The Palatka Redlegs were a minor league baseball team that existed from 1956 to 1962 as members of the Florida State League, as descendants from the Palatka Azaleas.
The team began as an affiliate of the Detroit Tigers in 1956, as the Palatka Tigers. From 1957 to 1960, the franchise was affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds. In 1961 they were affiliated with the Milwaukee Braves.[1]
The Redlegs enjoyed a fairly successful run during their affiliation with the Reds, finishing no worse than third place over four seasons, including making the league finals in 1957 and winning the championship in 1960. However, as a Braves' affiliate, it would finish 61–78, which earned them sixth place in the 1961 FSL.[1]
The franchise then affiliated with the Chicago Cubs as the Palatka Cubs before folding in 1962.[1]
Palatka teams played at the Azalea Bowl in Forrester Field, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The address is 1600 Twigg Street. The park, with the original grandstand demolished, is still in use today as home to the Palatka High School Panthers. Babe Ruth conducted clinics at the field in the late 1930s. "[2]
A False Spring: NovelEdit
The 1961 team was memorialized in Pat Jordan's award-winning book "A False Spring." Jordan was a one-time phenom who never made it to the big leagues. He wrote of his minor league experiences in Palatka, such as the time a player sprinted in, grabbed a bat, clubbed a snake and threw it over the outfield fence.
palatka, redlegs, were, minor, league, baseball, team, that, existed, from, 1956, 1962, members, florida, state, league, descendants, from, palatka, azaleas, 1956, 1962palatka, floridaminor, league, affiliationsprevious, classesclass, dleagueflorida, state, le. The Palatka Redlegs were a minor league baseball team that existed from 1956 to 1962 as members of the Florida State League as descendants from the Palatka Azaleas Palatka Redlegs1956 1962Palatka FloridaMinor league affiliationsPrevious classesClass DLeagueFlorida State LeagueMajor league affiliationsPrevious teamsChicago Cubs 1962 Milwaukee Braves 1961 Cincinnati Redlegs 1957 1960 Detroit Tigers 1956 Minor league titlesLeague titles1 1960 Team dataPrevious namesPalatka Azaleas 1936 39 1946 53 Palatka Cubs 1962 Palatka Redlegs 1957 1961 Palatka Tigers 1956 Previous parksAzalea BowlThe team began as an affiliate of the Detroit Tigers in 1956 as the Palatka Tigers From 1957 to 1960 the franchise was affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds In 1961 they were affiliated with the Milwaukee Braves 1 The Redlegs enjoyed a fairly successful run during their affiliation with the Reds finishing no worse than third place over four seasons including making the league finals in 1957 and winning the championship in 1960 However as a Braves affiliate it would finish 61 78 which earned them sixth place in the 1961 FSL 1 The franchise then affiliated with the Chicago Cubs as the Palatka Cubs before folding in 1962 1 Contents 1 The Ballpark 2 A False Spring Novel 3 Notable alumni 4 ReferencesThe Ballpark EditPalatka teams played at the Azalea Bowl in Forrester Field which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places The address is 1600 Twigg Street The park with the original grandstand demolished is still in use today as home to the Palatka High School Panthers Babe Ruth conducted clinics at the field in the late 1930s 2 A False Spring Novel EditThe 1961 team was memorialized in Pat Jordan s award winning book A False Spring Jordan was a one time phenom who never made it to the big leagues He wrote of his minor league experiences in Palatka such as the time a player sprinted in grabbed a bat clubbed a snake and threw it over the outfield fence Notable alumni EditDave Bristol 1960 Bill Connors 1962 Vic Davalillo 1958 MLB All Star Tommy Helms 1959 1966 NL Rookie of the Year Pat Jordan 1961 Mel Queen 1960 Johnny Vander Meer 1958 MGR 4 x MLB All Star Rube Walker 1962 MGR References Edit a b c The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball Lloyd Johnson amp Miles Wolff editors Third ed Baseball America 2007 ISBN 978 1932391176 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint others link Azalea Bowl Palatka Fla www charliesballparks com This article about a baseball team in Florida is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Palatka Redlegs amp oldid 1163937629, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
