Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
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| Wisconsin Timber Rattlers | ||
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| League | Midwest League | |
| Division | Western Division | |
| Year founded | 1962 | |
| Major League affiliation | Seattle Mariners | |
| Home ballpark | Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium | |
| Previous home ballparks | Goodland Field | |
| City | Appleton, Wisconsin | |
| Current uniform colors | White, Maroon, Gold | |
| Previous uniform colors | White, Red, Blue (Foxes) | |
| Logo design | ||
| Division titles | 11 | |
| League titles | 6 | |
| Manager | Jim Horner | |
| Owner | ||
The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are a Class A minor league baseball team, affiliated with the Seattle Mariners, that plays in the Midwest League. Their home games are played in Appleton, Wisconsin.
The team began playing in 1962 as the Appleton Foxes. The name stayed until 1994, with the exception of a few years (1963-66) when they were known as the Fox Cities Foxes. The team was renamed the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers for the 1995 season after moving from its original home, Goodland Field (built in 1940) in Appleton, to the new Fox Cities Stadium in nearby Grand Chute.
The team has been affiliated with the Mariners since 1993. Previous affiliations have been with the Baltimore Orioles (1962-65), the Chicago White Sox (1966-86), and the Kansas City Royals (1987-92).
The franchise sets its attendance record of 233,797 in 1996.
The most famous player to wear a Foxes/Timber Rattlers uniform is Alex Rodriguez, who played for the team for part of the 1994 season, until he was promoted to the major leagues.
David Ortiz, the famed clutch home run hitter of the Boston Red Sox, played for the Timber Rattlers in the 1996 season and led them in hits that season. Ortiz was known as David Arias when he played for the Timber Rattlers.
Major league reliever Tom Gordon pitched for the Appleton Foxes between getting drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 1986 and his promotion to the majors in 1988.
On March 9, 2007, it was announced that the park had been renamed Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium per a naming rights deal with the local cable provider. [1]
[edit] Reference
- Dinda, J. (2003), "Appleton, Wisconsin in the Midwest League," http://www.mwlguide.com/cities/appleton/index.html
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