The Thunder have been competing in the Palm Beach County area since the spring of 2000, and the 2022 spring/summer season marks the club's 37th season. Prior to a 2010 rebranding, the organization had previously been known as the Lookouts, Rockhounds, and Wave.
For their first 30 seasons, the team played in the National Adult Baseball League (NABA), run locally by sportscaster Lou Palmer. With a change in league management in the spring of 2019, the team joined the Palm Beach Baseball League, which is affiliated with the Men's Adult Baseball League (MABL).
Manager Mike Soulen has been at the helm for 37 seasons (18.5 years). His teams have missed the playoffs only seven times while winning four championships and runner-up status eight times. Soulen has an overall record of 381-237-21, with a 61.27 win %.
Division | Year | Season | Team Name | Wins | Losses | Ties | Division Winner |
Playoff Wins |
Playoff Losses |
League Champions |
League Runner-Up |
AA | 2000 | Spring | Lookouts | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
AA | 2002 | Spring | Rockhounds | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ||||
AA | 2002 | Fall | Rockhounds | 2 | 13 | ||||||
AA | 2003 | Spring | Rockhounds | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
AAA | 2003 | Fall | Rockhounds | 3 | 11 | ||||||
AAA | 2004 | Spring | Rockhounds | 6 | 12 | ||||||
AA | 2004 | Fall | Rockhounds | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||
AA | 2005 | Spring | Rockhounds | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
AA | 2005 | Fall | Rockhounds | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
AAA | 2006 | Spring | Rockhounds | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | ||||
AAA | 2006 | Fall | Rockhounds | 7 | 7 | 1 | |||||
AAA | 2007 | Spring | Rockhounds | 7 | 13 | ||||||
AAA | 2007 | Fall | Rockhounds | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||||
AAA | 2008 | Spring | Wave | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||||
AAA | 2008 | Fall | Wave | 10 | 6 | 1 | |||||
AAA | 2009 | Fall | Rockhounds | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||
AAA | 2010 | Spring | Thunder | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
AAA | 2010 | Fall | Thunder | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
AAA | 2011 | Spring | Thunder | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
AAA | 2011 | Fall | Thunder | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
AA | 2013 | Spring | Thunder | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
AAA | 2013 | Fall | Thunder | 2 | 10 | ||||||
AA | 2014 | Spring | Thunder | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
AA | 2014 | Fall | Thunder | 9 | 5 | 1 | |||||
AA | 2015 | Spring | Thunder | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
AA | 2015 | Fall | Thunder | 3 | 9 | ||||||
AAA | 2017 | Spring | Thunder | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | ||||
AAA | 2017 | Fall | Thunder | 10 | 4 | 1 | |||||
AAA | 2018 | Spring | Thunder | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
AAA | 2018 | Fall | Thunder | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
MABL | 2019 | Spring | Thunder | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
MABL | 2019 | Fall | Thunder | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
MABL | 2020 | Spring | Thunder | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
MABL | 2020 | Fall | Thunder | 12 | 3 | 1 | |||||
MABL | 2021 | Spring | Thunder | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
MABL | 2021 | Fall | Thunder | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
355 | 212 | 21 | 11 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 8 |