Orangeburg Dodgers
Orangeburg Dodgers | |
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Minor league affiliations | |
Previous classes | Class-A |
League | Western Carolinas League |
Previous leagues | South Carolina League (1906-1908) |
Major league affiliations | |
Previous teams | Los Angeles Dodgers (1974) |
Team data | |
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The Orangeburg Dodgers were a minor league baseball team based in Orangeburg, South Carolina that played in the Class-A Western Carolinas League in 1974. They were an affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and finished in 4th place with a 63-71 record in their single season of play.[1]: 585 Four of their players went on to play in the major leagues, most notably, Pedro Guerrero. They were managed by Bart Shirley.[2]
The team had played in 1973 as the Orangeburg Cardinals, a co-op team featuring players from multiple franchises.[1]: 585 Randy Poffo played for the Cardinals in 1973, but later stepped away from baseball and gained fame as the professional wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage.[3] The first Orangeburg team was the Orangeburg Cotton Pickers, who played as members of the South Carolina League from 1906 to 1908.[1]: 508
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Sumner, Benjamin Barrett (2000). Minor league baseball standings : all North American leagues, through 1999. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0781-1. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
- ^ "1974 Orangeburg Dodgers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
- ^ "Randy Poffo Minor Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
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- Los Angeles Dodgers minor league affiliates
- Defunct Western Carolinas League teams
- Defunct minor league baseball teams
- Professional baseball teams in South Carolina
- Defunct baseball teams in South Carolina
- Baseball teams disestablished in 1974
- Baseball teams established in 1974
- 1974 establishments in South Carolina
- 1974 disestablishments in South Carolina
- Orangeburg County, South Carolina
- Southern United States baseball team stubs
- South Carolina sports team stubs