Cedar Rapids Braves

Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League (1958-1961)
Midwest League (1962)

Tombstone

Born: Re-Branded from Cedar Rapids Raiders
Re-Branded: 1963 (Cedar Rapids Red Raiders)

First Game: April 27, 1958 (W 13-1 vs. Rochester A’s)
Last Game: September 7, 1962 (L 7-6 @ Waterloo Hawks)

Three-I League Championships: 1958
Midwest League Championships: None

Stadium

Veterans Memorial Stadium

Ownership & Affiliation

Owners:

Major League Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves

Attendance

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Source: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.), Lloyd Johnson & Miles Wolff, 2007

Background

The Cedar Rapids Braves were a farm club of the National League’s Milwaukee Braves from 1958 to 1962. The Braves played in the Class A Three-I League from 1958 until that league closed down after the 1961 season. Cedar Rapids then shifted to the Class D Midwest League in 1962 for the city’s final summer as a Braves affiliate.

Cedar Rapids won the Three-I League championship in 1958, posting the league’s best record (77-53) before defeating the Davenport DavSox in the league championship series.

Future Major League stars that played in Cedar Rapids during the Braves years included:

Second Baseman Bobby Knoop (Cedar Rapids ’58)
Shortstop Denis Menke (Cedar Rapids ’58-’59)
Pitcher Tony Cloninger (Cedar Rapids ’59)
First baseman Tommie Aaron, brother of home run champ Hank Aaron (Cedar Rapids ’60)

In 1963 the Cincinnati Reds replaced the Milwaukee Braves as Cedar Rapids’ parent club. The team changed its name to the Cedar Rapids Red Raiders prior to the 1963 season.