The Long Island Ducks play at Bethpage Ballpark, located in Central Islip, N.Y. The $22 million facility seats 6,002 fans, features a full bar & restaurant, and is home to Long Island's first professional baseball team. The Ducks have led the Atlantic League in attendance in each season of their existence and are one of the top drawing clubs in all of minor league baseball. In 2011, Long Island welcomed their five millionth fan and posted their 600th sellout crowd in team history. In addition to owning several attendance records, the Ducks have seen over 50 of their players signed by MLB organizations and have won division titles in seven of the past eight seasons, capturing the Atlantic League championship in 2004.
The Ducks are owned by Frank Boulton, Seth Waugh and Bud Harrelson. Boulton is a long-time Brightwaters resident and has owned and operated many successful minor league franchises, including the Prince William Cannons, the Albany-Colony Yankees (Class-A and AA affiliates of the New York Yankees) and the Wilmington Blue Rocks (Class-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals). Frank is the founder and chairman of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
Seth Waugh is Chairman of the Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (DBSI) Board of Directors and serves as Chairman of the Board, CEO and President of several Deutsche Bank companies including Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and Deutsche Bank Trust Corporation. A resident of both Nassau County and Suffolk County on Long Island, Mr. Waugh serves as CEO of Deutsche Bank Americas and Chairman of the Americas Executive Committee, a position he has held since May, 2002
The Ducks are also owned by former Mets shortstop and current Senior VP of Baseball Operations, Bud Harrelson. Bud was a key member of the 1969 World Champion and 1973 National League champion New York Mets. In 1971, he won the Gold Glove for his outstanding defensive play at shortstop for the Mets. Following his playing career, Bud stayed within the Mets organization as a minor league coach and manager, before taking over the managerial reigns of the big league team from Davey Johnson during the 1990 season He has also been involved with the ownership of the Wilmington Blue Rocks baseball team (Class-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals).
The Ducks are proud to bring affordable, family entertainment to all of Long Island while continuing to play an integral role in improving their community through support programs. The team’s charitable arm, the QuackerJack Foundation, has contributed to thousands of non-profit and like organizations each year while bringing awareness to worthy programs and causes in need of assistance on Long Island.
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General Manager: Michael Pfaff
