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Macon Peaches

December 15, 2023

The Macon Peaches was the predominant name of the American minor league baseball franchise representing Macon, Georgia, during the 20th century.

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
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

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 professional baseball teams in the 19th century and joined the Sally League in 1904 as the Highlanders. From 1956–1960, Macon's team was known as the 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.[2] This team relocated to Augusta, Georgia and became the 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 Sumter Braves and the Sumter Braves became the Macon Braves, Macon's last affiliated team and last South Atlantic League team. The Macon Braves relocated to Rome, Georgia and were renamed Rome Braves.

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

From 1962–1964, the Peaches were an important upper-level affiliate (Double-A after 1962) of the Cincinnati Reds, producing Pete Rose, Tony Pérez, Lee May and Tommy Helms. All four were members of Cincinnati's first "Big Red Machine" team, the 1970 National League champions. Rose and Pérez would be cornerstones of the dynasty, while May and Helms would be traded to the Houston Astros after 1971 to obtain 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 1963 National League Rookie of the Year. He had batted .330 for the 1962 Peaches.[3]

Macon Braves edit

The Macon Braves were a class-A minor league baseball team associated with the Atlanta Braves and was the transplanted Sumter Braves. The team was known as the Macon Braves from 1991 to 2002.[4] In 2003, the Macon Braves were moved to Rome, Georgia. The team is now known as the Rome Braves. Luther Williams Field was the home stadium for the Macon Braves. After losing the Macon Braves, Macon was home to an Independent professional team, the Macon Music in the South Coast League, for one season (2007) as well as a different 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 edit

Baseball Hall of Fame alumni

Notable Macon Alumni

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

See also edit

References edit

Notes

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  2. ^ Information at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Information at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ "Macon Team History" 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

