The Columbus Foxes were a minor league baseball team that played in Columbus, Georgia . USA.
6-891: The team originally played in the South Atlantic League from 1909 to 1917, then reformed in the Southeastern League from 1926 to 1932. It resurfaced as a St. Louis Cardinals ' affiliate known first as the Columbus Red Birds and then the Columbus Cardinals from 1936 to 1955 in the South Atlantic League. As the Red Birds, it won two league championships, first in 1936 under manager Eddie Dyer , and second in 1940 under manager Clay Hopper . The team name returned to
12-491: A Class C league, equivalent to an Advanced Rookie league in the pre-2021 minor league scheme. After a year of dormancy in 1918, it continued at that classification from 1919 to 1920 before being elevated to Class B (equivalent to short-season Class A before 2021 and a Class A league today)in 1921. The Great Depression caused the league to shut down from 1931 to 1935, but it returned at Class B from 1936 to 1942. Three more years of dormancy occurred during World War II , but
18-625: The SALLY League , was a Minor League Baseball league that operated in the Southern United States intermittently from 1904 to 1963. Initially Class C league, it was elevated to Class B in 1921, Class A in 1946, and Double-A in 1963. The circuit dissolved after the 1963 season and was refounded as the Southern League . The original South Atlantic League was founded in 1904 by Charles W. Boyer and J.B. Lucy as
24-873: The Foxes after the Cardinals left in 1956 and became affiliated with the Baltimore Orioles in 1956, the Cardinals again in 1957, and the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1958. The team played in the Alabama–Florida League in 1958. As a Pittsburgh Pirates ' affiliate in 1959, they were known as the Columbus Pirates . It moved to Gastonia, North Carolina , on July 6, 1959, and became the Gastonia Pirates . Beginning in 1926,
30-509: The Foxes played at Golden Park , located at 100 4th Street Columbus, Georgia 31901. Golden Park is still in use today and was renovated and used in the 1996 Olympic Games for softball. This article about a baseball team in the U.S. state of Georgia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Columbus, Georgia -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . South Atlantic League (1904%E2%80%9317) The South Atlantic League , nicknamed
36-463: The SALLY League was revived as a Class A circuit from 1946 to 1962. In 1963, it was reclassified as a Double-A league along with the other Class A leagues. The circuit reorganized as the Southern League in 1964. To distance itself from its history at lower classifications, the newly-named league elected to start with a clean slate and not maintain records prior to the 1964 season. Thusly,
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