History
The team began play as the Appleton Foxes in the Three-I League in 1958, five years after Appleton's previous minor league franchise, the Papermakers, folded along with the rest of the Wisconsin State League. The Foxes joined the Midwest League in 1962 after the Three-I League disbanded, and continue to play in the MWL to this day.
The Foxes played at Appleton's Goodland Field until moving to their current home at Fox Cities Stadium, a larger, more modern ballpark in neighboring Grand Chute. With the move, the Foxes took the new name of Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in an effort to attract fans outside the immediate Appleton/Fox Cities area. The franchise set its all-time attendance record of 253,240 in 2009, the first year of their affiliation with the Milwaukee Brewers, a deal that runs through at least 2012.
The Timber Rattlers are a non-stock club governed by Appleton Baseball Club, Inc., which is community-owned. Appleton Baseball Club has a 12-person board of directors. It has 168 active shareholders and 347 shares as of September 2008.
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