Greenwood Braves

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Greenwood Braves
1968 1979
Greenwood, South Carolina
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes
  • Class A
Previous leagues
Major league affiliations
Previous teams Pittsburgh Pirates (1981-1983)
Atlanta Braves (1968-1979)
Minor league titles
League titles 1968, 1971, 1978
Division titles 1981
Team data
Previous names
Greenwood Pirates (1981-1983)
Greenwood Tigers (1951)
Previous parks
Legion Park

The Greenwood Braves were a single-A minor league baseball team located in Greenwood, South Carolina that existed from 1968 to 1979.

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History

Affiliated with the Atlanta Braves, the Braves were members of the Western Carolinas League. The Braves captured League Championships in 1968, 1971 and 1978. Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee Hoyt Wilhelm managed the Braves in 1973. The team was disbanded after the 1979 season when the Western Carolinas League was reorganized into the South Atlantic League. However, the franchise was revived in 1981, when the Greenwood Pirates, also playing at Legion Park, entered the South Atlantic League. [1] [2]

The ballpark

They Braves played home games at Legion Park. Still in use today, the park is located at US 221 at Ginn Street in Greenwood. [1] Legion Park used to be the home stadium of the local Division II Lander Bearcats before they moved to their new home in Dolny Stadium in 2012. [3] Today the stadium is still used by the Lander University Club Baseball team for their home games.

Notable alumni

Hall of Fame alumni

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 BaseballReference.com city history
  2. "Legion Stadium, Greenwood, S.C."
  3. "Lander Athletic Facilities - Lander University Athletics". landerbearcats.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04.
  4. "Earl Williams Minor, Winter & Mexican Leagues Statistics & History".