One is one of the most successful managers in franchise history. Without the other, the franchise might not even be here.
On June 27 at Isotopes Park, former Isotopes manager Lorenzo Bundy and former Pacific Coast League President Branch Rickey III will headline this year's class being inducted into the Albuquerque Professional Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bundy racked up 226 wins as the Isotopes manager from 2011-2013 and was the 2012 PCL Manager of the Year. His .523 win percentage is second only to Tim Wallach's .530 from 2009-10. Bundy's 2012 Isotopes squad tied a franchise record with 80 wins and marked the last time the team made the playoffs.
Rickey, the grandson of Wesley Branch Rickey, who helped integrate Major League Baseball in 1947, was PCL president from 1998-2020 and was a key part of the relocation of the Calgary Cannons to Albuquerque, where the Isotopes played their first season in 2003 following the Dukes' decision to leave town after the 2000 season.
During his tenure, Rickey oversaw the construction of 10 new ballparks, including Isotopes Park, and also helped secure Albuquerque's hosting of the 2007 Triple-A All-Star Game and the 2011 Triple-A Championship Game.