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The Salem Red Sox are a Minor League Baseball team in Salem, Virginia, an independent city adjacent to Roanoke, Virginia. It is a team in the Class High-A Carolina League and a farm team of the Boston Red Sox. The team, known from 1995 through 2008 as the Salem Avalanche, was previously affiliated with the Houston Astros from 2003 to 2008 and the Colorado Rockies from 1995 to 2002. Prior to 1995, the franchise played under several different names and affiliations. The Red Sox play home games at Lewis-Gale Field at Salem Memorial Ballpark, a 4,968 seat facility opened in 1995 that hosted the Carolina/California League All Star Game in 2006. The franchise was owned from 1986 until 2006 by Kelvin Bowles, a local resident and major league baseball scout. Bowles (who, coincidentally, scouted for the Boston Red Sox from 2002–05) bought the team when it was in danger of moving from Salem. In 2006, the team was sold to a pair of businessmen from Atlanta who also owned the Fort Wayne Wizards. In December 2007, this group sold the team to Fenway Sports Group, a subsidiary of the Boston Red Sox ownership group, preparing the team for an affiliation change after its Player Development Contract with the Astros ended in 2008. ==Notable former players== *Moisés Alou, 6-time All Star (retired) *Xander Bogaerts, Boston Red Sox *Jackie Bradley, Jr., Boston Red Sox *Mookie Betts, Boston Red Sox *Will Middlebrooks, San Diego Padres *Daniel Nava, Tampa Bay Rays *Anthony Ranaudo, Texas Rangers *Brandon Workman, Boston Red Sox *Drake Britton, Chicago Cubs *Carson Blair, Oakland Athletics *Garin Cecchini, Boston Red Sox *Christian Vazquez, Boston Red Sox *Daisuke Matsuzaka, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks *Orlando Cepeda, San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer *Aaron Cook, pitcher (retired) *Chone Figgins, third baseman *Brad Hawpe, Colorado Rockies *Jason Hirsh, pitcher *Matt Holliday, St. Louis Cardinals *Art Howe, 3rd base coach for Philadelphia Phillies *Jason Jennings, Texas Rangers *Ryan Kalish, Toronto Blue Jays *Ed Ott, 23rd round pick played 8 yrs in MLB before career ending injury (rotator cuff) *Jason Kendall, 3-time All Star (retired) *Ryan Lavarnway, Atlanta Braves *Esteban Loaiza, Chicago White Sox (retired) *Hunter Pence, San Francisco Giants *Dave Parker, 7-time All Star (retired) *Craig Reynolds, 15 MLB seasons as SS (Pirates/Mariners/Astros) *Omar Moreno, 12 MLB seasons. Led MLB in stolen bases ('78 & '79) stole 96 bases in 1980 (2nd to 97, Ron LeFlore) *Anthony Rizzo, Chicago Cubs, 2-time All-Star *Kenny Rogers, Detroit Tigers (retired) *Juan Uribe, New York Mets *Tim Wakefield, Boston Red Sox (retired) *Larry Walker, St. Louis Cardinals (retired) *Ron Wotus, Bench Coach of the San Francisco Giants *Eric Young, San Diego Padres (retired) (works for ESPN) *Mario Mendoza, The Mendoza Line in batting *Jimmy Sexton, 6 MLB seasons. Became major sports agent (Alabama Coach Nick Saban, UCLA's Jim Mora, etc.) SI's "… ''college football's most powerful agent''" *Doug Bair, Pitched 15 years in MLB *Ken Macha, named Manager of Milwaukee Brewers (2009) by former Salem teammate (pitcher) ... *Doug Melvin, Brewers General Manager *Terry Collins, Manager, Houston Astros, 1994-6, Anaheim Angels, 1997–99, New York Mets, 2011 to present *Jim Sadowski, 1 yr in MLB. Part of Sadowski baseball family (nephew of Bob (pitcher, Braves), Ed (catcher, Braves, Red Sox, Angels) and Ted Sadowski (pitcher, Senators and Twins) 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「Salem Red Sox」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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