Brunswick Pirates

The Brunswick Pirates were a minor league baseball team based in Brunswick, Georgia. The team was a member of the Georgia–Florida League and a Class D affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1951–1956. In 1957 the team played as the Brunswick Phillies and merging with the Moultrie Phillies, splitting their games between Brunswick and Moultrie, Georgia, as an affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. The team played solely in Brunswick in 1958, before folding. However, the team became an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1962 as the Brunswick Cardinals and played again in 1963, before folding for a second, and final, time.

Played all their home games in one Stadium, Lanier Field, re named after the team owner, Edo Miller Field in 1953 after his death.

Branch Rickey Jr. was team vice president from their inception in 1951 until their affiliation with the Pittsburgh Pirates ended after the 1956 season.

• Notable players, season with Brunswick:
• Fred Green 1952, set a league record with 265 strikeouts and played for Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago White Sox.
• Whammy Douglas 1954, set league record 27 wins, one of a handful of players to make it to the major league playing with one eye.
• Floyd Faust 1954, set league record with 76 stolen bases. Member of the Minor League Baseball Hall of Fame.
• Carlson Howard 1958, Player Manager in the final season of his 14-year league career for 20 minor league teams.
• Bo Belinsky 1956, Played 8 years in the Major Leagues for Los Angeles Angels, Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds. Threw first no-hitter in Angels team history, at Dodger Stadium.

The Pirates won league titles in 1954 and 1955.

References

• Baseball Reference

• ^http://sabr.org/latest/howlett-one-eye-whammy-douglas-saw-more-most-during-eclectic-baseball-career
• ^http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1962/B05050LAA1962.htm