The Rocky Mount Phillies were a
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...
team, a
Class-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1973 through 1975. They played in 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 won the
league championship in 1975. The Rocky Mount Phillies replaced the
Rocky Mount Leafs
''Rocky'' is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the ''Rocky'' franchise and stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess M ...
, which had been affiliated with the Detroit Tigers from 1965 through 1972. The club played at Rocky Mount Municipal Stadium in
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Rocky Mount is a city in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Edgecombe and Nash County, North Carolina, Nash counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The city's population was 54,341 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it ...
.
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Philadelphia Phillies minor league affiliates
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Baseball teams established in 1973
Defunct Carolina League teams
Professional baseball teams in North Carolina
Baseball teams disestablished in 1975
1973 establishments in North Carolina
1975 disestablishments in North Carolina
Defunct baseball teams in North Carolina
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