Rochester Red Wings

Rochester Red Wings
Founded in 1899 Rochester, New York
Minor league affiliations
Class	Triple-A (1946–present)
Previous classes	Double-A (1912–1945) Class A (1899–1911)
League	International League (1912–2020, 2022–present)
Division	East Division
Previous leagues	Triple-A East (2021) International League (1912–2020) Eastern League (1899–1911)
Major league affiliations
Team	Washington Nationals (2021–present)
Previous teams	Minnesota Twins (2003–2020) Baltimore Orioles (1961–2002) St. Louis Cardinals (1929–1960)
Minor league titles
League titles (19)	1899 1901 1909 1910 1911 1928 1929 1930 1931 1939 1952 1955 1956 1964 1971 1974 1988 1990 1997
Division titles (5)	1988 1990 1993 1995 1997
Wild card berths (2)	2006 2013
Team data
Name	Rochester Red Wings (1929–present)
Previous names	Rochester Tribe (1922–1928) Rochester Colts (1921) Rochester Hustlers (1908–1920) Rochester Bronchos (1899–1907)
Colors	Red, black, yellow, white[1]
Mascots	Spikes and Mittsy
Ballpark	Innovative Field (1997–present)
Previous parks	Silver Stadium (1929–1996) Bay Street Ball Grounds (1908–1928) Culver Field (1899–1907)
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	Rochester Community Baseball, Inc.
General manager	Dan Mason
Manager	Matthew LeCroy[2]

The Rochester Red Wings are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. They are located in Rochester, New York, and play their home games at Innovative Field, located in downtown Rochester. Founded in 1899, they are the oldest continuously operating sports franchise in North America below the major league level.

Since the widespread adoption of the minor league farm system in the 1920s, the Red Wings have been affiliated with four Major League Baseball clubs, an unusually stable series of relationships.^[3] They were the top farm team of the St. Louis Cardinals for 32 years (1929–1960), Baltimore Orioles for 42 years (1961–2002), and Minnesota Twins for 18 years (2003–2020). They then became the Triple-A affiliate of the Nationals in 2021.

The franchise played from 1929 through 1996 at Silver Stadium (called Red Wing Stadium from 1929 to 1968) and moved to Frontier Field in 1997.

The 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 Pawtucket's McCoy Stadium, beginning on April 18, 1981. It was suspended just after 4 a.m. the next morning, and Rochester lost, 3–2, when the game resumed on June 23, 1981.