Rome Braves

The Rome Braves are a Class A minor league affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. In 2003, the team, previously known as the Macon Braves, moved from Macon, Georgia, to Rome, Georgia, 60 miles (97 km) northwest of Atlanta.

Rome Braves Founded in 2003 Rome, Georgia
Team logo Cap insignia
Minor league affiliations
Class	Class A (2003–present)
League	South Atlantic League (2003–present)
Division	Southern Division
Major league affiliations
Team	Atlanta Braves (2003–present)
Minor league titles
League titles (2)	2003, 2016
Division titles (2)	2003, 2016
Team data
Nickname	Rome Braves (2003–present)
Mascot	Romey (2003-present) Roxie (2005-present) Roman (2015-present)
Ballpark	State Mutual Stadium (2003–present)
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc.
Manager	Matt Tuiasosopo
General Manager	David Cross[1]

Home games are played at State Mutual Stadium, which was built entirely from a SPLOST tax before State Mutual Insurance Company paid for the naming rights, opened April 11, 2003 and seats 5,105. In addition to three levels of regular seating, the stadium also features a lawn seating area known as "Applebee's Home Run Hill." There are also 14 suites for VIP fans.

State Mutual Stadium, home of the Rome Braves since 2003

Team management

Randy Ingle was appointed manager of the team in 2006, replacing Rocket Wheeler, who moved to the other Class-A farm team for the Atlanta Braves, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. According to the official Rome Braves website, 2008 marked Ingle's 30th year with the Braves organization. Ingle was replaced in 2011 by Matt Walbeck, but he did not last through the season, and was replaced by Rick Albert. Ingle returned to manage the team for its 2012 and 2013 seasons.

Team mascots

Rome Braves' mascot Romey

The Rome Braves have three mascots, Romey, Roxie, and introduced for the 2015 season their "son" Roman. Romey is a tall (6-foot-3-inch (1.91 m)), blue, furry humanoid male mascot with yellow hair, while Roxie, who was added to the team after the 2005 season, is 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m) tall, humanoid, a lighter blue, and has a large yellow ponytail.

Records

Season records[2]

Season	First Half Record	Second Half Record	Overall Record
2003	36–33, 4th place South	42–28, 1st place South	78–61, 2nd place South
2004	40–30, 3rd place South	30–40, 7th place South	70–70, 3rd place South
2005	39–29, 3rd place South	33–36, 6th place South	72–65, 4th place South
2006	42–28, 1st place South	29–40, 6th place South	71–68, 5th place South
2007	29–41, 7th place South	37–33, 6th place South	66–74, 6th place South
2008	22–47, 8th place South	34–34, 6th place South	56–81, 8th place South
2009	35–35, 5th place South	31–38, 6th place South	66–73, 6th place South
2010	30–39, 6th place South	29–41, 7th place South	59–80, 7th place South
2011	25–45, 7th place South	35–35, 5th place South	60–80, 5th place South
2012	18–52, 7th place South	44–24, 1st place South	62–72, 7th place South
2013	36–33, 5th place South	37–33, 2nd place South	73–66, 4th place South
2014	24-46, 7th place South	32–38, 4th place South	56-84, 7th place South
2015	31–39, 6th place South	27–43, 7th place South	58–82, 7th place South
2016	27-42, 6th place South	43–27, 1st place South	70–69, 4th place South
2017	38-32, 3rd place South	36-33, 3rd place South	74-65, 3rd place South
2018	40-29, 1st place South	31-36	71-65, 2nd place South

Roster

Rome Braves roster

Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 25 Ricky DeVito 15 Jake Higginbotham 61 Kasey Kalich 19 Tanner Lawson -- Jackson Lourie 51 Dilmer Mejia 37 Jose Montilla 52 Luis Mora 14 Gabriel Noguera 34 Jose Olague 55 Alan Rangel 28 Trey Riley 59 Ryan Shetter 60 Mitch Stallings 11 Victor Vodnik 30 William Woods		Catchers  4 Shea Langeliers 46 Hagen Owenby  8 Ricardo Rodriguez Infielders 45 Bryce Ball 23 Griffin Benson 18 Greg Cullen -- Ariel Montesino 24 Juan Morales 13 Carlos Paraguate 16 Braulio Vasquez  9 Brendan Venter Outfielders  7 Jose Bermudez -- Connor Blair 20 Drew Campbell  5 Justin Dean 32 Jeremy Fernandez  2 Michael Harris		Manager 27 Matt Tuiasosopo Coaches -- Mike Bard (hitting) 22 Wigberto Nevarez (coach) 54 Kanekoa Texeira (pitching) 7-day injured list * On Atlanta Braves 40-man roster # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporary inactive list Roster updated February 16, 2020 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB • South Atlantic League → Atlanta Braves minor league players

Notable alumni

Jason Marquis

Hall of Fame alumni

• Tom Glavine (Played 1 game for the team in 2009)
• Chipper Jones (Played 1 game for the team in 2004,[3] 3 games in 2005,[4] 2 games in 2011, and 2 games in 2012[5])
• John Smoltz (2008) Inducted, 2016[6]

Notable alumni

• Blaine Boyer[7]
• Kyle Davies[7]
• Yunel Escobar[4]
• Julio Franco (Played 4 games for the team in 2007[8])
• Jeff Francoeur[7]
• Max Fried
• Tommy Hanson
• Jason Heyward
• Omar Infante (Played 3 games for the team in 2009)
• Chuck James[3]
• Kelly Johnson (Played 5 games for the team in 2006[9])
• Brandon Jones[10]
• Brian Jordan (Played 1 game for the team in 2006[9])
• Jason Marquis (1997)[11]
• Brian McCann[7]
• Martín Prado[3]
• David Ross (Played 2 games for the team in 2009)
• Jo-Jo Reyes[9]
• Jarrod Saltalamacchia[3]

Notes

1. "David Cross Promoted to Rome Braves GM". Ballpark Digest. August Publications. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
2. South Atlantic League Baseball-Reference.com
3. 2004 Rome Braves Statistics and Leaders Baseball-Reference.com
4. 2005 Rome Braves Statistics and Leaders Baseball-Reference.com
5. "Baseball-reference". Retrieved 2012-06-20.
6. Rome News – Tribune
7. 2003 Rome Braves Statistics and Leaders Baseball-Reference.com
8. 2007 Rome Braves Statistics and Leaders Baseball-Reference.com
9. 2006 Rome Braves Statistics and Leaders Baseball-Reference.com
10. Brandon Jones Statistics (Minor Leagues) Baseball-Reference.com
11. "Phil Niekro Award: Braves Outstanding Minor League Pitcher", Braves400, accessed 7/20/09 Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official Rome Braves website