Savannah Party Animals

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League Banana Ball Championship League
Location Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark Grayson Stadium
Founded2020
League championshipsBanana Ball Playoffs: 1 (2025)
ColorsPink, green, and black
MascotPharty the Party Animal
OwnershipFans First Entertainment (Jesse & Emily Cole)
Manager Mike Vavasis
Coach Anthony Coromato and Thomas Simoneaux
Website thepartyanimals.com

The Savannah Party Animals, known as the Party Animals, are an exhibition barnstorming baseball team based in Savannah, Georgia. The team was founded in 2020 and has played at Grayson Stadium since its inaugural season. The Party Animals play in the "Banana Ball" format, along with their many rivals (including but not limited to the Savannah Bananas), similar to the decades-long format of basketball's Harlem Globetrotters and their partner touring team, the Washington Generals. [1] The team has been featured by ESPN, The Wall Street Journal , CNN 10, and Sports Illustrated because of its on-field hijinks and viral videos. [2]

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History

2020 (Inaugural Season)

During the 2020 shortened Bananas CPL season, the organization debuted its second team, the Savannah Party Animals. Previously, the test Banana Ball games were played as scrimmage games of the CPL Bananas pre-season. The creation of the team gave the Bananas a true home or away opponent in its exhibition gamedays during most of the season.

2021

In March 2021, the season kicked off at Grayson Stadium with the Bananas winning 5–2. Later that year, the Bananas would play in a "world tour" in Mobile, Alabama, and sold out both nights at Hank Aaron Stadium, with a combined crowd of over 7,000 fans. [3]

2024 (World Tour)

At the 2024 Banana Ball "world tour" draft, it was announced that the Party Animals would have their own "world tour". The "world tour" kicked off at Grayson Stadium in Savannah, Georgia on June 13 and ended a month later in Greenville, South Carolina. [4] On February 23, 2024, the Party Animals played their 100th game in Banana Ball. On June 8, the Party Animals beat the Bananas at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, 4–1. Before the world tour kicked off, they announced that they would have a mascot named "Pharty the Party Animal". [5] On their "world tour" they played the Firefighters in Las Vegas and The Visitors at Grayson Stadium. On September 21, the Party Animals beat the Bananas at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 3–2.

2025 (Tour Champions)

The Party Animals returned in 2025 as part of the four-team Banana Ball Championship League (BBCL), along with the Bananas, the Firefighters, and the Texas Tailgaters, the newest and first non Savannah, Georgia based team, mainly playing in Texas and Southeastern college towns. The Party Animals once again had their own headlining tour, visiting cities like Albuquerque and Reno, as well as college stadiums like Alex Box Stadium. After finishing the regular season with a 44-25 record, qualifying as the second seed in the end-of-season championship tournament, they steamrolled past the Texas Tailgaters 2 games to 0. On October 11, 2025, the Party Animals faced the Firefighters and won 4-0, crowning them tour champions. [6]

2026

During their 2025-26 season, they will be playing the Loco Beach Coconuts and the Indianapolis Clowns, the newest teams in Banana Ball, who were introduced on October 9, 2025.

Roster

Party Animals roster
Active rosterCoaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 10 Bret Helton
  • 13 Brady Kais
  • 17 Dalton Ponce
  • 21 Riyan Rodriguez
  • 23 Blake Benson
  • 25 Sean Fluke
  • 26 Nate Tellier
  • 27 Jake Lialios
  • 28 Drew Gillespie
  • 777 Garett Delano


Utility players

  • 12 Noah Fisher
  • 18 Armando Becerra
  • 20 Sal Jacobo
  • 40 Mark Smith DR
 

Catchers

  • 5 Andy Cosgrove
  • 41 Bronson Balholm

Infielders

  • 2 Jason Swan
  • 8 Bryson Bloomer
  • 9 Dustin Baber
  • 11 Chase Achuff

Outfielders

  • 4 Tanner Thomas
  • 6 Reece Hampton
  • X Jake Skole
 

Manager

  • 7 Mike Vavasis

Coaches

  • 0 Thomas Simoneaux
  • 57 Anthony Coromato

Injury icon 2.svg Disabled list
‡ Inactive list
§ Suspended list

 updated October 9, 2025

References

  1. ↑ Palmer, Joseph (May 26, 2023). "'More than baseball': how the Savannah Bananas became the greatest show in sports". The Guardian. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  2. ↑ Heupel, Shannon (March 17, 2022). "Going Bananas! Two wild nights of 'the greatest show in baseball' coming to Montgomery". Montgomery Advertiser . Archived from the original on August 23, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Savannah Bananas bring their 'One City World Tour' to Mobile". WKRG News 5. March 29, 2021. Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  4. ↑ "The 2024 Banana Ball World Tour Draft". YouTube. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  5. ↑ Williams, Dave (June 11, 2024). "Savannah Bananas rival the Party Animals unveil their mascot: Meet 'Pharty'". WJCL. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Stats | Banana Ball" . Retrieved October 12, 2025.
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