The Brunswick Pirates were a minor league baseball team based in

Brunswick, Georgia Brunswick () is a city in and the county seat of Glynn County in the U.S. state of Georgia. As the primary urban and economic center of the lower southeast portion of Georgia, it is the second-largest urban area on the Georgia coastline after Sa ...

. The team was a member of the Georgia–Florida League and a Class D affiliate of the

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from 1951 to 1956. In 1957 the team played as the Brunswick Phillies and merging with the Moultrie Phillies, splitting their games between Brunswick and Moultrie, Georgia, as an affiliate of the

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. The team played solely in Brunswick in 1958, before folding. However, the team became an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1962 as the Brunswick Cardinals and played again in 1963, before folding for a second, and final, time. The team played all their home games in one Stadium, Lanier Field, which was renamed after the team owner, Edo Miller Field in 1953 after his death.

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was team vice president from their inception in 1951 until their affiliation with the

ended after the 1956 season. * Notable players, season with Brunswick: * Fred Green 1952, set a league record with 265 strikeouts and played for

and Chicago White Sox. * Mario Cuomo 1952, left baseball after an injury and went on to become Governor of New York * Whammy Douglas 1954, set league record 27 wins, one of a handful of players to make it to the major league playing with one eye. * Bo Belinsky 1956, Played 8 years in the Major Leagues for Los Angeles Angels,

, San Diego Padres,

and

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. Threw first

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in Angels team history, at Dodger Stadium. The Pirates won league titles in 1954 and 1955.

References

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