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The Salt Lake City Trappers were an independent Pioneer League minor league baseball team based in Salt Lake City from 1985 to 1992. The ownership group included actor Bill Murray who held a five percent stake in the team. The Trappers played their home games at Derks Field located at the present-day site of Smith’s Ballpark. The team is best known for winning 29 consecutive games in 1987 to establish an all-time record for all of professional baseball.