Myrtle Beach Pelicans
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Myrtle Beach Pelicans Founded in 1999 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
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| Current | Class A-Advanced | ||||
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| League | Carolina League (1999–present) | ||||
| Division | Southern Division | ||||
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| Current | Chicago Cubs (2015–present) | ||||
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| League titles (4) |
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| Division titles (5) |
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| Nickname | Myrtle Beach Pelicans (1999–present) | ||||
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| Colors |
Pelicans blue, sun gold, midnight blue, white |
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| Ballpark | TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark (1999–present) | ||||
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Owner(s)/
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Myrtle Beach Pelicans LP | ||||
| Manager | Buddy Bailey | ||||
| General Manager | Andy Milovich | ||||
| Media | TuneIn Radio | ||||
Pelicans blue, sun gold, midnight blue, white
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans are a Minor League Baseball team in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and the Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. The Pelicans are members of the Carolina League and most recently won the league's championship in 2016. Home games are played at TicketReturn.com Field, which opened in 1999 and seats up to 6,599 fans. From their inaugural season through 2010, the Pelicans were affiliated with the Atlanta Braves, before spending four seasons as a Texas Rangers affiliate from 2011 to 2014. The team's affiliation with the Chicago Cubs began in 2015 and is currently in place through 2020.
Previously, this frachise was known as the Durham Bulls, but relocated following the 1997 season as a result of the expansion of the Triple-A International League into Durham, North Carolina, where the new franchise assumed the "Bulls" name. It spent the 1998 season in Danville, Virginia, as the Danville 97s, awaiting a move to Myrtle Beach while their new stadium, Coastal Federal Field, was under construction. When then their home ballpark opened its gates on April 12, 1999, for the franchise's first game, 5,521 fans came to see the Pelicans play the Potomac Cannons. In the first at bat, Pelicans pitcher Luis Rivera struck out Cannons hitter Esix Snead looking. The first two hits at the stadium were home runs for each team, first by Potomac's Andy Bevins, and later that same game by Myrtle Beach's Ryan Lehr.
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