The Lancaster Barnstormers are an Atlantic League team based in Lancaster, PA. Since the 2005 season, they have played in the South Division of the Atlantic League.
The team plays at Clipper Magazine Stadium on the northwestern side of the city. Baseball fans in Lancaster waited for 44 years for another baseball team since the Lancaster Red Roses folded after the 1961 season. In 2003, Lancastrians chose the name Barnstormers over Red Roses in a name-the-team contest. The name "Barnstormers" refers to the act of "barnstorming" which, means to travel around an area appearing in exhibition sports events, especially baseball games. Lancaster County's farmland hosted many of these exhibition games during the early 1900s. The name also refers to the numerous farms in the surrounding county, many of which are Amish.
Butch Hobson is currently the the team's manager.
The Barnstormers also employed another former Major Leaguer, Rick Wise, as the pitching coach. He was the winning pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series. Other than his experience with the Red Sox, he pitched for the Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, the San Diego Padres, and the St. Louis Cardinals.