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| Class | Double-A (1973–present) | ||||
| League | Southern League (1973–present) | ||||
| Division | South Division | ||||
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| Team | Tampa Bay Rays (1999–present) | ||||
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| League titles(5) |
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| Division titles(10) |
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| First-half titles(6) |
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| Second-half titles(14) |
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| Name | Montgomery Biscuits (2004–present) | ||||
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| Colors | Light navy, burnt orange, gold, white, pale yellow[1] | ||||
| Mascot | Big Mo | ||||
| Ballpark | Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium (2004–present) | ||||
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Owner/ Operator | OnDeck Partners | ||||
| General manager | Michael Murphy[2] | ||||
| Manager | Kevin Boles | ||||
| Media | MiLB.TV andWSFA,WMSP 740 AM | ||||
| Website | milb.com/montgomery | ||||
TheMontgomery Biscuits are aMinor League Baseball team based inMontgomery, Alabama. They are theDouble-A affiliate of theTampa Bay Rays and play in theSouthern League. The team was founded inOrlando, Florida, in 1973 as the Orlando Twins, an affiliate of theMinnesota Twins. After remaining in the Minnesota minor league organization for 20 seasons, the team became an affiliate of theChicago Cubs for four seasons and then theSeattle Mariners for one. In 1999, the team became an affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, and they have remained in the organization ever since. They became members of the Double-A South in 2021, though this was renamed the Southern League in 2022.
Over the years, the club changed names several times. They were the Orlando Twins for 17 seasons, then were known as the SunRays, Cubs, and Rays. The club became known as the Biscuits when it moved from the Orlando area to Montgomery in 2004.
The club played atTinker Field near downtown Orlando from 1973 until 2000, when they moved toChampion Stadium in nearbyLake Buena Vista, Florida. Since moving to Montgomery in 2004, the Biscuits have played atMontgomery Riverwalk Stadium, a 7,000-seat facility which was built for the club in the downtown area.
The franchise joined theSouthern League in 1973 as the Orlando Twins, a minor-league affiliate of theMinnesota Twins, which heldspring training inOrlando, Florida at the time. The Orlando Twins played atTinker Field in downtown Orlando, near the FloridaCitrus Bowl Stadium. In 1990, the team was renamed the Orlando Sun Rays. In 1993, theChicago Cubs became the team's new major-league affiliate, and the team was renamed the Orlando Cubs. While still a Chicago Cubs affiliate, the team renamed itself again in 1997 and became the Orlando Rays. The following year, for one season only, theSeattle Mariners were the Rays' major-league affiliate. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays, anAmerican League expansion team in 1998, assumed the Orlando Rays' major-league affiliation the following year.
The Orlando Rays' last season atTinker Field was 1999. From 2000 to 2003, the Orlando Rays played inLake Buena Vista, Florida, inChampion Stadium atWalt Disney World Resort. Despite the fact that the team played in a state-of-the-art stadium that was built in 1997 and used during spring training by theAtlanta Braves, attendance did not meet expectations; after trailing the Southern League in attendance in multiple years, the Rays' owners announced the team would move to Montgomery in 2004 (terminating their 10-year lease with Disney after four seasons).[3]
While in Orlando, the franchise won three Southern League championships: in 1981 (as the Twins), 1991 (as the Sun Rays), and 1999 (as the Rays).
The Biscuits became Montgomery's firstMajor League Baseball-affiliated team since 1980, when theMontgomery Rebels, aDetroit Tigers affiliate, played their final season in the Southern League at Montgomery'sPaterson Field. The Biscuits' owners, Sherrie Myers and Tom Dickson, were selected from six different ownership groups during an extensive search for a public-private partner by the City of Montgomery. Myers and Dickson selected the team's nickname from over 4,000 entries in a "name the team" contest, due in part to tying into indigenous affiliation and potential marketing and pun possibilities (for example, "Hey, Butter, Butter, Butter" or the team's souvenir store, the "Biscuit Basket"). Several successful minor league teams have campy, quirky names to relate to families and kids. During games,biscuits are shot from an air cannon, into the stands. The official team colors are Butter and Blue.
On September 15, 2006, in just their third year of existence, the Biscuits defeated theHuntsville Stars to win the team's first Southern League championship in Montgomery. One year later, in 2007, the Biscuits again defeated the Huntsville Stars to win their second consecutive Southern League championship. They became the first team since the 1975 to 1977 Montgomery Rebels to win back-to-back championships.
The Biscuits were sold to a group of investors led byRichmond Flying Squirrels ownerLou DiBella in a transaction that closed on April 27, 2017.[4]
In conjunction with Major League Baseball's restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Biscuits were organized into theDouble-A South.[5] Though finishing the 2021 season in second place in the Southern Division at 62–55,[6] the two teams with the highest winning percentages in the regular season competed in a best-of-five series to determine the league champion.[7] With the circuit's second-best record, the Biscuits faced theMississippi Braves in the best-of-five series but lost the championship, 3–2.[8] Jonathan Aranda won the league Most Valuable Player Award.[9] In 2022, the Double-A South became known as the Southern League, the name historically used by the regional circuit prior to the 2021 reorganization.[10]
The Montgomery Biscuits took on the alternate identity of the “Alabama Peanut Runners” for two games on August 28 and August 31, 2025, as a tribute to Dr.George Washington Carver and his pioneering work with peanuts.[11]
In December 2025,Lou DiBella sold the team to OnDeck Partners, a sports ownership group that is a part of Avenue Sports Fund.[12]
Theirmascots are "Big Mo", an orange beast that loves biscuits,[13] and "Monty", ananthropomorphizedbuttermilk biscuit. Monty appears in the logo and on the hat. The mascot for the Orlando Rays was "Spike", abear.[14] The origin of Spike is unknown but presumed to predate the Devil Rays, as the club has been controlled by the Cubs and by the Twins (who have a bear mascot,T.C. Bear).
In 2014, a new live mascot was introduced and also named with a contest in which 4,800 entries submitted ideas for a micro-mini pot belly pig which became Miss Gravy, Duchess of Pork. Miss Gravy "retired to a farm in Wetumpka" in 2016.[15]
Major League Baseball players who played for the Biscuits (or earlier incarnations) include:
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All Montgomery Biscuits games are televised live onMiLB.TV and select games are also televised live onWSFA.WMSP 740 AM provides radio broadcasts of games. Since 2016, the Biscuits play-by-play commentator is Chris Adams-Wall.
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