Memphis Redbirds

• Location: Memphis, TN
• League: Pacific Coast League 1998-2019; Triple-A East 2021; International League 2022-
• Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals 1998-present
• Ballpark: Tim McCarver Stadium 1998-1999; Autozone Park 2000-present

Team History

The Memphis Redbirds, of the Triple-A International League, briefly in Triple-A East, and formerly of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, were sold three times in seven years. The St. Louis Cardinals farmhands play their homes games at Autozone Park in Memphis, TN.

Memphis had a brief previous foray into Minor League Baseball's top tier, a mid-1970s IL entry called the Memphis Blues. When Triple-A returned to Memphis in 1998, its team was called "Redbirds" in honor of its affiliation with the Cardinals. Established as a community-owned club, it was sold to the Cards in 2014 - but they sold a majority interest to sports entrepeneur Peter Freund in 2016.

Just over five years later, the Redbirds were among the nine teams Endeavor Group Holdings acquired in late 2021 and put under its newly created Diamond Baseball Holdings subsidiary.[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. Freund is DBH's chief executive officer.

The Cardinals, who essentially invented the farm system under Branch Rickey, had ownership stakes in three of their four full-season farm clubs at the time of the first DBH purchases.

The Redbirds play Copa de la Diversión Hispanic engagement campaign games as Música de Memphis

Year-by-Year Managerial Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach	Coach
1998	74-70	9th (t)	Gaylen Pitts		Mitchell Page	Marty Mason
1999	74-64	5th	Gaylen Pitts		Boots Day	Marty Mason
2000	83-61	4th	Gaylen Pitts	League Champs	Boots Day	Bill Campbell
2001	62-81	15th	Gaylen Pitts		Boots Day	Dyar Miller
2002	71-71	10th	Gaylen Pitts		Tommy Gregg	Dyar Miller
2003	64-79	15th	Tom Spencer (23-42) / Danny Sheaffer (41-37)		Tommy Gregg	Dyar Miller
2004	73-71	8th	Danny Sheaffer		Tommy Gregg	Dyar Miller
2005	71-72	9th (t)	Danny Sheaffer		Tommy Gregg	Dyar Miller
2006	58-86	15th	Danny Sheaffer		Tommy Gregg	Dyar Miller
2007	56-87	16th	Chris Maloney		Rick Eckstein	Dyar Miller
2008	75-67	5th	Chris Maloney		Mark Budaska	Blaise Ilsley
2009	77-67	4th	Chris Maloney	League Champs	Mark Budaska	Blaise Ilsley
2010	82-62	1st (t)	Chris Maloney	Lost League Finals	Mark Budaska	Blaise Ilsley
2011	77-66	4th	Chris Maloney		Mark Budaska	Blaise Ilsley
2012	57-87	14th	Ron Warner		Mark Budaska	Blaise Ilsley
2013	69-75	11th	Ron Warner		Mark Budaska	Bryan Eversgerd
2014	79-64	3rd	Ron Warner		Mark Budaska	Bryan Eversgerd
2015	73-71	8th	Mike Shildt		Mark Budaska	Bryan Eversgerd
2016	65-77	14th	Mike Shildt		Mark Budaska	Bryan Eversgerd	Robby Hisert
2017	91-50	1st	Stubby Clapp	League Champs	Mark Budaska	Bryan Eversgerd	Adrian Martin
2018	83-57	1st	Stubby Clapp	League Champs	Mark Budaska	Dernier Orozco	Brian Burgamy
2019	69-71	8th	Ben Johnson		Jobel Jimenez	Dernier Orozco
2020	Season cancelled
2021	57-63	12th	Ben Johnson	4-4	Brandon Allen	Dernier Orozco
2022	73-77	13th	Ben Johnson		Brandon Allen	Dernier Orozco
2023	71-78	11th	Ben Johnson		Howie Clark	Darwin Marrero	Will Peterson
2024	74-74	9th	Ben Johnson		Howie Clark	Darwin Marrero	Will Hawks

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