Durham Bulls
Durham Bulls Athletic Park
409 Blackwell St.
Durham, NC
MLB Affiliate: Tampa Bay Rays
International League South
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IL South Batting Leaders
IL South Pitching Leaders
Mascot: Wool E. Bull
Team History
With their beautiful downtown ballpark in central Durham, North Carolina, the Durham Bulls constitute one of baseball’s most recognizable branding, thanks in part to Ron Shelton’s 1988 film “Bull Durham”.
A longtime farm team for the Atlanta Braves, the Bulls changed affiliation to the Tampa Bay Rays organization in 1998, when the club’s longtime legendary owner Miles Wolff sold the team to a local broadcaster.
Similarly, the Bulls moved from their aging ball field near Durham Central Park to a new site near the redevelopment of the old Liggett & Myers tobacco plant at what is now the humming American Tobacco Campus along Blackwell Street at the south edge of downtown Durham. The snorting “Hit Bull Win Steak” sign over left field is as iconic to baseball in the South as the Citgo sign is to Red Sox fans in New England.
Winners of the Governors’ Cup in 2002, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2018.
Top News
Durham Bulls Light Up Knights Pitching With 11 Runs
The Durham Bulls evened their season with an offensive barrage that featured an eight-run fifth inning.Durham Bulls Lose Season Opener To Charlotte Knights
The International League opened the 2018 season Thursday night with a cross-state clash at Durham Bulls Athletic ParkBreaking Down The Minor-League Playoff Picture
Ben Spanier breaks down the September playoff picture "Down on the Farm."Bulls go big. . . and top IL South
Durham—The Durham Bulls continued their torrid pace Monday with a 9-2 dismantling of the visiting Columbus Clippers.Bulls roll out of Durham with five wins, one Sunday snooze
The Bulls pull up stakes and roll to Gwinnett today for a three-game series.Braves Brush Bulls For Durham’s Third Straight Loss
The contest pulls Gwinnett and Durham even for first in the International League South division.Durham Bulls escape thanks to pitching heroics of their bullpen catcher, Mayo Acosta
Mayo Acosta does his "best Houdini impersonation" as he enters the game in the 13th inning. With the Bulls out of arms, the bullpen catcher took the mound and loaded the bases, then escaped from trouble by striking out an old foe.Durham Bulls pitching hopefuls report for Camp
# Name Pos Bat Thw Ht Wt DOB Status MLB 40-man Fernando Baez P R R 6′ 1″ 190 02-01-1992 Active No 35 Kyle Bird P L L 6′ 2″ 175 04-12-1993 Active No Yoel Espinal P R R 6′ 2″ 200 11-07-1992 Active No Dana Eveland P L L 6′ 1″ 235 10-29-1983 ActiveJake McGee leaves Rays bullpen in trade with Colorado
In a trade with the Colorado Rockies, the Tampa Bay Rays bade adieu to reliever Jake McGee, first half of Kevin Cash’s favorite eighth-inning “Jake & the Box” meal special. MLB network reports the trade here. Charlie Wilmouth goes into detail on the implications of the trade for the Rays (and by extension, the membership and makeup ofA monkey’s paw in Durham ; Buschmann leaves with arm soreness ; Tides win on baserunning error
Durham (Aug. 14) – The series in Durham ended with a sigh as the Bulls and Tides packed up their trunks for the Hoosier State. Both teams were headed for Indianapolis, the battered and depleted Norfolk Tides by way of a series in Louisville. The Tides held on to the lead they gained early –
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