Columbus Jets

Columbus Jets
Minor league affiliations
ClassTriple-A
LeagueInternational League
Major league affiliations
TeamPittsburgh Pirates (1957–1970)
Previous teamsKansas City Athletics (1955–1956)
Minor league titles
League titles 1961, 1965
Team data
NameColumbus Jets (1955–1970)
BallparkJets Stadium
General managerHarold Cooper (1955-1968), Charles Wareham (1969-1970)

The Columbus Jets were a Minor League baseball team that played in Columbus, Ohio, from 1955 to 1970. The team moved from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada where they were known as the Ottawa Athletics. The Jets were a member of the Triple-A International League.

The Jets' name came from Columbus' role in manufacturing aircraft by North American Aviation for World War II.[1][2]

They were the Triple-A affiliate of the Kansas City Athletics (1955–56) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1957–70). The Jets played their home games at Jets Stadium.

In 1971 the franchise moved to Charleston, West Virginia, and became the Charleston Charlies, leaving Columbus without organized baseball for the first time since 1894. In 1977 the Columbus Clippers returned baseball to Ohio's capital.

  1. ^ Worth, Richard. Baseball Team Names: A Worldwide Directory 1869-2011. McFarland, 2013, page 82.
  2. ^ Barrett, Richard E. Columbus 1910-1970. Arcadia, page 83