They play their home games at Vintage Throne Stadium at the Barrie Community Sports Complex in Midhurst.

In 1999, the Intercounty Baseball League awarded the city of Barrie and Gary Calvert with a franchise with the intent that they would start operations in the 2001 Season.

[1] In 2000, the city of Barrie would purchase a plot of land the town of Midhurst to build the new stadium for the team, with it being completed just before May 2001.

[2] The Barrie Baycats baseball club was born on May 12, 2001, when they played their first ever game against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The next season Barrie would take first place in the IBL with a 26-10 Record, they would lose in the semifinals in the playoffs that year.