Phoenix Firebirds

Phoenix Firebirds
Phoenix Firebirds
1958–1997; (1958–1959, 1966–1997); Phoenix, Arizona ;
Minor league affiliations
Class	AAA (1958–1959, 1966–1997)
League	Pacific Coast League (1958–1959, 1966–1997)
Major league affiliations
Team	San Francisco Giants (1958–1959, 1966–1997)
Minor league titles
League titles	1959; 1977;
Division titles	1977; 1985; 1996; 1997;
Team data
Name	Phoenix Firebirds (1986–1997); Phoenix Giants (1958–1959, 1966–1985);
Colors	Blue, red, yellow, white;
Mascot	Phineas T. Firebird (1989-1997); Booster Rooster (1978-1985)
Ballpark	Scottsdale Stadium (1992–1997); Phoenix Municipal Stadium (1966–1991);

The Phoenix Firebirds were a Minor League Baseball team that played in Phoenix, Arizona, from 1958 to 1959, and from 1966 to 1997. Before 1986, the team was known as the Phoenix Giants.

The franchise was a member of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League (PCL), and were the top minor league affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. The Firebirds were forced to leave Phoenix following the 1997 season, as the new National League expansion team, the Arizona Diamondbacks would begin play in Phoenix the following year. In a complicated series of events, the owners of the Firebirds moved their team to Tucson, Arizona, and became the Tucson Sidewinders, dropping their affiliation with the Giants in favor of the expansion Diamondbacks. The owners of the existing Tucson Toros then moved their franchise to Fresno, California, thus ending a 92-year hiatus of PCL baseball in Fresno. The transplanted Toros, renamed the Fresno Grizzlies, became the Giants' new PCL affiliate.