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Salem Pirates Carolina League

Salem Pirates

July 18, 2019

The Salem Pirates were a Virginia-based Class A farm club of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1972 to 1979. Pittsburgh’s sponsorship of Salem’s Carolina League franchise dated back to 1968, but the club was known as the Salem Rebels from 1968 to 1971. Salem won back-to-back-to-back Carolina League titles from 1972 through 1974.

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Owner Conway Twitty on the cover of a 1980 Salem Redbirds baseball program from the Carolina League

Salem Redbirds

May 4, 2014

Carolina League (1980-1986) Born: 1980 – Re-branded from Salem Pirates Rebranded: 1987 (Salem Buccaneers) First Game: April 11, 1980 (W ?-? vs. Alexandria Dukes) Last

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