Pensacola Blue Wahoos

Pensacola Blue Wahoos Founded in 1959 Pensacola, Florida
Team logo Cap insignia
Class-level
Current	AA
Minor league affiliations
League	Southern League
Division	South
Major league affiliations
Current	Cincinnati Reds (2009–present)
Previous	Florida Marlins (2003–2008) Colorado Rockies (1999–2002) Pittsburgh Pirates (1991–1998) Houston Astros (1970–1990) Chicago White Sox (1959–1969)
Minor league titles
League titles (2)	1995 2003
Division titles (2)	2008 2016
Team data
Nickname	Pensacola Blue Wahoos (2012–present)
Previous names	Carolina Mudcats (1991–2011) Columbus Mudcats (1989–1990) Columbus Astros (1970–1988) Columbus White Sox (1969) Evansville White Sox (1966–1968) Lynchburg White Sox (1963–1965) Savannah White Sox (1962) Charleston White Sox (1959–1961)
Colors	Gulf Coast Royal Blue, Blue Angel Navy Blue, Coral pink
Mascot	Kazoo
Ballpark	Blue Wahoos Stadium (2012–present)
Previous parks	Five County Stadium (1991–2011) Golden Park (Columbus, Georgia) (1969–1990)
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	Quint Studer and Rishy Studer/Bubba Watson
Manager	Pat Kelly
General Manager	Jonathan Griffith

The Pensacola Blue Wahoos are a minor league baseball team based in Pensacola, Florida. The team plays in the Southern League and are the Class Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds Major League Baseball team. They play their home games at Pensacola Bayfront Stadium. The team, formerly the Southern League version of the Carolina Mudcats, began play in Pensacola in the 2012 season.

The franchise was founded in 1959 as the Charleston White Sox of the South Atlantic League (now the Southern League); it subsequently moved 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 them the Carolina Mudcats.