The Augusta GreenJackets are a Minor League Baseball team of the

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and the

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affiliate of the

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. They play their home games at SRP Park in North Augusta, South Carolina, which opened in April 2018. They previously played at Lake Olmstead Stadium which had been the home of the GreenJackets from 1995 to 2017. The team is named after

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golf tournament held across the

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in Augusta, Georgia, where the winner receives a green jacket. The team logo features a

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wasp colored green, wearing a tam o' shanter cap, associated with golf. Augusta was a member of the

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from 1980 to 2020. Before the

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took over the club's affiliation after the 2004 season, the GreenJackets were a part of the

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organization. Prior to that, the Red Sox replaced the

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in Augusta. The GreenJackets boast

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Kevin Youkilis and

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as the only prospects to make the Red Sox roster, although knuckle baller Tim Wakefield pitched there in 1989 with the Pirates organization. The Red Sox' relationship with Augusta met with immediate success when the GreenJackets won the South Atlantic League championship in their first year as an affiliate team.

Stadium

The GreenJackets play in SRP Park, a 4,782-seat stadium which opened on April 12, 2018. SRP Park is part of a development featuring apartments, a senior living facility, office space, a hotel, and a beer garden. The North Augusta-based SRP Financial Credit Union purchased the naming rights to the ballpark. SRP Park replaced Lake Olmstead Stadium as the home of the GreenJackets. Lake Olmstead Stadium was built primarily as a baseball facility between 1994 and 1995. The stadium seated 4,400 with nearly 1,000 box seats, 830 reserved seats, over 2,000 general admission seats.

Awards

In 2008, the team was voted by fans as the best minor league team in the Minor League Baseball Yearly (MiLBY) Awards.

Notable alumni

* Moisés Alou MLB All-Star * Bronson Arroyo MLB All-Star *

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4 x MLB All-Star; 2014 World Series Most Valuable Player * Carlos García MLB All-Star * Clint Courtney (1948) *

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(1958) * Brian Horwitz, *

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(1941) Manager: 1961 & 1962 World Series Champion - New York Yankees *

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(2007, MGR) 2 x MLB All-Star * Jason Kendall (1993) 3 x MLB All-Star *

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(2003) 4 x MLB All-Star *

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(1988) * Brandon Moss (2004) MLB All-Star *

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(1931) 2 x MLB All-Star * Aramis Ramirez (1996) 3 x MLB All-Star *

(2004) 4 x MLB All Star; 2007 AL Rookie of the Year; 2008 AL Most Valuable Player *

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(2003) MLB All-Star; 2009 NL Batting Title; 2006 NL Rookie of the Year *

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(2006) MLB All-Star * Freddy Sanchez (2000) 3 x MLB All-Star * Pablo Sandoval (2006) 2 x MLB All-Star; 2012 World Series Most Valuable Player *

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(2005) 3 x MLB All-Star * Tim Wakefield (1999) MLB All-Star *

Rube Walker Albert Bluford "Rube" Walker (May 16, 1926 – December 12, 1992) was an American Major League Baseball catcher and longtime pitching coach. Career A native of Lenoir, North Carolina, Walker batted left-handed, threw right-handed and was lis ...

(1962) *

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(1992) MLB All-Star * Kevin Youkilis (2001-2002) 3 x MLB All-Star

Roster

References

External links

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Statistics from Baseball-Reference
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