Las Vegas Aviators

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Las Vegas Aviators
founded in 1919
earlier names)
  • Las Vegas 51s (2001-2018)
  • Las Vegas Stars (1983-2000)
  • Spokane Indians (1973–1982)
  • Portland Beavers (1919-1972)
Club colors
blue, gray
 
Level
AAA (since 1983)
league

Ball park (s)

  • Las Vegas Ballpark (2019–)
  • Cashman Field (1983-2018)
  • Fairgrounds Recreational Park (1973–1983)
  • Civic Stadium (1956–1972)
  • Vaughn Street Park (1919-1955)
successes

  • League titles: 1986, 1988
  • Division titles: 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2013, 2014
Website : lasvegas.51s.milb.com

The Las Vegas Aviators are an AAA minor league baseball team from Las Vegas , Nevada , which plays in the Southern Division of the Pacific Coast League . The Aviators have been part of the Oakland Athletics organization since 2018 and are currently its top-class minor league team.

history

Previously, the Aviators were under different names and in different locations already eleven other baseball - franchises .

In particular, these were from 1919 to 1972 under the name Portland Beavers the St. Louis Cardinals (1961), the Kansas City Athletics (1962-1963), the Cleveland Indians (1964-1969), the Milwaukee Brewers (1970), Minnesota Twins (1971) and then again the Cleveland Indians (1972). At the time, the club was based in Portland , Oregon , but moved to Spokane , Washington state in 1973 . Under the new name Spokane Indians one changed again several times the Major League membership, so that up to and including 1982 the Texas Rangers (1973-1975), again the Milwaukee Brewers (1976-1988), the Seattle Mariners (1979-1981) and finally the California Angels (1982) were responsible.

In 1983 the club moved to Las Vegas , Nevada , where it was part of the San Diego Padres organization from 1983 to 2000 under the name Las Vegas Stars . The Los Angeles Dodgers took over the team from 2001 to 2008 and the name Las Vegas 51s was born. Before the Mets took over the team in 2013, it was part of the Toronto Blue Jays (2009–2012). The team has been a Triple A affiliate of Oakland Athletics since October 2018 , and the team then renamed itself Las Vegas Aviators. The Aviators opened the new Las Vegas Ballpark in the suburb of Summerlin in 2019.

Oakland Athletics minor league teams

Level team league Location
AAA Las Vegas Aviators Pacific Coast League Summerlin, Nevada
AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Midland , Texas
Advanced A Stockton Ports California League Stockton , California
A. Beloit Snappers Midwest League Beloit , Wisconsin
Short Season A Vermont Lake Monsters New York Penn League Burlington , Vermont
Rookie Arizona League Athletics Arizona League Mesa , Arizona
Dominican Summer Athletics Dominican Summer League Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MLB Affiliate (By Season) - Spokane Indians. milb.com, accessed May 2, 2016 .
  2. ^ Las Vegas + Pacific Coast League - Team History and Statistics. baseballcube.com, accessed May 2, 2016 .

Web links

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