The Birmingham Barons are a minor league baseball team based in Birmingham, Alabama. The team, which plays in the Southern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox major-league club. The Barons are considered by many as one of the most successful minor league teams in baseball.^{[citation needed]} Birmingham Barons logo, claiming fair use This work is copyrighted. ... The Southern League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the Southern United States. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 1885 throughout the world. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Regions Park, formerly known as Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, is a minor league baseball park located in the Birmingham, Alabama, USA, suburb of Hoover. ... Rickwood Field, located in Birmingham, Alabama, is the oldest surviving professional baseball park in the United States. ... Hoover is a city in Jefferson and Shelby counties in middle central Alabama. ... Rafael Francisco Santana de la Cruz (born January 31, 1958, in La Romana, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the St. ... A Class A California League game in San Jose, California (1994) Minor baseball leagues are North American professional baseball leagues that compete at a level below that of Major League Baseball. ... Nickname: Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Jefferson, Shelby Government  - Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Area  - City  151. ... The Southern League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the Southern United States. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

The Barons play in Regions Park, located in Hoover, Alabama; the park seats 10,800 fans. They moved there in 1987 from historic Rickwood Field in Birmingham's West End community. They still play one "throwback" game called the Rickwood Classic each season in period uniforms at the old facility. Regions Park, formerly known as Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, is a minor league baseball park located in the Birmingham, Alabama, USA, suburb of Hoover. ... Hoover is a city in Jefferson and Shelby counties in middle central Alabama. ... Rickwood Field, located in Birmingham, Alabama, is the oldest surviving professional baseball park in the United States. ...

The Barons were briefly involved in a media frenzy by virtue of being the minor-league club that Michael Jordan played for in 1994 after his first retirement from basketball. For other persons named Michael Jordan, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ...

Early history

The Barons history can be traced back to 1885, when the Barons (originally known as the Coal Barons) played in the many Southern Leagues during the early years of baseball. In those years leagues came and went, but baseball in Birmingham survived. In 1901 the Southern Association formed with teams in Birmingham, Selma, New Orleans, Shreveport, Little Rock, Memphis, Nashville and Chattanooga. The modern Barons 1st Southern Association title came in 1906 as the team that went 85-47 under manager Harry Vaughn. The Southern Association was a higher-level minor league in American organized baseball from 1902 through 1961. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam Official website: http://www. ... Selma is a city in Alabama located on the banks of the Alabama River in Dallas County, Alabama, of which it is the county seat. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Shreveport, Louisiana is the third largest metropolitan city in the state of Louisiana, USA. It is located in Caddo Parish, and as of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 200,145. ... There is also a Littlerock, California. ... For other uses, see Memphis (disambiguation). ... For other cities named Nashville, see Nashville (disambiguation). ... Chattanooga is a city located in United States of America. ... The Southern Association was a higher-level minor league in American organized baseball from 1902 through 1961. ...

In 1887, the Birmingham Barons were playing at Slag Pile (West End Park), located on 6th Street between 1st Avenue North and the Alabama Great Southern Railroad tracks. The old Slag Pile grandstand would only grant one 60-day lease at a time. Also during this time, the Barons played in East Lake. A.H. (Rick) Woodward, the late Birmingham millionaire industrialist, decided to buy the team in 1910 from J.William McQueen, the Barons owner since 1901.

