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The Macon Peaches was the predominant name of the American minor league baseball franchise representing Macon, Georgia, during the 20th century. Although Macon did not field teams during and immediately after World War I, the height of the Great Depression and World War II, the name ''Peaches'' was used continuously between and , except for 1916–1917. The Peaches nickname was also used from 1961–1964, 1966–1967, and 1980–1982. Much of that time, the Peaches played in the original South Atlantic "Sally" League, although they made brief appearances in the Southeastern League and the Southern Association. During the 1980s, the Peaches were members of the modern South Atlantic League. After 1929, the team played at Luther Williams Field. Macon was represented by professional baseball teams in the 19th century and joined the Sally League in 1904 as the ''Highlanders.'' From 1956–1960, the club was known as the Macon Dodgers, adopting the name of their parent club. After 1982, the franchise also adopted its parents' identities, as the Redbirds, Pirates, and the Macon Braves.〔(Baseball Reference )〕 ==Reds' farm team produced Rose, Pérez, May and Helms== From 1962–1964, the Peaches were an important upper-level affiliate (Double-A after 1962) of the Cincinnati Reds, producing Pete Rose, Tony Pérez, Lee May and Tommy Helms. All four were members of Cincinnati's first "Big Red Machine" team, the National League champions. Rose and Pérez would be cornerstones of the dynasty, while May and Helms would be traded to the Houston Astros after 1971 to obtain Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan, who would help lead the Reds to the NL pennant in and World Series titles in and . Macon was Rose's last minor league address before he launched his Major League career as the National League Rookie of the Year. He had batted .330 for the 1962 Peaches.〔(Baseball Reference )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Macon Peaches」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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