Evansville Triplets
The Evansville Triplets were a Minor League Baseball team from Evansville, Indiana, that played from 1970 to 1984.[1] They played baseball at the Triple-A (AAA) level, the most difficult level before Major League Baseball (MLB), against other baseball teams in the American Association.[1] Their home stadium was called Bosse Field.[2] The Triplets were partnered with three MLB teams: the Minnesota Twins (1970), Milwaukee Brewers (1971–1973), and Detroit Tigers (1974–1984).
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| Class | Triple-A (1970–1984) |
| League | American Association (1970–1984) |
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| Class titles (1) | 1975 |
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| Name | Evansville Triplets (1970–1984) |
| Ballpark | Bosse Field (1970–1984) |
Evansville won the American Association championship in 1972 as the Triple-A partner of the Milwaukee Brewers.[3] They won two more championships with the Detroit Tigers (1975 and 1979).[3] The 1975 team also won the Junior World Series, a competition against the champions of the International League, the Tidewater Tides.[4]
In 1984, the Triplets were sold to Larry Schmittou and other owners of the Nashville Sounds, a Double-A team of the Southern League, for a reported sum of US$780,000.[5] They moved the team to Nashville, Tennessee, for the 1985 season.[5] Schmittou planned to move the Double-A Southern League team to Evansville. However, the league did not like the idea, and the City of Evansville did not want to upgrade Bosse Field.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Evansville, Indiana Encyclopedia. Baseball-ReferenceSports Reference. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
- ↑ Bosse Field. Stats Crew. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 American Association Playoff Results. Triple-A Baseball. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
- ↑ Triple-A Baseball Interleague Post-Season Play Results. Triple-A Baseball. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bibb, John. Big Leagues Next: Schmittou. The Tennessean (July 12, 1984). Nashville. p. 1-F. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ↑ Woody, Larry. Schmittou: A Grand Slam in Baseball, Business, and Life (1996). Nashville: Eggmann Publishing Company. p. 101–102. ISBN 1-886371-33-4.