Kane County Cougars

Team Names: Kane County Cougars (1991-Present)
First Season: 1991 (in Midwest League), 2021 (in American Association)
Last Season: 2026 (in American Association, still operating in National Association)
Location: Geneva, Illinois
Stadium: Northwestern Medicine Field (Capacity: 10,923)

American Association All-Time Record: 305-293 (.510)
American Association Playoff Appearances: 5 (’22, ’23, ’24, ’25, ’26)
All-Time American Association Playoff Record: 20-12 (.625)
Miles Wolff Cup Finals Appearances: 2 (’24, ’25)
Miles Wolff Cup Championships: 2 (2024, 2025)

All-Time Record: 2,401-2,204 (.521)
Playoff Appearances: 22 (’91, ’95, ’97, ’99, ’00, ’01, ’03, ’04, ’06, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12, ’14, ’15, ’17, ’19, ’22, ’23, ’24, ’25, ’26)
All-Time Playoff Record: 42-44 (.488)
League Finals Appearances: 7 (’97, ’01, ’04, ’06, ’14, ’24, ’25)
League Championships: 4 (2001, 2014, 2024, 2025)

All-Time Attendance: 13,906,802

Kane County was one of 43 teams eliminated from affiliated Minor League Baseball after the cancelled 2020 season. Previously a member of the Single-A Midwest League, the Cougars joined the American Association for the 2021 season. The franchise is operationally the same club as their affiliated past, but retains no on-field link to pre-2020.

If anything, the club is the on-field successor to the St. Paul Saints, hiring longtime Saints manager George Tsamis and his coaching staff after they were forced to leave St. Paul when the Saints joined the Minnesota Twins farm system for the 2021 season. Tsamis led the Cougars to five playoff appearances and back-to-back Miles Wolff Cup championships in 2024-25 before leaving for the National Association for the 2027 season.

Season-by-Season

Midwest League

Year	W	L	PCT.	Place*	GB	Playoffs	Attend.
1991	68	67	.504	4th	7.5	L 1R vs. Madison (2-0)	240,290
1992	61	76	.445	6th	14.0	–	323.769
1993	75	62	.547	4th	5.5	–	354,327
1994	71	68	.511	6h	18.0	–	417,744
1995	69	69	.500	3rd	18.5	L 1R vs. West Michigan (2-1)	477,550
1996	65	68	.489	5th	12.5	–	436,076
1997	70	68	.504	2nd	5.5	W 1R vs. Wisconsin (2-0), W SF vs. Cedar Rapids (2-0), L MWL Finals vs. Lansing (3-2)	436,505
1998	69	71	.493	4th	4.5	–	481,352
1999	78	59	.568	1st	–	W 1R vs. Quad Cities (2-1), L SF vs. Burlington (2-0)	451,145
2000	74	65	.532	2nd	4.5	L 1R vs. Wisconsin (2-1)	470,906
2001	88	50	.638	1st	–	W 1R vs. Beloit (2-0), W SF vs. Wisconsin (2-0), W MWL Finals vs. South Bend (1-0)	523,222
2002	64	75	.460	5th	21.5	–	510,390
2003	80	59	.576	1st	–	L 1R vs. Clinton (2-1)	516,133
2004	83	56	.597	1st	–	W 1R vs. Peoria (2-1), W SF vs. Clinton (2-0), L MWL Finals vs. West Michigan (3-2)	522,042
2005	67	72	.482	6th	9.0	–	518,394
2006	79	69	.568	1st	–	W 1R vs. Quad Cities (2-1), W SF vs. Beloit (2-0), L MWL Finals vs. West Michigan (3-1)	500,052
2007	63	76	.453	6th	15.5	–	468,869
2008	72	66	.522	T-3rd	6.5	L 1R vs. Burlington (2-0)	472,596
2009	76	64	.543	3rd	6.0	L 1R vs. Burlington (2-0)	400,040
2010	71	67	.514	6th	12.0	W 1R vs. Quad Cities (2-1), L SF vs. Clinton (2-1)	430,831
2011	65	74	.468	5th	17.0	W 1R vs. Burlington (2-1), L SF vs. Quad Cities (2-0)	410,262
2012	68	72	.486	5th	10.5	L 1R vs. Fort Wayne (2-0)	391,102
2013	55	80	.407	8th	31.5	–	406,152
2014	91	49	.650	1st	–	W 1R vs. Wisconsin (2-0), W SF vs. Cedar Rapids (2-0), W MWL Finals vs. Lake County (3-0)	415,571
2015	84	54	.609	2nd	4.0	L 1R vs. Peoria (2-0)	408,449
2016	65	75	.464	6th	21.0	–	400,931
2017	72	65	.526	3rd	6.5	L 1R vs. Quad Cities (2-0)	394,567
2018	72	66	.522	4th	8.0	–	350,208
2019	81	58	.583	1st	–	L 1R vs. Clinton (2-0)	350,305

*North Division (1991-94), Central Division (1995-99), West Division (2000-19)

American Association
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Year	W	L	PCT.	Place*	GB	Playoffs	Attend.
2021	44	55	.444	5th	18.5	–	177,705
2022	54	46	.540	T-1st	–	L 1R vs. Cleburne (2-1)	248,354
2023	49	51	.490	3rd	7.0	L 1R vs. Milwaukee (2-1)	261,836
2024	55	45	.550	2nd	5.0	W 1R vs. Lake Country (2-0), W EDS vs. Chicago (2-0), W MWC Finals vs. Winnipeg (3-0)	274,694
2025	49	51	.490	3rd	6.0	W 1R vs. Milwaukee (2-1), W EDS vs. Chicago (3-2), W MWC Finals vs. Sioux Falls (3-2)	243,426
2026	54	45	.545	3rd	3.5	W 1R vs. Lake Country (2-1), L EDS vs. Milwaukee (3-1)	221,187

*North Division (2021), East Division (2022-Present)

Year-by-Year Pitching (Independent era only)

YR	W	L	PCT.	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	INN	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	WHIP
2021	44	55	.444	4.83	99	99	6	7	16	865.0	918	501	464	93	434	716	53	50	1.56
2022	54	46	.540	4.71	100	100	3	8	22	880.0	913	509	461	110	402	708	60	58	1.49
2023	49	51	.490	4.19	100	100	0	6	25	884.2	873	466	412	76	379	680	69	54	1.42
2024	55	45	.550	4.55	100	100	0	6	26	876.1	929	512	443	79	363	755	65	52	1.47
2025	49	51	.490	4.32	100	100	4	6	25	864.1	765	467	415	74	353	768	72	57	1.29
2026	54	45	.545	5.27	99	99	2	4	32	841.0	876	525	492	86	335	808	77	84	1.44

Year-by-Year Hitting (Independent era only)

YR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HBP	SH	SF
2021	99	3347	472	875	170	17	99	442	64	27	351	767	.261	.339	.411	.750	59	24	33
2022	100	3453	580	954	200	20	110	540	50	12	414	775	.276	.361	.441	.802	65	20	38
2023	100	3365	476	841	167	12	97	437	106	22	335	852	.250	.331	.393	.724	91	17	40
2024	100	3455	587	959	198	15	98	533	131	32	415	862	.278	.366	.429	795	88	11	36
2025	100	3303	469	836	174	7	65	434	112	24	326	771	.253	.369	.369	.698	59	32	28
2026	99	3263	537	894	183	13	75	495	128	19	373	705	.274	.356	.407	.763	65	29	41

Managers (American Association only)

Name	Years	W	L	PCT.	Playoff Apps. (Titles)
George Tsamis	2021-26	305	293	.510	5 (2)