Mississippi Braves

• Location: Pearl, MS
• League: Southern League 2005-2019; Double-A South 2021; Southern League 2022-2024
• Affiliation: Atlanta Braves 2005-2024
• Ballpark: Trustmark Park

Team History

The Mississippi Braves, of the Double-A Southern League and briefly in Double-A South, went from being owned and operated by the MLB club with the most O&Os to the portfolio of the company that went from owning no minor-league teams to owning more than anyone else in a single day. The Atlanta Braves farmhands played their home games at Trustmark Park in Pearl, MS.

The M-Braves were among the teams Endeavor Group Holdings acquired in late 2021 and put under its newly created Diamond Baseball Holdings subsidiary. The day the creation of DBH as announced, its purchase of nine farm clubs was also announced.[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.

This was the only affiliated club in Mississippi its first 10 seasons there, an exclusivity that ended when the Huntsville Stars moved to Biloxi in 2015. M-Braves history also began with a franchise move, as the big Braves moved their O&O Double-A club from Greenville, SC, in 2005. It was announced in January 2024 that the team would move to Columbus, GA after after the 2024 season, where they would become the Columbus Clingstones.

2005

In the first half of their inaugural season, the Braves finished just two games out of first place, but they struggled in the second half and finished with a sub-.500 overall record. Outfielder Jeff Francoeur led the offense, hitting .273 with 13 home runs, 28 doubles, and 62 RBIs in 84 games before being called up to Atlanta in early July. Nine more Braves were called up to the big leagues in the course of the season, most notably catcher Brian McCann.

2006

In 2006, the Braves finished with the worst overall record in the circuit under new skipper and former Atlanta star Jeff Blauser.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach	Coach
2005	64-68	6th	Brian Snitker		Phillip Wellman	Kent Willis
2006	58-80	10th	Jeff Blauser		Phillip Wellman	Kent Willis	Eddie Perez
2007	67-72	6th	Phillip Wellman	Lost in 1st round	Franklin Stubbs	Derek Botelho
2008	73-66	3rd	Phillip Wellman	League Champs	Franklin Stubbs	Derek Botelho
2009	65-73	5th	Phillip Wellman		Roosevelt Brown/Billy Nicholson	Marty Reed	Jose Mota
2010	63-74	8th	Phillip Wellman		Garey Ingram	Marty Reed
2011	61-79	9th	Rocket Wheeler		Garey Ingram	Mike Alvarez
2012	62-77	10th	Aaron Holbert		Garey Ingram	Mike Alvarez
2013	76-63	4th	Aaron Holbert	Lost in 1st round	Garey Ingram	Dennis Lewallyn
2014	83-56	1st	Aaron Holbert		Jamie Dismuke / John Moses	Dennis Lewallyn
2015	69-67	6th	Aaron Holbert		Garey Ingram	Dennis Lewallyn
2016	73-65	5th	Luis Salazar	Lost League Finals	Garey Ingram	Dennis Lewallyn	Barbaro Garbey
2017	58-80	9th	Luis Salazar		Ivan Cruz	Derrick Lewis
2018	67-71	5th (t)	Chris Maloney		Carlos Méndez	Dennis Lewallyn
2019	64-75	7th	Chris Maloney		Carlos Méndez	Dennis Lewallyn	Alfredo Amezaga
2021	67-44	1st	Wyatt Toregas (18-15) / Dan Meyer (49-29)	League Champs	Einar Diaz	Dan Meyer	Devon Travis
2022	62-74	6th	Bruce Crabbe		Mike Bard	Bo Henning	Angel Flores
2023	62-75	6th	Kanekoa Texeira		Danny Santiesteban	Bo Henning	Jefferson Romero
2024	63-73	6th	Angel Flores		Garrett Wilkinson	Wes McGuire	Francisco Diaz, Luis Ugueto

External Link

• Mississippi Braves Baseball