After the 1983 season, the
Savannah Braves moved to
Greenville, South Carolina, and became known as the
Greenville Braves. The team had much success and many famous future Atlanta players such as
Tom Glavine,
Chipper Jones,
Javy López,
Jason Marquis,
Eddie Pérez,
Andruw Jones, and
John Rocker played there. They won multiple
Southern League championships, and the 1992 edition,
managed by
Grady Little and featuring Chipper Jones and López, won 100 out of 143 games (.699) during the regular season to take the pennant, then captured the SL playoff title. The 1992 Braves were recognized as one of the
100 greatest minor league teams of all time. After the 2004 season, the parent club in Atlanta transferred the G-Braves to
Pearl, Mississippi, where the team was known as the
Mississippi Braves. After the 2024 season, the team relocated again to
Columbus, Georgia, where they became known as the
Columbus Clingstones. The Braves cited an outdated stadium that did not meet current standards and the City of Greenville's unwillingness to create a sufficient financial package to build a new stadium as the cause of the move. With the Greenville Braves out, the Greenville Bombers (formerly the
Capital City Bombers), Class A
South Atlantic League affiliate of the
Boston Red Sox, moved into the old Braves stadium in 2005. In 2006, a brand new stadium located in
Downtown Greenville,
Fluor Field at the West End, opened and the Bombers changed their name to the
Greenville Drive. ==Greenville Braves (WCL, 1963–64)==