Category: Dixie Association

Illustration of Duke Snider on the cover of a 1967 Albuquerque Dodgers baseball program from the Texas League

Albuquerque Dodgers

Though traditionally known as the “Dukes” throughout Albuquerque’s four-decade partnership with the Los Angeles Dodgers between 1963 and 2000, Albuquerque’s minor league baseball club went through a fruitful 7-year stretch between 1965 and 1971 when it played directly under the Dodgers name. The Albuquerque Dodgers won three Texas League crowns in these years and produced a pipeline of future L.A. Dodgers standouts, including Ron Cey, Steve Garvey and Don Sutton.

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1974 Amarillo Giants baseball program from the Texas League

Amarillo Giants

The Amarillo Giants were a Class AA farm club of the San Francisco Giants in the Texas League from 1968 through 1974. The team moved away to Lafayette, Louisiana in 1975, but the Texas League would return to Amarillo with a new club, the Gold Sox, in 1976.

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1975 Memphis Blues baseball program from the International League

Memphis Blues

Texas League (1968-1970) Dixie Association (1971) Texas League (1972-1973) International League (1974-1976) Born: 1968 Died:  November 8, 1976 – The Blues franchise is revoked and later

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1975 Savannah Braves Program

Savannah Braves

The Savannah Braves were the Class AA farm club of the Atlanta Braves for 13 seasons from 1971 to 1983. Several notable Braves prospects made stops at Savannah’s Grayson Stadium on their way to the Majors, highlighted by future National League Most Valuable Player Dale Murphy and 1987 N.L. Cy Young Award Winner Steve Bedrosian. The Braves moved to Greenville, South Carolina following the 1983 season.

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