Previous Class D (1958)
Class A (1946–1957)
Class B (1926–1932, 1936–1942)
Class C (1909–1917) League South Atlantic League (1959) Previous leagues Alabama–Florida League (1958)
South Atlantic League (1936–1942, 1946–1958)
Southeastern League (1926–1932)
South Atlantic League (1909–1917) Previous Pittsburgh Pirates (1959)
Los Angeles Dodgers (1958)
St. Louis Cardinals (1957)
Baltimore Orioles (1956)
St. Louis Cardinals (1936–1942, 1946–1955) League titles (6) 1910
1911
1915
1926
1936
1940 Previous names Columbus Pirates (1959)
Columbus Foxes (1956–1958)
Columbus Cardinals (1946–1955)
Columbus Red Birds (1936–1942)
Columbus Foxes (1909–1917, 1926–1932) | ||
The Columbus Foxes were a minor league baseball team that played in Columbus, Georgia.
The team originally played in the South Atlantic League from 1909–1917, then reformed in the Southeastern League from 1926–1932.
They resurfaced as a St. Louis Cardinals affiliate known first as the Columbus Red Birds and then the Columbus Cardinals from 1936–1955 in the South Atlantic League. As the Red Birds, they won two league championships. Their first came in 1936 under manager Eddie Dyer, and their second came in 1940 under manager Clay Hopper.
They went back to the Foxes after the Cardinals left in 1956 and were affiliated with the Baltimore Orioles in 1956, the Cardinals again in 1957, and the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1958. The team played in the Alabama–Florida League in 1958.
As a Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate in 1959, they were known as the Columbus Pirates. They moved to Gastonia, North Carolina on July 6, 1959 and became the Gastonia Pirates.