Rome Braves

Rome Braves
Founded in 2003
Rome, Georgia
Team logoCap insignia
Class-level
Current Class A (2003–present)
Minor league affiliations
League South Atlantic League (2003–present)
Division Southern Division
Major league affiliations
Current Atlanta Braves (2003–present)
Minor league titles
League titles (2) 2003, 2016
Division titles (2) 2003, 2016
Team data
Nickname Rome Braves (2003–present)
Ballpark State Mutual Stadium (2003–present)
Owner(s)/
Operator(s)
 Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc.
Manager Randy Ingle
General Manager Michael Dunn

The Rome Braves are a Class-A minor league affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. In 2003, the team, previously known as the Macon Braves, moved from Macon, Georgia, to Rome, Georgia, 60 miles northwest of Atlanta.

Home games are played at State Mutual Stadium, which was built entirely from a SPLOST tax before State Mutual paid for the naming rights, opened April 11, 2003 and seats 5,105. In addition to three levels of regular seating, the stadium also features a lawn seating area known as "Applebee's Home Run Hill." There are also 14 suites for VIP fans.

Rome Braves Sign next to State Mutual Stadium in the back

Team management

Randy Ingle was appointed manager of the team in 2006, replacing Rocket Wheeler, who moved to the other Class-A farm team for the Atlanta Braves, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. According to the official Rome Braves Website, 2008 marks Ingle's 30th year with the Braves organization. Ingle was replaced in 2011 by Matt Walbeck, but he did not last through the season, and was replaced by Rick Albert. To bring stability back to the team, Ingle returned to manage the team for its 2012 and 2013 seasons.

As the team's general manager, Michael Dunn is in charge of the front office staff, while Jim Jones is the assistant general manager.

Team mascots

The Rome Braves have three mascots, Romey, Roxie, and introduced for the 2015 season their "son" Roman. Romey is a tall (six-foot-three-inch), blue, furry humanoid male mascot with yellow hair, while Roxie, who was added to the team after the 2005 season, is five-feet-five-inches tall, humanoid, a lighter blue, and has a large yellow ponytail.

Records

Season records[1]

SeasonFirst Half RecordSecond Half RecordOverall Record
200336–33, 4th place South42–28, 1st place South78–61, 2nd place South
200440–30, 3rd place South30–40, 7th place South70–70, 3rd place South
200539–29, 3rd place South33–36, 6th place South72–65, 4th place South
200642–28, 1st place South29–40, 6th place South71–68, 5th place South
200729–41, 7th place South37–33, 6th place South66–74, 6th place South
200822–47, 8th place South34–34, 6th place South56–81, 8th place South
200935–35, 5th place South31–38, 6th place South66–73, 6th place South
201030–39, 6th place South29–41, 7th place South59–80, 7th place South
201125–45, 7th place South35–35, 5th place South60–80, 5th place South
201218–52, 7th place South44–24, 1st place South62–72, 7th place South
201336–33, 5th place South37–33, 2nd place South73–66, 4th place South

Notable former players

Jason Marquis

Current roster

Rome Braves roster
Players Coaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 26 Kolby Allard
  • 30 Oriel L Caicedo
  • 23 Corbin Clouse
  • 48 Matthew Custred
  • -- Chris Diaz
  • 32 Max Fried
  • 33 Dalton Geekie
  • 38 Josh Graham
  • 56 Chase Johnson-Mullins
  • 37 Grayson Jones
  • 40 Jon Kennedy
  • 57 Richardo Sanchez
  • 45 Shae Simmons
  • 19 Devan Watts
  • 54 Mike Soroka
  • 20 Touki Toussaint
  • 34 Patrick Weigel

Catchers

  • 51 Carlos Castro
  • 14 Lucas Herbert
  •  8 Jonathan Morales
  • 22 Wigberto Nevarez

Infielders

  • 11 Ray-Patrick Didder
  •  4 Luke Dykstra
  •  9 Yeudi Grullon
  • -- Kurt Hoekstra
  • 55 Kevin Josephina
  •  2 Darien McLemore
  • 13 Austin Riley
  •  7 Alejandro Salazar
  • -- Juan Yepez

Outfielders

  • 24 Ronald Acuña
  • 24 Leudys Baez
  •  5 Justin Ellison
  • 15 Jared James
  • 16 Tyler Neslony
  • 27 Anfernee Seymour

Manager

  • 12 Randy Ingle

Coaches



7-day disabled list
* On Atlanta Braves 40-man roster
# Rehab assignment
∞ Reserve list
‡ Restricted list
§ Suspended list
† Temporary inactive list
Roster updated August 8, 2016
Transactions
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→ Atlanta Braves minor league players

Notes

  1. ↑ South Atlantic League Baseball-Reference.com
  2. 1 2 3 4 2003 Rome Braves Statistics and Leaders Baseball-Reference.com
  3. 1 2 2005 Rome Braves Statistics and Leaders Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ 2007 Rome Braves Statistics and Leaders Baseball-Reference.com
  5. 1 2 3 4 2004 Rome Braves Statistics and Leaders Baseball-Reference.com
  6. 1 2 3 2006 Rome Braves Statistics and Leaders Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ↑ Brandon Jones Statistics (Minor Leagues) Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ "Baseball-reference". Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  9. ↑ "Phil Niekro Award: Braves Outstanding Minor League Pitcher", Braves400, accessed 7/20/09
  10. ↑ Rome News – Tribune
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