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Minor league baseball team
Savannah Pathfinders
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Previous classes
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- Double A (1968?1970)
- Class A (1946?1960; 1962)
- Class B (1926?1928; 1936?1942)
- Class C (1904?1915)
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League
| Southern League
(1968?1970)
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Previous leagues
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Previous teams
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League titles
| 1906, 1913, 1914, 1937, 1947, 1954, 1960
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Previous names
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- Savannah Indians (1906?1912; 1926?1928; 1936?1942; 1946?1954; 1970)
- Savannah Senators (1968?1969)
- Savannah White Sox (1962)
- Savannah Pirates (1960)
- Savannah Redlegs/Reds (1956?1959)
- Savannah Athletics (1955)
- Savannah Colts (1913?1915)
- Savannah Pathfinders (1904?1905)
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Previous parks
| Bolton Street Park
(1904?1909))
Fairview Park (1910?1926)
Grayson Stadium
(1926?1970)
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The
Savannah Pathfinders
was the original name of the American
minor league baseball
franchise that represented
Savannah, Georgia
, during the 20th century.
While Savannah's minor league teams sported at least ten nicknames during the century, the predominant nickname was the
Savannah Indians,
which was used for 27 seasons (1906?1912; 1926?1928; 1936?1942; 1946?1954; 1970). The name was not derived from an association with the
Cleveland
Major League Baseball
franchise until
1970
, when Savannah served as the MLB Indians' Double-A
farm system
affiliate. In 1955?1960, 1962, and from 1968?1995, the Savannah team was named after its Major League parent. After 1926, the club played at
Grayson Stadium
.
For much of their existence, the Indians played in what became the Double-A
Southern League
, known before 1964 as the original
South Atlantic League
or "Sally" League. In 1926?1928, they competed in the
Southeastern League
. The Sally League franchise was founded as the
Pathfinders
in 1904 and dubbed the
Colts
from 1913?1915. From 1971?1983, Savannah's Southern League team was called the
Savannah Braves
, reflecting its link to the
Atlanta Braves
' organization. When this franchise relocated to
Greenville
in 1984, it was replaced by the Savannah Cardinals of the contemporary Single-A
South Atlantic League
; the Savannah team, known as the
Savannah Sand Gnats
since 1996, moved to Columbia, South Carolina in 2016, and was in turn replaced by a new, independent franchise, the
Savannah Bananas
.
Between 1904 and 1970, Savannah won seven Sally League championships.
Notable alumni (1904?1970)
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