Firefighters – Roster, Schedule, Standings & Results
The Firefighters are one of six teams in the Banana Ball Championship League (BBCL) and the league’s third franchise overall, built entirely around honoring the fire service. Announced on October 5, 2023 as part of the 2024 season launch, the team made its debut on May 30, 2024 against the Savannah Bananas at Grayson Stadium.
Unlike the league’s other clubs, the Firefighters’ roster is made up specifically of players with real ties to the fire service, including two players who currently work as active firefighters. The team’s head coach was chosen in part for her own firefighting background, blending real baseball experience with real fire-service leadership.
The team’s branding leans into that identity directly, with a prominent yellow color scheme meant to evoke reflective firefighter gear, ladder-based celebrations worked into the games themselves, and a mascot named Bo the Beaver.
Since their debut, the Firefighters have grown into one of the league’s most-touring teams, headlining stops at major stadiums including Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium, Wrigley Field, and Kinnick Stadium.
Firefighters Roster
The Firefighters roster blends players with genuine fire-service connections alongside baseball talent and entertainers who help drive the team’s crowd-facing showmanship. Names associated with the current roster include Lamar Sparks, Christian Dearman, Caden “Peanut” Green, Dalton Cornett, Austin Temple, Noah Bridges, Ben Dum III, Jared Donaldson, and Zack Phillips.
Two players on the roster, Perez and Mat Wolf, currently serve as active firefighters alongside playing for the team. As with every BBCL club, the full roster shifts throughout the season with call-ups and trades, so it should be treated as a living document rather than a fixed list.
Firefighters 2026 BBCL Standings
The 2026 season is the first year the BBCL has operated as a formal championship league with a standings table, rather than a touring exhibition schedule. Teams are ranked by win percentage, since not every club plays the same number of games.
| # | Team | W | L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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152 | 107 | 58.69% |
| 2 |
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128 | 121 | 51.41% |
| 3 |
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28 | 28 | 50.00% |
| 4 |
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39 | 48 | 44.83% |
| 5 |
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24 | 31 | 43.64% |
| 6 |
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34 | 70 | 32.69% |
Through the first several months of the 2026 season, the Firefighters have sat in the league’s mid-table cluster, closely matched with the Party Animals in the race for playoff position.
With the top four teams by win percentage advancing to the league’s first-ever postseason in October, every remaining game in the Firefighters’ schedule carries direct weight toward securing a playoff spot.
Firefighters Upcoming Matches
The Firefighters continue their national tour through the remainder of the 2026 season, including a marquee weekend series against the Party Animals at The Ballpark at America First Square in South Jordan, Utah, August 13–15.
Earlier in the season, the team also played a three-game series against the Texas Tailgaters at Truist Field in Charlotte, marking the first time Banana Ball had been played at that venue.
Firefighters Recent Results
The Firefighters have built a competitive early record against the league’s other clubs since their 2024 debut, playing five total series and 14 games against the Savannah Bananas and Party Animals through their first two seasons.
The team’s national profile grew significantly through 2025 and into 2026, with headline tour stops at some of the sport’s most storied venues, including Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium.
Full box scores and a complete game log are maintained on the league’s official results page and update after every game.
Firefighters Player Stats
Banana Ball does not publish a centralized statistics leaderboard in the way traditional baseball leagues do. That’s largely because its scoring system — points earned per inning rather than total runs — doesn’t map cleanly onto conventional stat categories like batting average or ERA.
Individual player performance data, where available, is tracked through the league’s official roster and player profile pages rather than a single stats hub. This section is best filled in manually as verified figures become available, rather than populated with placeholder or estimated numbers.
