2025 Gateway Grizzlies Roster

Frontier League (FRON) - Independent
Team Record: 56-39
Finished 2nd in the FRON's West Division of the Midwest Conference
Manager: Steve Brook (56-40)
Location: Sauget, Illinois
Ballpark: GCS Stadium
Attendance: 92,195, Avg. 2,004 in 46 home dates
2025 Gateway Grizzlies Statistics

Playoffs - Schaumburg Boomers 3 games, Gateway Grizzlies 0
Playoffs - Gateway Grizzlies 2 games, Washington Wild Things 0

The Gateway Grizzlies of the Frontier League ended the 2025 season with a record of 56 wins and 39 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division of the Midwest Conference.

The Grizzlies scored 601 runs and conceded 488 runs. D. J. Stewart led Gateway with 18 home runs, while Dale Thomas and Mark Shallenberger walloped 15 or more also. D. J. Stewart drove in 80 runs. José Alvarez paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .332 clip. Lukas Veinbergs and Claudio Galva topped the team with 7 wins each, and Lukas Veinbergs registered a 4.18 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.

Sam Coonrod played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Gateway Grizzlies to do so.

Steve Brook served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
José AlvarezRRJune 4, 20006'1"180San Francisco, VE
Marshall AwtryRRMay 7, 20006'0"215Kalamazoo, MI US
Julian BerintiLLAugust 4, 20005'11"185
Cole BrannenLRAugust 4, 19986'0"170Macon, GA US
Jake BurchamRRJuly 2, 20026'3"220
Donovan BurkeLLMarch 2, 20016'0"190
Victor CastilloLROctober 24, 20005'11"195
Keegan CollettRRJuly 27, 19986'3"215Waxahachie, TX US
Teague ConradRRJune 17, 20016'4"185
Sam CoonrodRRSeptember 22, 19926'2"225Carrollton, IL US
Leoni De La CruzLLMay 22, 19986'0"175Hato Mayor, DO
Alvery De Los SantosRRJuly 18, 19996'4"180Pedro Santana, DO
Abdiel DiazSRJune 4, 19955'11"165
Ross FriedrickLRNovember 26, 20006'4"230Fort Myers, FL US
Brady FullerRRAugust 20, 20026'4"225
Claudio GalvaLLOctober 9, 19966'2"169Santo Domingo, DO
Tanner GarrisonRRJune 26, 20006'3"220
Calyn HalvorsonRRAugust 8, 20006'0"195
Ben HarrisRRFebruary 28, 20016'4"196
Tyler HerronRRJune 20, 20036'1"190
Matt HickeyLRMay 11, 19986'1"165Granbury, TX US
Gabe HoltLRJanuary 7, 19985'11"175Warner Robins, GA US
Matthew LeeRROctober 29, 20016'0"195
Xander LovinRROctober 16, 19996'0"200
Caleb MarquezRRDecember 22, 19996'3"240, US
Edwin MateoLLNovember 18, 19985'9"160Santo Domingo, DO
Pavin ParksLRDecember 24, 19966'1"205Akron, OH US
Francis PegueroRRAugust 11, 19976'1"185San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Sam RochardRRJuly 23, 20006'1"200
Kenneth SchechterRRJuly 13, 20016'2"210
Andrew SchwaabRRFebruary 8, 19936'1"205St. Charles, MO US
Mark ShallenbergerLLJuly 8, 20006'2"215
Corbin ShawRRJanuary 9, 20026'1"225
Sawyer SmithLRDecember 12, 20026'3"210
D. J. StewartRRFebruary 2, 19996'2"205St. Louis, MO US
Bennett SticeRRNovember 26, 20026'5"190
Jett ThielkeRRJune 28, 20016'6"215
Dale ThomasRRAugust 29, 20005'10"205
Zac TreeceRRAugust 12, 19896'3"195Hot Springs, AR US
Gage VailesRRNovember 8, 20006'3"195
Lukas VeinbergsRRFebruary 12, 19976'0"195Ann Arbor, MI US
Dom VelazquezRRSeptember 11, 20015'10"195
Paxton WallaceRRJanuary 6, 19996'1"215Little Rock, AR US
Tate WargoRRMay 6, 19995'8"165
Alec WhaleyRRMarch 11, 19986'2"205O‘Fallon, MO US
Tyler YoungRROctober 29, 20015'10"195

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.



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