After reaching the final terms in February of 1910, Woodward's first objective was to construct a ballpark. In a short time, he produced plans for the first concrete-and-steel ballpark in the minor leagues. Woodward consulted Philadelphia's legendary manager Connie Mack about building the 12.7 acre park. From parks such as Philly's Shibe Park and Pittsburgh's Forbes Field, Rickwood Field took shape. The name of the park originated from Woodward's first name and part of his last name. Construction of Rickwood was complete prior to the first game played there on August 18,1910. The Barons won the opener 3-2 over Montgomery, after a 2-run rally in the 9th inning. A crowd in excess of 10,000 came for the contest. Nickname: Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States Commonwealth Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Government  - Mayor John F. Street (D) Area  - City 369. ... Connie Mack baseball card, 1910 Cornelius Alexander Mack (December 22, 1862 – February 8, 1956), born Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy, was an American professional baseball player, manager, and team owner. ... Connie Mack Stadium, originally called Shibe Park, was a Major League Baseball stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Nickname: Motto: Benigno Numine (With the Benevolent Deity) Location in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States Commonwealth Pennsylvania County Allegheny Founded November 25, 1758 Incorporated April 22, 1794 (borough)   March 18, 1816 (city) Government  - Mayor Luke Ravenstahl (D) Area  - City 151. ... Forbes Field was a Major League Baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood (or University District) of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... Rickwood Field, located in Birmingham, Alabama, is the oldest surviving professional baseball park in the United States. ... Montgomery is the capital of the state of Alabama, and is a city located in Montgomery County. ...

Carleton Molesworth arrived in Birmingham in 1908 to serve as the Barons manager and outfielder. He ended up serving as skipper until 1922. He helped the Barons to 2 Southern Association titles and became synonymous with Birmingham baseball. The Barons won their first SA title for Molesworth in Rickwood in 1912. The first of 5 Baseball Hall of Famers who played in a Barons uniform was Burleigh Grimes. The righthander pitched in Birmingham from 1914-1916 and later became one of the last legal spitball pitchers in the majors. He was not a major factor as the Barons took their third SA title with an 88-62 record, but he struck out 158 batters in 1915 and won 20 games in 1916 while pitching a team-leading 276 innings. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 62 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of baseball-related... Burleigh Arland Grimes (August 18, 1893 - December 6, 1985) was an American professional baseball player, and the last pitcher officially permitted to throw the spitball. ... A spitball is a baseball pitch in which the ball has been altered by the application of spit, petroleum jelly, or some other foreign substance. ...

The 1920s

The Barons set attendance records during the "Roaring Twenties". During the decade the Barons drew 160,000 or more to Rickwood 8 times, including a then-team-record 299,150 in 1927, a year in which the Barons played all of their games during the day and there were no Sunday games. During 1927, Hall of Famer Rube Marquard pitched for the Barons. A scene typical of the Follies of Florenz Ziegfeld, the most popular Broadway impresario of the decade. ... Rube Marquard of the New York Giants at West Side Park, Chicago, in 1909. ...

A total of 14 years passed before the Barons won another Southern Association title in 1928. The team posted a batting average of .331 in winning a club-record 99 games for Johnny Dobbs. This was the first split schedule in the history of the SA and the Barons took the first half title, then beat Memphis in 3 straight for the championship. The next season , the Barons made it back-to-back titles under Dobbs as 13 players hit .300 or better, a SA record. The Barons won their first Dixie Series appearance 4-2 over Dallas of the Texas League. The Texas League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the South Central United States. ...

The 1930s

The 1930s, played under the shadow of the Great Depression, started well for the Barons as the team won the 1931 pennant for second year manager Clyde Milan. It would be the highlight of a decade which saw the Barons in the SA's top 3 only twice. The depression and its financial crunch forced Woodward to sell his beloved ball club, after 3 years of virtual bank ownership, to Ed Norton in 1938. The Great Depression was a time of economic down turn, which started after the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday. ... Jesse Clyde Milan (March 25, 1887 - March 3, 1953) was an American baseball player who spent his entire career as an outfielder with the Washington Senators (1907-1922). ...

Rickwood's grand years

The Barons did not claim an SA pennant during the 1940s, but the resurgence of baseball across the country after World War II brought record crowds to Rickwood from 1948-50. In 1948, the Barons drew 445,926 to Rickwood winning the Dixie Series over Fort Worth and followed up with 421,305 in 1949. Unfortunately, the Barons did not win another SA pennant until 1958, when they won 91 games and the pennant by 6 1/2 games for Cal Ermer Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Fort Worth is the sixth-largest city in the state of Texas, located about 30 miles west of Dallas on the West Fork Trinity River and forming part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. ... Calvin Coolidge Ermer (born November 10, 1923, in Baltimore, Maryland) is a scout for the Minnesota Twins and a former coach and manager in American Major League Baseball. ...

