Rome Braves

Rome Braves Founded in 2003 Rome, Georgia
Team logo Cap insignia
Class-level
Current	Class A (2003–present)
Minor league affiliations
League	South Atlantic League (2003–present)
Division	Southern Division
Major league affiliations
Current	Atlanta Braves (2003–present)
Minor league titles
League titles (2)	2003, 2016
Division titles (2)	2003, 2016
Team data
Nickname	Rome Braves (2003–present)
Ballpark	State Mutual Stadium (2003–present)
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc.
Manager	Randy Ingle
General Manager	Michael Dunn

The Rome Braves are a Class-A minor league affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. In 2003, the team, previously known as the Macon Braves, moved from Macon, Georgia, to Rome, Georgia, 60 miles northwest of Atlanta.

Home games are played at State Mutual Stadium, which was built entirely from a SPLOST tax before State Mutual paid for the naming rights, opened April 11, 2003 and seats 5,105. In addition to three levels of regular seating, the stadium also features a lawn seating area known as "Applebee's Home Run Hill." There are also 14 suites for VIP fans.

Rome Braves Sign next to State Mutual Stadium in the back

Team management

Randy Ingle was appointed manager of the team in 2006, replacing Rocket Wheeler, who moved to the other Class-A farm team for the Atlanta Braves, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. According to the official Rome Braves Website, 2008 marks Ingle's 30th year with the Braves organization. Ingle was replaced in 2011 by Matt Walbeck, but he did not last through the season, and was replaced by Rick Albert. To bring stability back to the team, Ingle returned to manage the team for its 2012 and 2013 seasons.

As the team's general manager, Michael Dunn is in charge of the front office staff, while Jim Jones is the assistant general manager.

Team mascots

The Rome Braves have three mascots, Romey, Roxie, and introduced for the 2015 season their "son" Roman. Romey is a tall (six-foot-three-inch), blue, furry humanoid male mascot with yellow hair, while Roxie, who was added to the team after the 2005 season, is five-feet-five-inches tall, humanoid, a lighter blue, and has a large yellow ponytail.

Records

Season records^[1]

Season	First Half Record	Second Half Record	Overall Record
2003	36–33, 4th place South	42–28, 1st place South	78–61, 2nd place South
2004	40–30, 3rd place South	30–40, 7th place South	70–70, 3rd place South
2005	39–29, 3rd place South	33–36, 6th place South	72–65, 4th place South
2006	42–28, 1st place South	29–40, 6th place South	71–68, 5th place South
2007	29–41, 7th place South	37–33, 6th place South	66–74, 6th place South
2008	22–47, 8th place South	34–34, 6th place South	56–81, 8th place South
2009	35–35, 5th place South	31–38, 6th place South	66–73, 6th place South
2010	30–39, 6th place South	29–41, 7th place South	59–80, 7th place South
2011	25–45, 7th place South	35–35, 5th place South	60–80, 5th place South
2012	18–52, 7th place South	44–24, 1st place South	62–72, 7th place South
2013	36–33, 5th place South	37–33, 2nd place South	73–66, 4th place South

Notable former players

Jason Marquis

• Blaine Boyer^[2]
• Kyle Davies^[2]
• Yunel Escobar^[3]
• Julio Franco (Played 4 games for the team in 2007^[4])
• Jeff Francoeur^[2]
• Tom Glavine (Played 1 game for the team in 2009)
• Tommy Hanson
• Jason Heyward
• Omar Infante (Played 3 games for the team in 2009)
• Chuck James^[5]
• Kelly Johnson (Played 5 games for the team in 2006^[6])
• Brandon Jones^[7]
• Chipper Jones (Played 1 game for the team in 2004,^[5] 3 games in 2005,^[3] 2 games in 2011, and 2 games in 2012^[8])
• Brian Jordan (Played 1 game for the team in 2006^[6])
• Jason Marquis (1997)^[9]
• Brian McCann^[2]
• Martín Prado^[5]
• Jo-Jo Reyes^[6]
• Jarrod Saltalamacchia^[5]
• John Smoltz (Played 2 games for the team in 2008)^[10]

Current roster

Rome Braves roster
Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 26 Kolby Allard 30 Oriel L Caicedo 23 Corbin Clouse 48 Matthew Custred -- Chris Diaz 32 Max Fried 33 Dalton Geekie 38 Josh Graham 56 Chase Johnson-Mullins 37 Grayson Jones 40 Jon Kennedy 57 Richardo Sanchez 45 Shae Simmons 19 Devan Watts 54 Mike Soroka 20 Touki Toussaint 34 Patrick Weigel		Catchers 51 Carlos Castro 14 Lucas Herbert  8 Jonathan Morales 22 Wigberto Nevarez Infielders 11 Ray-Patrick Didder  4 Luke Dykstra  9 Yeudi Grullon -- Kurt Hoekstra 55 Kevin Josephina  2 Darien McLemore 13 Austin Riley  7 Alejandro Salazar -- Juan Yepez Outfielders 24 Ronald Acuña 24 Leudys Baez  5 Justin Ellison 15 Jared James 16 Tyler Neslony 27 Anfernee Seymour		Manager 12 Randy Ingle Coaches 53 Dan Meyer (pitching)  1 Bobby Moore (hitting) 25 Jose Yepez (coach) 7-day disabled list * On Atlanta Braves 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated August 8, 2016 Transactions → More MiLB rosters → Atlanta Braves minor league players

Notes

1. South Atlantic League Baseball-Reference.com
2. 2003 Rome Braves Statistics and Leaders Baseball-Reference.com
3. 2005 Rome Braves Statistics and Leaders Baseball-Reference.com
4. 2007 Rome Braves Statistics and Leaders Baseball-Reference.com
5. 2004 Rome Braves Statistics and Leaders Baseball-Reference.com
6. 2006 Rome Braves Statistics and Leaders Baseball-Reference.com
7. Brandon Jones Statistics (Minor Leagues) Baseball-Reference.com
8. "Baseball-reference". Retrieved 2012-06-20.
9. "Phil Niekro Award: Braves Outstanding Minor League Pitcher", Braves400, accessed 7/20/09
10. Rome News – Tribune

External links

• Official Rome Braves website