mill dam at the Big Bend of the Tonawanda, downtown Batavia, New York. The choice of this site for Ellicot's headquarters was probably influenced by a good mill site.
