Columbus Foxes

Columbus Foxes
1909–1958 (1909–1917, 1926–1932, 1936–1942, 1946–1959) Columbus, Georgia
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes	Class D (1958) Class A (1946–1957) Class B (1926–1932, 1936–1942) Class C (1909–1917)
League	South Atlantic League (1959)
Previous leagues	Alabama–Florida League (1958) South Atlantic League (1936–1942, 1946–1958) Southeastern League (1926–1932) South Atlantic League (1909–1917)
Major league affiliations
Previous teams	Pittsburgh Pirates (1959) Los Angeles Dodgers (1958) St. Louis Cardinals (1957) Baltimore Orioles (1956) St. Louis Cardinals (1936–1942, 1946–1955)
Minor league titles
League titles (6)	1910 1911 1915 1926 1936 1940
Team data
Previous names	Columbus Pirates (1959) Columbus Foxes (1956–1958) Columbus Cardinals (1946–1955) Columbus Red Birds (1936–1942) Columbus Foxes (1909–1917, 1926–1932)
Previous parks	Golden Park

The Columbus Foxes were a minor league baseball team that played in Columbus, Georgia.

The team originally played in the South Atlantic League from 1909–1917, then reformed in the Southeastern League from 1926–1932.

They resurfaced as a St. Louis Cardinals affiliate known first as the Columbus Red Birds and then the Columbus Cardinals from 1936–1955 in the South Atlantic League. As the Red Birds, they won two league championships. Their first came in 1936 under manager Eddie Dyer, and their second came in 1940 under manager Clay Hopper.

They returned to the Foxes after the Cardinals left in 1956 and became affiliated with the Baltimore Orioles in 1956, the Cardinals again in 1957, and the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1958. The team played in the Alabama–Florida League in 1958.

As a Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate in 1959, they were known as the Columbus Pirates. They moved to Gastonia, North Carolina on July 6, 1959 and became the Gastonia Pirates.

External links

• Baseball Reference