The Shreveport Captains (1971–2000) and Shreveport Swamp Dragons (2001–02) were a professional minor-league

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team based in

Shreveport, Louisiana Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the List of municipalities in Louisiana, third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, Lo ...

. They were affiliated with the

California Angels The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West Division. Since 1966, the team has pl ...

(1971–72),

Milwaukee Brewers The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee. The Brewers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Di ...

(1973–74),

Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central ...

(1975–78) and

San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...

(1979–2002). After the 2002 season, the team moved to

Frisco, Texas Frisco is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Collin County, Texas, Collin and Denton County, Texas, Denton counties. It is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex (DFW) and about from both Dallas Love Field and Dallas/Fort Worth In ...

, to become the

Frisco RoughRiders The Frisco RoughRiders (often shortened to 'Riders) are a Minor League Baseball team of the Texas League and the Double-A (baseball), Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers. Based in Frisco, Texas, the team is named aft ...

Season-by-season

Major league alumni

* Mike Aldrete (Giants, Expos, Padres, Indians, Athletics, Angels, Yankees) * Rich Aurilia (Giants, Mariners, Reds) * Marvin Benard (Giants) * Jeff Brantley (SF Giants, Reds, Cardinals, Philies, Rangers) * Troy Brohawn (SF Giants, Arizona Diamondbacks, LA Dodgers) * Nate Bump (Marlins) * John Burkett (SF Giants, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox) * Jay Canizaro (Giants, Twins) *

Royce Clayton Royce Spencer Clayton (born January 2, 1970) is an American former professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Colo ...

(Giants, Cardinals, Rangers, White Sox, Brewers, Rockies, Diamondbacks, Nationals) *

Dennis Cook Dennis Bryan Cook (born October 4, 1962) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the San Francisco Giants (–), Philadelphia Phillies (1989–, ), Los Angeles Dodgers (1990–), Clevela ...

(Giants, Indians, Mets, Angels) *

Chili Davis Charles Theodore "Chili" Davis (born January 17, 1960) is a Jamaican-American former professional baseball player. He played as an outfielder and designated hitter from to for the San Francisco Giants (1981–1987), California Angels (1988–19 ...

(Giants, Angels, Yankees, Twins, Royals) * Pedro Feliz (SF Giants) * Jesse Foppert (Giants) *

Keith Foulke Keith Charles Foulke ( ; born October 19, 1972) is an American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. A graduate of Hargrave High School in Huffman, Texas, Foulke attended Galveston College and Lewis–Clark State College. Between 1997 an ...

(Giants, White Sox, Red Sox) * Aaron Fultz (Giants, Rangers, Twins, Phillies) * Scott Garrelts (Giants) * Joey Gathright (Devil Rays, Royals, Cubs, Red Sox) *

Rick Honeycutt Frederick Wayne Honeycutt (born June 29, 1954), nicknamed "Honey", is an American former professional baseball coach and pitcher. Honeycutt pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for six different teams over 21 years, from 1977 to 1997. He pitc ...

(Mariners, Dodgers, A's, Rangers, Cardinals) * Sixto Lezcano (Brewers, Padres, Phillies, Cardinals) * Scott Linebrink (Giants, Astros, Padres, Brewers, White Sox, Braves) * Ramón Martínez (Giants, Cubs, Tigers, Phillies, Dodgers) * Damon Minor (Giants) * Doug Mirabelli (Giants, Red Sox, Rangers, Padres) *

Bill Mueller William Richard Mueller ( ; born March 17, 1971) is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB). Mueller's MLB playing career was spent with the San Francisco Giants (1996–2000, 2002), Chic ...

(Giants, Cubs, Red Sox, Dodgers) * Calvin Murray (Giants, Rangers, Cubs) *

Joe Nathan Joseph Michael Nathan (born November 22, 1974) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers, Detro ...

(Giants, Twins, Rangers, Tigers) * Lance Niekro (Giants) * Tom O'Malley (Giants, Mets, Orioles, Rangers) * Russ Ortiz (Giants, Braves, Diamondbacks, Orioles) *

Mike Remlinger Michael John Remlinger (born March 23, 1966) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. Remlinger has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the San Francisco Giants (1991), New York Mets (1994–95), Cincinnati Reds (1995– ...

(Giants, Mets, Reds, Braves, Cubs, Red Sox) * Chris Singleton (White Sox, Orioles, A's, Devil Rays) * Yorvit Torrealba (Giants, Rockies, Mariners) * Jason Grilli (Giants, Marlins, White Sox, Tigers, Rockies, Rangers, Pirates, Angels, and Blue Jays) *

Rod Beck Rodney Roy Beck (August 3, 1968 – June 23, 2007), nicknamed "Shooter", was an American professional baseball relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants (–), Chicago Cubs (–), Boston Red Sox (1999–) and ...

(Giants, Cubs, Red Sox, and Padres)

References

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