History
They club through a number of affiliations and names during their existence. The team was originally a Brooklyn Dodgers affiliate known as the Valdosta Dodgers. The Dodgers' affiliation last from 1946 to 1952. In 1953, the Dodgers moved their Georgia-Florida League team to Thomasville, to become the Thomasville Dodgers. However, the St. Louis Browns took over the Valdosta team, which was then renamed the Valdosta Browns. A year later, the Browns left and the Detroit Tigers moved their Georgia-Florida League team to Valdosta. The renamed Valdosta Tigers then played from 1954 to 1958.
The Tigers were the second Georgia-Florida League team to occupy Valdosta. The first team to do so was the Valdosta Trojans, an affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and later the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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