The Charleston Royals are a defunct South Carolina farm club of the Kansas City Royals that competed in the Class A South Atlantic League from 1980 through 1984. Notable future Major League stars developed in Charleston during the Royals era included David Cone, Danny Jackson and Kevin Seitzer. The ball club changed its name to the Rainbows in 1985.
The Charleston Rainbows were a Class A farm club in the South Atlantic League (1980-Present) from 1985 to 1993. The team took its name from Charleston’s “Rainbow Row” of historic homes on East Bay Street. The Rainbows served as farm club of the San Diego Padres from 1985 to 1992 and for the Texas Rangers in 1993. In 1994 the franchise changed its identity again, becoming the Charleston RiverDogs.
The Pittsburgh Pirates had a single-A farm club in Charleston, South Carolina for six summers from 1973 to 1978. The ball club played at College Park at the corner of Grove Street and Rutledge Avenue. The team was a member of the old Western Carolinas League (1960-1979). The team was known as the Pirates from 1973 to 1975 and again in the club’s final season of 1978. But in 1976 and 1977 the team was known as the “Patriots” and wore red, white & blue uniforms.
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