The remainder of the 1950s and 60s saw the club finish first in 1959 (1st half) but could not win the pennant. Then, for the first time since 1898, Birmingham did not have a team as the Southern Association ceased operations after the 1961 season.

The new Southern League

Rickwood Field remained dark for just 2 years before the Barons were reborn in 1964 in the newly formed Southern League, composed of members of the old Southern Association and the South Atlantic League. The Barons survived for two years, but moved again after the 1965 season. The Southern League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the Southern United States. ... The South Atlantic League is a minor league baseball league which operates mostly in the southeastern United States, although it now has teams in New Jersey and Ohio. ...

The Kansas City (later Oakland) Athletics, owned by Charles O. Finley brought baseball back to the Magic City in 1967 with the Birmingham A's. Right out of the gate the A's took the Southern League title in 1967 by 3 1/2 games under John McNamara. During this time (1967-75) the A's featured Hall of Famers Reggie Jackson and Rollie Fingers, who went on to be mainstays of the Oakland Athletics 3 consecutive World Series titles (1972-74). The A's moved after the 1975 season to Chattanooga and Rickwood did not see Southern League baseball again for 5 seasons. Charles Oscar Finley (February 22, 1918 - February 19, 1996) was an American businessman who enjoyed a tenure as the flamboyant owner of the Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball team. ... John Francis McNamara (born June 4, 1932 in Sacramento, California) is a former manager and coach in Major League Baseball. ... Reginald Martinez Reggie Jackson (born May 18, 1946), nicknamed Mr. ... Roland Fingers giving his trademark handlebar moustache a twirl. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 9, 27, 34, 42, 43, (As) Name Oakland Athletics (1968–present) Kansas City Athletics (1955-1967) Philadelphia Athletics (1901-1954) (Referred to as As) Ballpark McAfee Coliseum (1968–present) a. ... For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

The Hoover Met

The latest version of the Barons came back to Birmingham in 1981. The Barons played in front of their largest opening night crowd in 31 years (9,185) on April 14,1981 in a 6-5 win over Jacksonville. The 1981 squad featured future major league star Howard Johnson and current Arizona Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin. Good times followed as the Barons won the 1983 title over Jacksonville in 4 games. It was apparent by 1986 that historic Rickwood Field would not host the Barons forever. Clarkson made plans to move the team to Hoover, Alabama, a Birmingham suburb, and a 10,800 seat Hoover Metropolitan Stadium (now called Regions Park). The final game at Rickwood (September 9,1987) was a 5-4 loss to Charlotte in the second game of the Southern League title series. The team won "one more for Rickwood" by taking the title in 4 games. The Jacksonville skyline and the Acosta Bridge. ... Howard Michael Johnson (born November 29, 1960), nicknamed HoJo, is a former switch hitting third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, Colorado Rockies and Chicago Cubs from 1982 to 1995. ... Major league affiliations National League (1998–present) West Division (1998–present) Current uniform Name Arizona Diamondbacks (1998–present) Ballpark Chase Field (1998–present) formerly known as Bank One Ballpark (1998-2005) Major league titles World Series titles (1) 2001 NL Pennants (1) 2001 National League West Division titles (3) 2002... Bob Melvin is the current manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. ... Hoover is a city in Jefferson and Shelby counties in middle central Alabama. ... Regions Park, formerly known as Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, is a minor league baseball park located in the Birmingham, Alabama, USA, suburb of Hoover. ... Charlotte (also known as candle stick) is a figure skating grace move - one of the spirals, where the skater is bended and glides on its one leg with the other one lifted to the air. ...

