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The Savannah Braves were a Minor League Baseball team of the Southern League and the Double-A affiliate of the
Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. The Braves ...
from 1971 to 1983. They were located in
Savannah A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the Canopy (forest), canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to rea ...
,
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, and played their home games at
Grayson Stadium William L. Grayson Stadium is a stadium in Savannah, Georgia. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Savannah Bananas of the Coastal Plain League collegiate summer baseball league. It was the part-time home of the S ...
. The franchise relocated to
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, as the
Greenville Braves The Greenville Braves were an American minor league baseball franchise, based in Greenville, South Carolina, that served as the Class AA farm team of the Atlanta Braves between 1984 and 2004. The Braves played in Greenville Municipal Stadium for ...
, after the 1983 season.


Year-by-year record


Notable alumni


See also

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Savannah Indians 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, t ...
*
Savannah Sand Gnats The Savannah Sand Gnats were a minor league baseball team based in Savannah, Georgia. They were a member of the A-level South Atlantic League. The Sand Gnats were an affiliate of the New York Mets in their final nine seasons. The team relocated ...


References

Defunct Southern League (1964–present) teams Baseball teams established in 1971 Atlanta Braves minor league affiliates Professional baseball teams in Georgia (U.S. state) Baseball teams disestablished in 1983 Defunct baseball teams in Georgia {{GeorgiaUS-baseball-team-stub