Carolina Mudcats | |||||
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Class | Single-A (2021–present) | ||||
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League | Carolina League (2012–present) | ||||
Division | North Division | ||||
Previous leagues | Southern League (1991–2011) | ||||
Major league affiliations | |||||
Team | Milwaukee Brewers (2017–present) | ||||
Previous teams |
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Minor league titles | |||||
League titles (2) |
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Division titles (4) |
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First-half titles (5) |
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Second-half titles (4) |
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Team data | |||||
Name | Carolina Mudcats (1991–present) | ||||
Colors | Red, black, white, gray | ||||
Mascot | Muddy the Mudcat, Mini Muddy | ||||
Ballpark | Five County Stadium (1991–present) | ||||
Previous parks | Fleming Stadium (1991) | ||||
Owner(s)/ Operator(s) | Milwaukee Brewers[1] | ||||
General manager | Eric Gardner[2] | ||||
Manager | Nick Stanley | ||||
Website | milb.com/carolina-mudcats |
The Carolina Mudcats are a Minor League Baseball team of the Carolina League and the Single-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. They are located in Zebulon, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh, and play their home games at Five County Stadium. "Mudcats" is a Southern synonym for catfish.
The team began play in 1991 after the Columbus Mudcats relocated from Columbus, Georgia. They were members of the Double-A Southern League through 2011. The Mudcats were replaced by a Class A-Advanced team of the Carolina League in 2012. This team carried on as an extension of the previous club. The Mudcats, along with most of their Carolina League cohort, were dropped to the Low-A classification and placed in a league temporarily named Low-A East in 2021 as part of Major League Baseball's takeover and reorganization of the minor leagues; for 2022 this league was assigned the historic Carolina League name and identity and the classification renamed Single-A.
The Mudcats won the Southern League championship in 1995 as the Double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates and in 2003 as the Double-A affiliate of the Florida Marlins.