Cordele Reds
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{{Infobox Minor League Baseball
| name = Cordele Reds
| firstseason = 1906
| lastseason = 1955
| allyears = 1906, 1913–1914, 1936–1942, 1946–1955
| city = Cordele, Georgia
| logo =
| caplogo =
| past class level = Class D
| league = Georgia–Florida League (1914, 1936–1955)
| conference =
| division =
| past league = {{plainlist|
- Empire State League (1913)
- Georgia State League (1906)
}}
| pastmajorleague = {{plainlist|
- Baltimore Orioles (1954–1955)
- Philadelphia Athletics (1950–1953)
- Cleveland Indians (1947–1949)
- Chicago White Sox (1946)
- Cincinnati Reds (1941–1942)
- No Affiliate (1938–1940)
- Cincinnati Reds (1936–1937)
}}
| pastnames = {{plainlist|
- Cordele Orioles (1955)
- Americus-Cordele Orioles (1954)
- Cordele Athletics (1950–1953)
- Cordele Indians (1947–1949)
- Cordele White Sox (1946)
- Cordele Reds (1941–1942)
- Cordele Bees (1939–1942)
- Cordele Reds (1936–1938)
- Cordele Ramblers (1914)
- Cordele Babies (1913)
- Cordele (1906)
}}
| pastparks =Standard Field
| classchamps =
| leaguechamps = 1 (1937)
| conferencechamps =
| divisionchamps =
}}
The Cordele Reds were a minor league baseball team based in Cordele, Georgia in various seasons from 1906-1955.
History
Cordele played in the Class-D Georgia–Florida League from 1936–1942 and 1946–1955. The city was originally represented by a team in the Georgia State League in 1906, with a team simply noted as Cordele. In 1913, the city was represented in the Empire State League with the Cordele Babies. The following season, the team moved into the Georgia–Florida League, as the Cordele Ramblers. After 22-year hiatus, a team reemerged in the Georgia–Florida League was the Reds, as an affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds in 1937. The team became briefly known as the Cordele Bees from 1939–1940. They had affiliation an agreement with the Atlanta Crackers in 1938.
After World War II, the team became known as the Cordele White Sox, as they were an affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. The following season, the team became the Cordele Indians playing as an affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. In 1950, the team's name changed once again to the Cordele Athletics, as they became an affiliate of the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1954, the team merge with a team from Americus, Georgia to become the Americus-Cordele Orioles, an affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. Finally, the team underwent a final name-change in 1955, as the Cordele Orioles, before folding.
The 1937 team won the Georgia–Florida League Championship under manager Ivy Griffin.
The ballpark
The Cordele teams played at Standard Field.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cordeledispatch.com/2015/12/07/what-a-rich-history/|title=What a Rich History | Cordele Dispatch}} The field is still in use as a multi-use baseball/softball field, located at 302 N. 2nd Street Cordele, Georgia 31015.{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/crispcountyrecreation/our-agencies|title = Google Sites}}
Notable alumni
- Max Carey (1955) Inducted Baseball Hall of Fame, 1961
- Lloyd Brown (1955)
- Dana Fillingim (1913–1914)
- Andy High (1941)
- Jimmy Lavender (1906)
- Frank O'Rourke (1942)
- Bama Rowell (1937)
- Harry Rice (1939)
References
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External links
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?city=Cordele&state=GA&country=US&empty=0 Cordele, Georgia minor league history]
- [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-1787 Photo of the 1937 team]
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?city=Cordele&state=GA&country=US&empty=0 BR Cordele, Georgia]
{{Georgia-Florida League}}
Category:Defunct Georgia State League teams
Category:Defunct Georgia-Florida League teams
Category:Defunct Empire State League teams
Category:Baltimore Orioles minor league affiliates
Category:Chicago White Sox minor league affiliates
Category:Cincinnati Reds minor league affiliates
Category:Cleveland Guardians minor league affiliates
Category:Philadelphia Athletics minor league affiliates
Category:Professional baseball teams in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:1955 disestablishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Defunct baseball teams in Georgia (U.S. state)