| Player | GP | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
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32 | 112 | 36 | 26 | 1 | 12 | 0 | .321 |
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27 | 81 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 22 | 0 | .309 |
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85 | 320 | 98 | 57 | 9 | 51 | 0 | .306 |
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82 | 258 | 78 | 51 | 5 | 38 | 0 | .302 |
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25 | 66 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 0 | .288 |
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28 | 89 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .281 |
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16 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .280 |
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78 | 259 | 71 | 41 | 5 | 40 | 0 | .274 |
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54 | 192 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 0 | .271 |
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61 | 172 | 46 | 24 | 2 | 23 | 0 | .267 |
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75 | 94 | 24 | 54 | 0 | 15 | 0 | .255 |
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32 | 89 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .247 |
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45 | 108 | 26 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .241 |
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15 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .235 |
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55 | 93 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .151 |
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12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .100 |
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10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Pitching
| Player | TEAM NAME | G | GS | IP | IP | H | R | ER | B4S | K | FAN | ERA | ERA | MPI | W | L | SV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Temple | Firefighters | 46 | 0 | 83.1 | 83.1 | 109 | 97 | 75 | 79 | 72 | 4 | 8.437609 | 8.12 | 5:48 | — | — | — |
| Ben Dum | Firefighters | 54 | 0 | 83.7 | 83.7 | 78 | 42 | 37 | 17 | 58 | 7 | 4.526852 | 3.98 | 3:59 | — | — | — |
| Blake Morgan | Firefighters | 14 | 0 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 5.4 | 4.74 | 6:49 | — | — | — |
| Bradford Webb | Firefighters | 40 | 0 | 88.8 | 88.8 | 119 | 87 | 68 | 62 | 89 | 7 | 6.11275 | 6.89 | 5:43 | — | — | — |
| Ga'von Wray | Firefighters | 46 | 0 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 77 | 59 | 46 | 34 | 46 | 5 | 5.631739 | 6.73 | 4:52 | — | — | — |
| Johnny Hummel | Firefighters | 52 | 0 | 52.5 | 52.5 | 66 | 38 | 30 | 22 | 48 | 4 | 3.653654 | 5.14 | 5:05 | — | — | — |
| Marshall Shill | Firefighters | 44 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 66 | 50 | 39 | 21 | 29 | 5 | 8.884091 | 10.03 | 5:56 | — | — | — |
| Neil Lang | Firefighters | 16 | 0 | 21.7 | 21.7 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3.253125 | 3.73 | 4:37 | — | — | — |
| Tyler Rigot | Firefighters | 15 | 0 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4.974667 | 6.38 | 4:59 | — | — | — |
Fielding
| Player | TEAM NAME | G | TPO | TPM | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caden Green | Firefighters | 70 | 124 | 13 | 8 |
| Darrien McDowell | Firefighters | 22 | 22 | 4 | 2 |
| Ga'von Wray | Firefighters | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Isaac Parra | Firefighters | 26 | 31 | 6 | 4 |
| Liam Spence | Firefighters | 17 | 22 | 5 | 4 |
| Logan Lacey | Firefighters | 77 | 102 | 20 | 11 |
| Mason Maxwell | Firefighters | 43 | 69 | 16 | 7 |
| Ron Franklin Jr. | Firefighters | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| South Trimble | Firefighters | 39 | 54 | 10 | 4 |
| Stephen Cullen | Firefighters | 27 | 36 | 13 | 2 |
| Tyner Hughes | Firefighters | 34 | 65 | 4 | 4 |
| Zach Watson | Firefighters | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
History
The Firefighters were announced on October 5, 2023 as part of Banana Ball’s 2024 season launch, becoming the third team in league history behind the Savannah Bananas and the Party Animals. The concept came directly from Bananas owner Jesse Cole, who wanted to build a team around the real-life heroism kids already associate with firefighters.
The team’s branding was designed by Dan Simon of Louisville-based design firm Studio Simon, the same designer behind the original Bananas identity, with yellow chosen deliberately to echo reflective firefighter gear. To keep the concept authentic, the roster was built specifically around players with genuine ties to the fire service, including two who continue working as active firefighters.
The Firefighters made their official debut on May 30, 2024, facing the Savannah Bananas at Grayson Stadium in Savannah. In the seasons since, the team has toured extensively, playing headline series at some of baseball’s most iconic ballparks, including Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium, Wrigley Field, and Kinnick Stadium.
The 2026 season brought the league’s formal reorganization into the BBCL, with the Firefighters continuing as one of its six founding-era franchises heading into the league’s first true championship structure.
The League
The Banana Ball Championship League was formally founded in 2026 under commissioner Jesse Cole, growing out of the original Savannah Bananas barnstorming tour that began in 2018. The league’s six teams are the Savannah Bananas, Party Animals, Firefighters, Texas Tailgaters, Loco Beach Coconuts, and Indianapolis Clowns.
The Clowns are a revival of the historic Negro league team of the same name, done in partnership with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
The league plays under its own rule set rather than standard baseball rules. Games are decided by points scored per inning rather than total runs, there’s a two-hour time limit, bunting is banned, and batters can’t step out of the box. Walks are replaced by “ball-four sprints,” and fans who catch foul balls in the stands record an out.
The league’s championship game has been named the Banana Bowl, with the inaugural edition scheduled for October 10, 2026 at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.