The Barons took the field for the first time at the Hoover Met on April 18, 1988. Birmingham won 8-2 over Greenville in front of 13,279. The club has won three titles (1989,93,02) since the move to Hoover. The 1993 title was led by current Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona. The Mississippi Braves are a minor league baseball team based in Pearl, Mississippi, a suburb of Jackson. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 4, 8, 9, 27, 42 Name Boston Red Sox (1908–present) Boston Americans (1901-1907) Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (1901-1911) Major league titles World Series titles (6) 2004... Terry Jon Tito Francona (born April 22, 1959, in Aberdeen, South Dakota) is a Major League Baseball manager. ...

Michael Jordan

The 1994 season was historic for the Barons as former NBA superstar Michael Jordan switched sports and was assigned to the club on March 31st. Jordan's popularity helped shatter the club's season attendance record (467,867). Jordan batted .202 with 3 homers and 51 RBI and stole a club-leading 30 bases as the team was covered by journalists from around the world. The Barons drew 985,185 overall and millions of others watched as the club played on national or regional television 4 times. Michael Jordan was named league MVP after his tenure with the Barons. The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ... For other persons named Michael Jordan, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). ...

Recent accomplishments

The club was sold to new ownership in 1995 (Elmore Sports Group Ltd.). Among the innovations under the new ownership was the Rickwood Classic. Once a year the Barons return to play a game at Rickwood Field , honoring baseball's rich history in a "turn back the clock" game. The Classic is a favorite of players and fans alike.

The Barons have been to the Southern League playoffs a record-tying six consecutive seasons (2000-2005), winning the Southern League crown in 2002 under former Major League player Wally Backman. Another former Major Leaguer, Razor Shines managed the Barons in 2004-2005. He came aboard in 2004 and made two playoff appearances. Cris Cron, who had previously managed the team during the 1999 season was named the Barons manager for 2006. Walter Wally Wayne Backman (born September 22, 1959 in Hillsboro, Oregon) is a retired baseball player. ... Anthony Razor Shines (born July 18, 1956 in Durham, North Carolina) was a First Baseman for the Montreal Expos (1983-85 and 1987). ...

New ownership

In September of 2005 the Birmingham Barons were sold by Elmore Sports Group Ltd. to Don Logan and his sons Jeff and Stan. They plan to operate as Birmingham Barons, LLC. The Logans become the 11th owner in the Barons history.

Playoffs and championships

• Southern League Playoff Appearances (12): 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
• Southern League Championships (5): 1983, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2002

Major League affiliations

• Boston Red Sox 1947-52
• New York Yankees 1953-56
• Detroit Tigers 1957-61
• Kansas City Athletics 1964-65
• Detroit Tigers 1981-85
• Chicago White Sox 1986-Present

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2007 Roster

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Famous Barons/Birmingham A's

• Jeff Abbott
• Wilson Alvarez
• Wally Backman (manager)
• Sal Bando
• Jason Bere
• Vida Blue
• Mark Buehrle
• Mike Cameron
• Bert Campaneris
• Phil Cavaretta (manager)
• Joe Crede
• Rob Dibble
• Ray Durham
• Darrell Evans
• Scott Eyre
• Rollie Fingers
• Terry Francona (manager)
• Jon Garland
• Burleigh Grimes
• Roberto Hernandez
• Bo Jackson
• Reggie Jackson
• Bobby Jenks
• Howard Johnson
• Michael Jordan
• Tony LaRussa
• Carlos Lee
• Rube Marquard
• Jack McDowell
• John McNamara (manager)
• Bob Melvin
• Miguel Olivo
• Magglio Ordonez
• Jimmy Piersall
• Johnny Riddle (player/manager)
• Aaron Rowand
• Joe Rudi
• Bobby Thigpen
• Frank Thomas
• Pie Traynor
• Robin Ventura
• Bob Wickman

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Trivia

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See also

• Birmingham Black Barons

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External links

• Birmingham Barons
• BirminghamProSports.com
• "Our Summer with Michael" newspaper story about Michael Jordan's season with the Barons