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Class | Rookie | ||||
League | Arizona Complex League | ||||
Division | East | ||||
Previous leagues | Arizona League (1988–2020) | ||||
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Team | Oakland Athletics | ||||
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League titles (7) |
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Division titles (1) |
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Second-half titles (2) |
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Name | ACL Athletics | ||||
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Colors | hunter green, gold, white | ||||
Ballpark | Fitch Park (2015–present) | ||||
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Owner(s)/ Operator(s) | Oakland Athletics | ||||
Manager | Adam Rosales [1] |
The Arizona Complex League Athletics are a Minor League Baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, which plays as a Rookie-level team in the Arizona Complex League and has served as a farm team for the Oakland Athletics organization since 1988. [2] They play their home games at Fitch Park, the minor league spring training camp of the Oakland Athletics. [3] The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents from the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and other countries.
The team first competed in the Arizona League (AZL) in 1988, and has been a member of the league continuously since then. [4] During the 2019 season, the team fielded two squads in the league, differentiated by Green and Gold suffixes. [4] Prior to the 2021 season, the Arizona League was renamed as the Arizona Complex League (ACL).
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