Rochester Red Wings
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The Rochester Red Wings are a minor league baseball team based in Rochester, New York. The team, which plays in the International League, is the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins major-league club. The Red Wings play in Frontier Field, located in downtown Rochester.
The Red Wings were originally an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, and spent 43 years as a farm club of the Baltimore Orioles. The franchise played from 1929 through 1996 at Silver Stadium before moving to the modern facilities at Frontier Field in 1997.
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Longest Baseball Game Ever
The Rochester Red Wings, along with the Pawtucket Red Sox, hold the record for the longest professional baseball game, lasting a total of 33 innings and 8 hours, 25 minutes over the course of three different days. The game was held at McCoy Stadium, beginning on April 18, 1981. It was suspended at 4 o'clock the next morning, and Rochester lost 3-2 when the game resumed on June 23.
Titles
The Red Wings have won the Governors' Cup, the championship of the IL, 10 times, the most of all IL teams, and played in the championship series 20 times.
- 1933 - Lost to Buffalo
- 1934 - Lost to Toronto
- 1939 - Defeated Newark
- 1950 - Lost to Baltimore
- 1952 - Defeated Montréal
- 1953 - Lost to Montréal
- 1955 - Defeated Toronto
- 1956 - Defeated Toronto
- 1960 - Lost to Toronto
- 1961 - Lost to Buffalo
- 1964 - Defeated Syracuse
- 1971 - Defeated Tidewater
- 1974 - Defeated Syracuse
- 1982 - Lost to Tidewater
- 1986 - Lost to Richmond
- 1988 - Defeated Tidewater
- 1990 - Defeated Columbus
- 1993 - Lost to Charlotte
- 1996 - Lost to Columbus
- 1997 - Defeated Columbus
Alumni
- Joe Altobelli (went on to manage in the Majors, leading the 1983 Baltimore Orioles to a world championship, and his No. 26 has been retired at Frontier Field)
- Brady Anderson
- Don Baylor
- Marc Belanger
- Armando Benitez
- Paul Blair
- Curt Blefary
- Mike Boddicker
- Ken Boyer (player and manager)]
- Steve Dalkowski (played only one game)
- Luke Easter
- Bob Gibson
- Bobby Grich
- Davey Johnson (as player)
- Francisco Liriano
- Dennis Martinez
- Joe Mauer (rehab appearances only)
- Tim McCarver
- Johnny Mize
- Justin Morneau
- Eddie Murray
- Stan Musial
- Mike Mussina
- Jim Palmer (Rehab appearance only)
- Boog Powell
- Cal Ripken Jr.
- Cal Ripken, Sr. (player and manager)
- Frank Robinson (manager)
- Curt Schilling
- Red Schoendienst
- Earl Weaver (manager)