Gwinnett Stripers

• Location: Lawrenceville, GA
• League: International League 2018-2019; Triple-A East 2021; International League 2022-
• Affiliation: Atlanta Braves 2018-
• Ballpark: Coolray Field 2018-

Team History

The Gwinnett Stripers, of the International League and briefly in Triple-A East, are named for striped bass - spun off from the 2017 naming-contest submission Big Mouths for nearby Lake Lanier's largemouth bass. The Atlanta Braves farmhands play their home games at Coolray Field outside Lawrenceville, GA.

The Braves moved their owned-and-operated Triple-A Richmond Braves to Atlanta's most populous suburban county from Virginia, in 2009. After years of serious convincing of the big Braves' front office, the farm club ran the contest to abandon the parent brand. Its leadership said it was very hard to create separate buzz with the big-league Braves playing just a few miles away, and also cited cases of people buying tickets to one game and showing up at the other.

The Stripers are among the teams Endeavor Group Holdings acquired in late 2021 and put under its newly created Diamond Baseball Holdings subsidiary. Endeavor's announcement differentiated that it will "operate" the four Braves' teams, suggesting something other than an outright sale.[1] Endeavor, which was created in a merger of two talent agencies, also owns Ultimate Fighting Championship and Miss Universe. However, after the MLB Players Association threatened to block Endeavor talent agents from representing professional baseball players on the grounds that a talent agency owning baseball teams is a conflict of interest, Endeavor sold DBH to the equity firm Silver Lake Partners - a major investor in Endeavor.

Uniquely, before bringing the Braves/Stripers home, the Braves twice bumped their own top farm team: in 1953, when the Boston Braves moved to Milwaukee, WI, and shifted the Brewers to Toledo, OH; and in 1966, when the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta, GA and sent the Atlanta Crackers to Virginia.

The Fish play Copa de la Diversión Hispanic engagement campaign games as Xolos de Gwinnett (Xolo is short for Xoloitzcuintli, the dog breed also known as a Mexican hairless).

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach	Coach
2018	70-69	7th	Damon Berryhill		John Moses	Reid Cornelius	Jose Mota Billy Nicholson
2019	80-59	2nd	Damon Berryhill	Lost in 1st round	Bobby Magallanes	Mike Maroth	Einar Diaz
2020	Season cancelled
2021	68-51	6th	Matt Tuiasosopo	3-7	Carlos Méndez	Mike Maroth	Wigberto Nevarez
2022	69-79	15th	Matt Tuiasosopo		Carlos Méndez	Mike Maroth	Wigberto Nevarez, Devon Travis
2023	70-78	12th (t)	Matt Tuiasosopo		Carlos Méndez	Craig Bjornson	Wigberto Nevarez, Stevie Wilkerson
2024	72-78	11th (t)	Kanekoa Texeira		Dan DeMent	Mike McCarthy	Wigberto Nevarez

Further Reading

• Dave Lezotte: "Gwinnett Braves Rebrand as Gwinnett Stripers: Atlanta Braves' Triple-A affiliate unveils new name, logos and uniforms", Gwinnett Braves, December 8, 2017. [2]

Related Sites

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