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Carolina Mudcats Founded in 1959 Zebulon, North Carolina |
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| Previous | AA (1991–2011) | ||||
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| Division | Southern Division | ||||
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Southern League (1991–2011) | ||||
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| League titles | 1995, 2003 | ||||
| Division titles | 2008 | ||||
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Owner(s)/
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Steve Bryant (majority owner) and Carolina Mudcats Professional Baseball Club, Inc and Quint Studer. | ||||
| General Manager | Joe Kremer | ||||
The Carolina Mudcats were a minor league baseball team based in Zebulon, North Carolina. They were a Double-A Southern League team from 1991 to 2011. The team played their home games at Five County Stadium.
In 2010 the franchise moved to Pensacola, Florida in a series of purchases and relocations, becoming the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. Concurrently, a Carolina League franchise from Kinston, North Carolina was moved to Zebulon, taking on the Carolina Mudcats name.
The origins of the first Mudcats franchise date back to 1959, when the Chicago White Sox's affiliate, the Charleston White Sox, began play in the South Atlantic League (now the Southern League). The team relocated several times, playing in Charleston, South Carolina (1959–1961), Savannah, Georgia (1962), Lynchburg, Virginia (1963-1965), and Evansville, Indiana (1966-1968), before moving to Columbus, Georgia in 1969 to play in Golden Park. The team was known as the Columbus Astros from 1970 to 1988, when it became an affiliate of the Houston Astros. Following the 1988 season, new owner Steve Bryant held a contest among season ticket holders to rename the team, and as a result, in 1989 the team became the Columbus Mudcats. In 1991, Bryant moved the club to Zebulon, North Carolina and renamed it the Carolina Mudcats.
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