Macon Dodgers
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The Macon Dodgers were a minor league baseball team that operated in the South Atlantic League between the and seasons. They were an affiliate of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...

 organization. The home games were played at the Luther Williams Field
Luther Williams Field
Luther Williams Field is a baseball stadium in Macon, Georgia, and is the home of the Macon Pinetoppers of the Peach State League and the Macon State College Blue Storm. It was built in 1929, and is the centerpiece of Central City Park in Macon. Today, it is the second-oldest minor league stadium...

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Seasons

Year Record Finish   Manager Playoffs
     64-76   5th Goldie Holt
Goldie Holt
Golden Desmond Holt was a player, coach and manager in Minor League Baseball, who also was a coach for several Major League Baseball teams. He was a manager and coach for several minor league teams between 1938 and 1947 and betweenn 1954-1958...

 
53-101      8th Goldie Holt
Goldie Holt
Golden Desmond Holt was a player, coach and manager in Minor League Baseball, who also was a coach for several Major League Baseball teams. He was a manager and coach for several minor league teams between 1938 and 1947 and betweenn 1954-1958...

 
 70-70   3rd Danny Ozark     League title
 63-76   8th Danny Ozark 
 54-85   8th Ray Perry
Ray Perry (baseball)
Raymond Lawrence Perry is a former player and manager in Minor League Baseball.Perry played in the minors from 1940-1954, missing 1943-1945 due to service in World War II. He put up good numbers in the minors but a broken leg and the service in the war hurt his chances to advance...

 

Former players

  • This is a list a former Macon Dodgers players who reached the Major Leagues
    Major League Baseball
    Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

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    Player Position Season(s)
    Bob Aspromonte
    Bob Aspromonte
    Robert Thomas Aspromonte is a former utility player who had a 13 year career in 1956 and from 1960 to 1971. He played for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Colt 45's/Astros, Atlanta Braves and New York Mets all of the National League.During his career, Aspromonte played first base, second...

     
    third baseman 1956, 1957
    Larry Burright
    Larry Burright
    Larry Allen Burright is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played from 1962-1964 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets.-Career:...

     
    second baseman     1959
    Choo Choo Coleman       catcher 1960
    Ray Daviault
    Ray Daviault
    Raymond Joseph Robert Daviault was a Major League Baseball pitcher.-External links:...

     
    pitcher 1956, 1959
    John Glenn
    John Glenn (1960s outfielder)
    John Glenn is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. A veteran of 15 minor league seasons, he appeared in 32 games for the St. Louis Cardinals in .-Sources:...

     
    outfielder 1956
    Danny McDevitt
    Danny McDevitt
    Daniel Eugene "Danny" McDevitt was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1957 through 1962 for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Athletics. He was born in New York City.McDevitt was born in 1932 in Manhattan...

     
    pitcher 1956
    Don LeJohn
    Don LeJohn
    Donald Everett LeJohn was a Major League Baseball third baseman and Minor League Baseball manager during his long career in professional baseball....

     
    pitcher 1957
    Larry Miller
    Larry Miller (baseball)
    Larry Don Miller was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1964-1966 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets. Before the 1959 season he was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent. Miller was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the New York Mets for Dick...

     
    pitcher 1959, 1960
    Bob Milliken
    Bob Milliken
    Robert Fogle Milliken was a reliever and spot starter in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers . Milliken batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Majorsville, West Virginia....

     
    pitcher 1956
    George Pfister
    George Pfister
    George Edward Pfister was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1941 season and was zero for two....

     
    catcher 1957
    Ken Rowe
    Ken Rowe
    Kenneth Darrell Rowe is a former middle-relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles...

     
    pitcher 1956, 1958, 1959
    Dick Scott  pitcher 1959, 1960
    Charley Smith
    Charley Smith
    Charles William Smith was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for a number of teams in his career which lasted from 1960-1969. His most notable fact is that on December 8, 1966 the St. Louis Cardinals traded him to the New York Yankees straight up for Roger Maris.-External links:...

     
    shortstop 1958
    Jack Smith
    Jack Smith (pitcher)
    Jack Hatfield Smith was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in 34 games for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Braves from 1962-1964.-External links:...

     
    pitcher 1957
    Nate Smith
    Nate Smith (baseball)
    Nathaniel Beverly Smith is a retired American professional baseball player, a catcher whose career was confined to minor league baseball except for a five-game Major League stint with the Baltimore Orioles at the end of the season. He threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed .Smith...

     
    pitcher 1960
    Karl Spooner
    Karl Spooner
    Karl Benjamin Spooner was a Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher....

     
    pitcher 1957
    Thad Tillotson
    Thad Tillotson
    Thaddeus Asa "Thad" Tillotson is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Tillotson played for the New York Yankees in and . He also played one season in Japan for the Nankai Hawks in . He batted and threw right-handed.Tillotson was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1960...

     
    pitcher 1960
    Roberto Vargas
    Roberto Vargas
    Roberto Enrique Vargas Vélez is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball pitcher. He debuted in Major League Baseball in , pitching in 25 games with the Milwaukee Braves. He recorded no wins or loses while striking out 13 with a 8.76 ERA...

     
    pitcher 1958
    Carl Warwick
    Carl Warwick
    Carl Wayne Warwick is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played from 1961 to 1966.He appeared in the 1964 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals, and tied a World Series record with three pinch hits...

    outfielder 1958

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