The Augusta GreenJackets are a Minor League Baseball team of the

Carolina League The Carolina League is a Minor League Baseball league which has operated along the Atlantic Coast of the United States since 1945. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence, it operated at Class A-Advanced from 1990 unti ...

and the

Single-A Class A, also known as Single-A and sometimes as Low-A, is the fourth-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States, below Triple-A, Double-A, and High-A. There are 30 teams classified at the Single-A level, one for each ...

affiliate of the

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. They play their home games at

SRP Park SRP Park is a baseball park in North Augusta, South Carolina, which is part of the Augusta metropolitan area, Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. It is the home of the Augusta GreenJackets, a Minor League Baseball team playing in the Single-A Car ...

North Augusta, South Carolina North Augusta is a city in Aiken and Edgefield counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina, on the north bank of the Savannah River. The population was 21,348 at the 2010 census. The city is included in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) ...

, which opened in April 2018. They previously played at

Lake Olmstead Stadium Lake Olmstead Stadium is a baseball park in Augusta, Georgia, United States. It was built between the 1994 and 1995 seasons to replace Heaton Stadium on the same site and can hold 4,822 people. The stadium also serves as an outdoor-arena style ev ...

which had been the home of the GreenJackets from 1995 to 2017. The team is named after

The Masters The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply The Masters, or the U.S. Masters outside North America) is one of the four major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week of April, the Masters is the first maj ...

golf tournament held across the

Savannah River The Savannah River is a major river in the southeastern United States, forming most of the border between the states of South Carolina and Georgia. Two tributaries of the Savannah, the Tugaloo River and the Chattooga River, form the norther ...

in Augusta, Georgia, where the winner receives a green jacket. The team logo features a

yellowjacket Yellowjacket or yellowjacket is the common name in North America for predatory social wasps of the genus, genera ''Vespula'' and ''Dolichovespula''. Members of these genera are known simply as "wasps" in other English-speaking countries. Most of ...

wasp colored green, wearing a tam o' shanter cap, associated with golf. Augusta was a member of the

South Atlantic League The South Atlantic League, often informally called the Sally League, is a Minor League Baseball league with teams predominantly in states along the Atlantic coast of the United States from New York to Georgia. A Class A league for most of its ...

from 1980 to 2020. Before the

San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco, California. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1883 as the New Yor ...

took over the club's affiliation after the 2004 season, the GreenJackets were a part of the

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight ...

organization. Prior to that, the Red Sox replaced the

Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...

in Augusta. The GreenJackets boast

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and

Dustin Pedroia Dustin Luis Pedroia (born August 17, 1983) is an American former professional baseball second baseman who played his entire Major League Baseball career for the Boston Red Sox, from 2006 to 2019. He was a four-time All-Star, and won the Americ ...

as the only prospects to make the Red Sox roster, although knuckle baller

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pitched there in 1989 with the Pirates organization. The Red Sox' relationship with Augusta met with immediate success when the GreenJackets won the South Atlantic League championship in their first year as an affiliate team.

Stadium

The GreenJackets play in

, a 4,782-seat stadium which opened on April 12, 2018. SRP Park is part of a development featuring apartments, a senior living facility, office space, a hotel, and a beer garden. The North Augusta-based SRP Financial Credit Union purchased the naming rights to the ballpark. SRP Park replaced

as the home of the GreenJackets. Lake Olmstead Stadium was built primarily as a baseball facility between 1994 and 1995. The stadium seated 4,400 with nearly 1,000 box seats, 830 reserved seats, over 2,000 general admission seats.

Awards

In 2008, the team was voted by fans as the best minor league team in the

Minor League Baseball Yearly (MiLBY) Awards The Minor League Baseball Yearly (MiLBY) Awards are given annually to the most outstanding players, teams, single-game performances, plays, moments, homers, and promotions of the year. Initiated by Minor League Baseball in as the "This Year in M ...

Notable alumni

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MLB All-Star *

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MLB All-Star *

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4 x MLB All-Star; 2014 World Series Most Valuable Player * Carlos García MLB All-Star *

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(1948) *

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(1958) *

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, *

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(1941) Manager: 1961 & 1962 World Series Champion - New York Yankees *

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(2007, MGR) 2 x MLB All-Star *

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(1993) 3 x MLB All-Star *

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(2003) 4 x MLB All-Star *

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(1988) *

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(2004) MLB All-Star *

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(1931) 2 x MLB All-Star *

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(1996) 3 x MLB All-Star *

(2004) 4 x MLB All Star; 2007 AL Rookie of the Year; 2008 AL Most Valuable Player *

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(2000) 3 x MLB All-Star *

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(2006) 2 x MLB All-Star; 2012 World Series Most Valuable Player *

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(2005) 3 x MLB All-Star *

(1999) MLB All-Star *

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(1962) *

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(1992) MLB All-Star *

(2001-2002) 3 x MLB All-Star

Roster

References

External links

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Statistics from Baseball-Reference
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