Achievements
- The team was voted as one of the top ten hottest tickets to get in ALL of professional sports by Sports Illustrated.
- The Dragons have led the Midwest League and all of Single A baseball in total season attendance since 2011.
- They had a total 2012 attendance of 588,689.
- They averaged 8,532 fans in attendance per game in 2012, the third highest average among all Minor League teams (behind only the AAA Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs and the AAA Columbus Clippers
- On July 9, 2011, they set the new record of the most consecutive sold out games (815 total) in all of professional sports. As of the end of the 2012 season, the still-in-progress record stands at 913 straight games.
- Notable part-owners of the team include former Ohio State running back Archie Griffin and basketball Hall of Famer Magic Johnson.
- In 2011, Ballpark Digest named the Dragons the "Minor League Baseball Organization of the Year." This honor came during a year in which they set the all-time professional sports sellout streak of 815 (they finished the season at 843 consecutive sellouts); finished 1st in the Midwest League Eastern Division and had the overall best Midwest League record (.593); set franchise records for wins (83–57), wins in a half (48–22 during the second half, which was also the best record among the 80 teams in the seven full-season Minor League Baseball leagues that split their seasons), road wins (38), and wins in a month (22 in August); set franchise records for team ERA (3.39) and shutout wins (14); set a Midwest League pitching record for strikeouts (1,292); and set a franchise record for stolen bases (224, including 103 by shortstop Billy Hamilton, which was the 9th highest total ever for a Minor Leaguer).
- In 2012, the Dragons were a finalist team for the Sports Business Journal "Professional Sports Team of the Year."
- In 2012, the Dragons franchise was said to be valued at $23 million making the team the most valuable class A minor league franchise in the United States.
- In 2012, the Dragons franchise was selected as the winner of the John H. Johnson President’s Trophy. The winning team, chosen from all minor league teams (Single A, Double A, and Triple A), is chosen by the president of Minor League Baseball and given to "the complete baseball franchise -- based on franchise stability, contributions to league stability, contributions to baseball in the community, and promotion of the baseball industry." Only two other Midwest Leagues teams have received this award.
- Site of the Midwest League All-Star Games in 2001 and 2013
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