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On August 16, 2006, the IronBirds played host to the New York–Penn League All-Star Game. They also hosted the New York-Penn League All-Star Game on August 18, 2015. [ 2 ] Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium was also used for the Cal Ripken World Series in 2003 and 2004, forcing the team to go on extended road trips, 20 or more games, during the ...
The 6,300-seat Ripken Stadium held its first game on June 18, 2002. As of 2011 the team had sold out every home game at Ripken Stadium since it began playing there in 2002. [7] [8] The stadium is part of Cal Ripken Jr.'s Aberdeen Complex in his hometown of Aberdeen, Maryland, located just off Interstate 95 at Maryland Route 22.
The longest affiliation in team history was the 53-year relationship with the Rookie Appalachian League's Bluefield Orioles from 1958 to 2010. [ 2 ] The Orioles have the shortest cumulative distance between its four full-season minor league affiliates in baseball at 487 miles (784 km). [ 3 ]
Escarra split the 2018 campaign between the Low-A Aberdeen IronBirds and High-A Frederick Keys. In 63 games split between the two affiliates, he batted .315/.395/.479 with seven home runs and 38 RBI. [5] Escarra returned to Frederick in 2019, playing in 127 games and hitting .235/.325/.364 with 13 home runs and 57 RBI. [6]
The Renegades were founded in 1994 when the Erie Sailors relocated from Pennsylvania to the Hudson Valley, rebranding as the Hudson Valley Renegades.The team originally retained the Sailors' existing affiliation with the Texas Rangers organization but became an affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays organization in 1996, even though the major league team would not start playing until 1998.
After batting .313 with three home runs and 14 RBIs in 43 games in the GCL, he was promoted to the Aberdeen IronBirds, where he batted .212 in ten games to finish the season. In 2016, Mountcastle spent the season with the Delmarva Shorebirds where he posted a .281 average with ten home runs and 51 RBIs along with a .745 OPS in 115 games. [5]
Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir is a non-fiction book written by Greg Larson, published by the University of Nebraska Press on April 1, 2021. The book provides a behind-the-scenes account of Larson's two seasons as the clubhouse attendant (clubbie) for the Aberdeen IronBirds, a minor League affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles.
The Triple-A Tides carried on the history of the Class A team that preceded them. The club rebranded as the Norfolk Tides in 1993. In conjunction with Major League Baseball 's reorganization of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Tides were placed in the Triple-A East, which was renamed the International League in 2022.