Macon Braves
April 25, 2022
South Atlantic League (1991-2002) Born: 1991 – The Sumter Braves relocate to Macon, GA Move Announced: November 2001 (Rome Braves) First Game: Last Game: South
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Cape Fear Crocs
February 18, 2021
The Cape Fear Crocs were an unloved Fayetteville, North Carolina entry in the Class A South Atlantic League, sponsored by the Montreal Expos from 1997 until 2000. The team was formerly known as the Fayetteville Generals from 1987 to 1996 when it served as a Detroit Tigers affiliate.
Gastonia Expos
November 26, 2020
Gastonia, North Carolina hosted a Class A farm club of the Montreal Expos for two summers in 1983 and 1984. The 1983 Gastonia Expos won the South Atlantic League championship yet that year’s club would not produce a single player who made it to the Major Leagues.. After Montreal pulled out following the 1984 season, long-time owner Jack Farnsworth was forced to change the clubs name to the Gastonia Jets and play the 1985 South Atlantic League season without Major League support.
Shelby Mets
November 17, 2020
South Atlantic League (1980) Born: 1979 – Affiliation change from Shelby Pirates Moved: 1983 (Columbia Mets) First Game: April 9, 1981 (L 3-0 @ Asheville Tourists)
Shelby Pirates
November 16, 2020
The Shelby Pirates were a Class A farm club of the Pittsburgh Pirates that operated in 1979 and 1980 in the small Western North Carolina city of Shelby (pop. 15,310 in 1980). Shelby had long but spotty track record of hosting Minor League ball dating back to the Great Depression. Shelby clubs played under a dozen different names between 1936 and 1982, none lasting more than five years at a stretch.