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Macon Peaches
  • 1892–2003
  • (1892–1894, 1904–1917; 1923–1930; 1932; 1936–1942; 1946–1964; 1966–1967; 1980–1987; 1991–2003)
  • Macon, Georgia
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes
  • Class A (1980–1987; 1991–2002)
  • Double A (1963–1964; 1966–1967)
  • Class A (1962)
  • Class AA (1961)
  • Class A (1946–1960)
  • Class B (1923–1930; 1932; 1936–1942)
  • Class C (1904–1917)
  • Class B (1892–1894)
LeagueSoutheastern League (2003)
Previous leagues
  • South Atlantic League (1980–1987; 1991–2002)
  • Southern League
    (1964; 1966–1967)
  • South Atlantic League
    (1962–1963)
  • Southern Association (1961)
  • South Atlantic League
    (1936–1942; 1946–1960)
  • Southeastern League (1932)
  • South Atlantic League
    (1904–1917, 1923–1930)
  • Southern League
    (1892–1894)
Major league affiliations
Previous teams
Minor league titles
League titles (9)
  • 1904
  • 1905
  • 1930
  • 1938
  • 1942
  • 1949
  • 1950
  • 1958
  • 1962
Pennants (1)1893 (2nd half)
Team data
Previous names
  • Macon Peaches (2003)
  • Macon Braves (1991–2002)
  • Macon Pirates (1984–1987)
  • Macon Redbirds (1983)
  • Macon Peaches (1962–1964, 1966–1967, 1980–1982)
  • Macon Dodgers (1956–1960)
  • Macon Peaches (1923–1930, 1932, 1936–1942, 1946–1955)
  • Macon Tigers (1916–1917)
  • Macon Peaches (1908–1915)
  • Macon Brigands (1905–1907)
  • Macon Highlanders (1904)
  • Macon Hornets (1893–1894)
  • Macon Central City (1892–1893)
Previous parks

The Macon Peaches was the predominant name of the American

minor league baseball franchise representing Macon, Georgia
, during the 20th century.

Although Macon did not field teams during and immediately after World War I, the height of the Great Depression and World War II, the name Peaches was used continuously between 1907 and 1955, except for 1916–1917. The Peaches nickname was also used from 1961–1964, 1966–1967, and 1980–1982.[1] Much of that time, the Peaches played in the original South Atlantic "Sally" League, although they made brief appearances in the Southeastern League and the Southern Association. During the 1980s, the Peaches were members of the modern South Atlantic League. After 1929, the team played at Luther Williams Field.

Macon was represented by

Macon Dodgers
, adopting the name of their parent club.

In 1980, a new Macon Peaches team formed and after 1982, this franchise adopted the name Redbirds and then Pirates.

Augusta Pirates and were renamed again to Augusta GreenJackets
.

After the 1990 season, the South Atlantic League returned to Macon with the relocation of the

Rome Braves
.

Reds' farm team produced Rose, Pérez, May and Helms

From 1962–1964, the Peaches were an important upper-level affiliate (

Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan, who would help lead the Reds to the NL pennant in 1972 and World Series titles in 1975 and 1976
.

Macon was Rose's last minor league address before he launched his Major League career as the

National League Rookie of the Year. He had batted .330 for the 1962 Peaches.[3]

Macon Braves

The Macon Braves were a class-A

independent league baseball team known as the Macon Pinetoppers (2010) that called Luther Williams Field "home". Many well known major league players came from the Macon Braves, such as Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones, Rafael Furcal, Tony Graffanino, John Rocker, John Smoltz, and Marcus Giles.[5]

An

independent league baseball team called the Macon Peaches played in the 21st century Southeastern League
in 2003.

Notable players

Baseball Hall of Fame
alumni

Notable Macon Alumni

  • Moises Alou
    (1987) 6 x MLB All-Star
  • Raymond Doster (1967-1968)
  • David Justice (1991) 3 x MLB All-Star; 1990 NL Rookie of the Year

See also

References

Notes

  1. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3
    .
  2. Baseball Reference
  3. Baseball Reference
  4. ^ "Macon Team History" Archived 2010-03-28 at the Wayback Machine The Baseball Cube. N.p., 15 Aug 2010. Web. 2 Sep 2010
  5. ^ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 14, 2002 Sunday,, Home Edition, Sports;, Pg. 6D, 751 words, CARLOS FRIAS

Sources

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