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The Rome Emperors are a Minor League Baseball team of the South Atlantic League and the High-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. They are located in Rome, Georgia, and play their home games at AdventHealth Stadium. From 2003 to 2023, the team was known as the Rome Braves.
There are 14 Minor League Baseball (MiLB) leagues and 206 teams in operation across the United States, Dominican Republic, and Canada, which are affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB) teams. They are organized by one of five classes (from highest to lowest): Triple-A, Double-A, High-A, Single-A, and Rookie. Of these, 120 teams in 11 ...
The team continued Georgia–Alabama League play in 1917 known as the "Rome-Lindale Romans" followed by Rome teams of the 1920 and 1921 Class D level Georgia State League. The Rome Romans hosted home minor league games at the Rome ballpark, then called "Hamilton Park," which was located on the parcel of today's Barron Stadium.
Prior to the 1963 season, Major League Baseball (MLB) initiated a reorganization of Minor League Baseball that resulted in a reduction from six classes to four (Triple-A, Double-A, Class A, and Rookie) in response to the general decline of the minors throughout the 1950s and early-1960s when leagues and teams folded due to shrinking attendance ...
As part of Major League Baseball's 2021 reorganization of the minor leagues, the South Atlantic League was promoted to High-A and temporarily renamed the "High-A East" for the 2021 season. [5] Following MLB's acquisition of the rights to the names of the historical minor leagues, the High-A East was renamed the South Atlantic League effective ...
Among other reasons, the (relatively) large size of the playing field helps this to be among the least home run-friendly parks in all of minor-league baseball. [11] The stadium is comparable to the Lexington Legends Whitaker Bank Ballpark which was designed by the same architects. The stadium also includes the Miller Lite Marina which is a ...
The Macon Braves were a class-A minor league baseball team associated with the Atlanta Braves and was the transplanted Sumter Braves. The team was known as the Macon Braves from 1991 to 2002. [4] In 2003, the Macon Braves were moved to Rome, Georgia. The team is now known as the Rome Braves.
The Rome Red Sox were preceded in league play by the Rome Romans and Rome-Lindale Romans, who played from 1914 to 1917 as members of the Class D level Georgia–Alabama League. [1] The Rome team proceeded to play the 1920 and 1921 seasons as members of the Class D level Georgia State League to immediately precede the Red Sox. [2] [3]