The Fayetteville Generals were a minor league baseball team located in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The last minor league baseball team to play before the Generals were the Fayetteville Highlanders of the

Carolina League The Carolina League is a Minor League Baseball league which has operated along the Atlantic Coast of the United States since 1945. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence, it operated at Class A-Advanced from 1990 unti ...

, they ceased play after the 1956 season. In 1986, Charles Padgett, a Don Koonce and Jimmy O. Bunce paid $500,000 for the franchise. The team struggled financially until the 1989 season and posted several positive years financially and with attendance through the early 1990s. They were part of the

South Atlantic League The South Atlantic League, often informally called the Sally League, is a Minor League Baseball league with teams predominantly in states along the Atlantic coast of the United States from New York to Georgia. A Class A league for most of its ...

between 1986 and 1996. They were affiliated with the Detroit Tigers throughout their entire existence. Prior to the 1997 season, the Generals were renamed the Cape Fear Crocs. In 1996, playing with the Generals,

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led the South Atlantic League in hits, doubles, and triples (45; 2nd in the minor leagues), extra-base hits (71), and total bases (280).

Year-by-year record

Notable former players

, outfielder * Travis Fryman, infielder *

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, infielder *

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, outfielder

References

Defunct South Atlantic League teams Baseball teams established in 1987 Sports in Fayetteville, North Carolina Sports clubs disestablished in 1996 1987 establishments in North Carolina 1996 disestablishments in North Carolina Professional baseball teams in North Carolina Defunct baseball teams in North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-baseball-team-stub