Hagerstown Suns
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Hagerstown Suns Founded in 1981 Hagerstown, Maryland |
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| Current | Single-A (1993–present) | ||||
| Previous | Double-A (1989–1992) Single-A (1981–1988) |
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| League | South Atlantic League (1993–present) | ||||
| Division | Northern Division | ||||
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| Current | Washington Nationals (2007–present) | ||||
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| League titles (1) | 1981 | ||||
| Division titles (7) |
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| Nickname | Hagerstown Suns (1981–present) | ||||
| Colors | Red, white, blue |
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| Ballpark | Municipal Stadium (1981–present) | ||||
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Owner(s)/
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Hagerstown Baseball, LLC | ||||
| Manager | Patrick Anderson | ||||
| General Manager | Travis Painter | ||||
The Hagerstown Suns are a Minor League Baseball team based in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States. The team, which plays in the South Atlantic League, is a Class A affiliate of the Washington Nationals.
They play in Municipal Stadium, which was opened in 1930 and seats 4,600 fans. The team mascot is "Woolie", a giant Woolly Bear Caterpillar.
Professional baseball has been played in Hagerstown since the late nineteenth century. The Hagerstown Lions played for one season in the independent Cumberland Valley League during 1896. The league began on June 19 and lasted until August 9, when it disbanded due to the disbandment of one of the teams, the Chambersburg Maroons, on August 7. The Lions finished the season in first place with a record of 26-12, three games ahead of Chambersburg. The Lions also dominated statistically, having the league leaders in runs (40 by Natty Nattress), hits (52 by William Graffius), wins by a pitcher (10 by Thomas Lipp), and winning percentage by a pitcher (.833 by Thomas Lipp, with a 10-2 record). Lipp and another Lion, John Gochnaur, were the first Hagerstown players to make it to the major leagues.
In 1915, the class D Blue Ridge League was formed with its headquarters in Hagerstown. Hagerstown fielded a team for the next 16 seasons. Throughout this time, they won five pennants and donned four different names: the Blues, the Terriers, the Champs and the Hubs. Before the beginning of the 1931 season, the Blue Ridge League disbanded. The club was then affiliated with the class C Middle Atlantic League, but on June 28, 1931, the club moved to Parkersburg, West Virginia. The Hagerstown players with the most major league experience during this era were Mike Mowrey (13 major league seasons), Frankie Pytlak (12 major league seasons), and Babe Phelps (11 major league seasons).
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