  • Jackie Robinson visits Macon to play the Peaches
  • Baseball Reference

December 15, 2023
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This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards The specific problem is References Please help improve this article if you can December 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Macon Peaches was the predominant name of the American minor league baseball franchise representing Macon Georgia during the 20th century Macon Peaches1892 2003 1892 1894 1904 1917 1923 1930 1932 1936 1942 1946 1964 1966 1967 1980 1987 1991 2003 Macon GeorgiaMinor league affiliationsPrevious classesClass 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 leaguesSouth 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 affiliationsPrevious teamsAtlanta Braves 1991 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates 1984 1987 St Louis Cardinals 1983 Detroit Tigers 1981 1982 Pittsburgh Pirates 1967 Philadelphia Phillies 1966 Cincinnati Reds 1962 1964 Brooklyn Los Angeles Dodgers 1956 1960 Chicago Cubs 1941 1942 1946 1949 1952 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers 1939 1940 Cincinnati Reds 1936 Brooklyn Dodgers 1929 1930 Minor league titlesLeague titles 9 190419051930193819421949195019581962Pennants 1 1893 2nd half Team dataPrevious namesMacon 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 parksLuther Williams Field 1926 2003 Central City Park 1892 1926 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 professional baseball teams in the 19th century and joined the Sally League in 1904 as the Highlanders From 1956 1960 Macon s team was known as the 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 2 This team relocated to Augusta Georgia and became the 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 Sumter Braves and the Sumter Braves became the Macon Braves Macon s last affiliated team and last South Atlantic League team The Macon Braves relocated to Rome Georgia and were renamed Rome Braves Contents 1 Reds farm team produced Rose Perez May and Helms 2 Macon Braves 3 Notable players 4 See also 5 ReferencesReds farm team produced Rose Perez May and Helms editFrom 1962 1964 the Peaches were an important upper level affiliate Double A after 1962 of the Cincinnati Reds producing Pete Rose Tony Perez Lee May and Tommy Helms All four were members of Cincinnati s first Big Red Machine team the 1970 National League champions Rose and Perez would be cornerstones of the dynasty while May and Helms would be traded to the Houston Astros after 1971 to obtain 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 1963 National League Rookie of the Year He had batted 330 for the 1962 Peaches 3 Macon Braves editThe Macon Braves were a class A minor league baseball team associated with the Atlanta Braves and was the transplanted Sumter Braves The team was known as the Macon Braves from 1991 to 2002 4 In 2003 the Macon Braves were moved to Rome Georgia The team is now known as the Rome Braves Luther Williams Field was the home stadium for the Macon Braves After losing the Macon Braves Macon was home to an Independent professional team the Macon Music in the South Coast League for one season 2007 as well as a different 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 editBaseball Hall of Fame alumni Al Lopez Inducted 1997 Tony Perez 1963 Inducted 2000John Smoltz 1998 2001 Inducted 2015Chipper Jones 1991 Inducted 2018Notable Macon Alumni Moises Alou 1987 6 x MLB All StarSteve Avery 2000 MLB All StarStan Belinda 1987 Matt Belisle 2000 Rube Benton 1910 Jim Brosnan 1966 Jackie Brown Smoky Burgess 1947 9 x MLB All Star Al Campanis 1940 Bruce Chen 1997 Vince Coleman 1983 2 x MLB All Star 1985 NL Rookie of the Year Bruce Dal Canton 1967 Abner Dalrymple 1893 1885 NL Home Run Leader Dock Ellis 1967 MLB All StarRaymond Doster 1967 1968 Phil Douglas 1911 Jermaine Dye 1994 2 x MLB All StarRafael Furcal 1999 3 x MLB All Star 2000 NL Rookie of the Year Chick Fullis 1927 Marcus Giles 1998 MLB All StarTony Graffanino 1992 Tommy Helms 1962 2 x MLB All Star 1966 NL Rookie of the YearWes Helms 1995 Bobo Holloman 1947 1948 Kelly Johnson 2001 Andruw Jones 1996 10 x Gold Glove 5 x MLB All StarDavid Justice 1991 3 x MLB All Star 1990 NL Rookie of the YearRay King 1996 Jason Marquis 1997 MLB All Star Gordon Maltzberger Lee May 1963 3 x MLB All Star 1976 AL RBI Leader Bob Melvin 1981 2 x MLB Manager of the Year Orlando Merced 1986 1987 Pepper Martin 1955 MGR 4 x MLB All Star Kevin Millwood 1994 1995 2001 MLB All Star 2005 NL ERA Leader Bob Moose 1963 Billy Muffett 1955 Bobo Newsom 1930 4 x MLB All Star Al Oliver 1967 7 x MLB All Star 1982 AL Batting Champion Bob Oliver 1967 Andy Pafko 1942 5 x MLB All Star Tom Pagnozzi 1983 MLB All Star Odalis Perez 1997 MLB All Star Mel Queen 1962 Paul Richards 1929 1930 Pete Rose 1962 17 x MLB All Star 1963 NL Rookie of the Year All Time MLB Hits Leader Johnny Rucker Barney Schultz 1950 Art Shamsky 1962 John Smiley 1984 1985 2 x MLB All Star Eddie Stanky 1939 1941 3 x MLB All Star Carl Taylor Hippo Vaughn 1909 1918 NL ERA Wins Strikeout Leader Adam Wainwright 2001 3 x MLB All StarSee also editMacon BaconReferences editNotes Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles eds 1997 The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd ed Durham North Carolina Baseball America ISBN 978 0 9637189 8 3 Information at Baseball Reference Information at Baseball Reference Macon Team History Archived 2010 03 28 at the Wayback Machine The Baseball Cube N p 15 Aug 2010 Web 2 Sep 2010 The Atlanta Journal Constitution April 14 2002 Sunday Home Edition Sports Pg 6D 751 words CARLOS FRIAS Sources Jackie Robinson visits Macon to play the Peaches Baseball Reference Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Macon Peaches amp oldid 1159262776, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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