Phoenix Firebirds
May 13, 2020
Phoenix was the host of the San Francisco Giants’ top farm club for 32 seasons from 1966 until 1997. The Pacific Coast League club was known as the Phoenix Giants from 1966 through the 1985 season. In the early years, San Francisco owned their Phoenix affiliate directly, but a series of independent owners took over the franchise beginning in 1973. The last of these owners, Martin Stone, changed the team’s name to the Firebrids in 1986. The Firebirds were displaced by the arrival of Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks and the franchise moved to Tucson in 1998.
