Mobile BayBears Professional Baseball Club
SportsAlabama, United States11-50 Employees
Mobile BayBears Professional Baseball Club, based in Mobile, Alabama, is a spectator sports organization. Founded in 1997, the team serves as the Double-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks and has won the Southern League championship four times. It competes in the Southern League and was named Minor League Team of the Year in 2011. Home games are played at Hank Aaron Stadium, a venue named for the Mobile native Hall of Famer Hank Aaron. Next to the stadium sits the Hank Aaron Childhood Home and Museum, which is open on weekdays during the off season with a five-dollar entry fee and is free with a game ticket during the season. The BayBears also operate BayBears Charities, a not-for-profit that supports local and regional tax-exempt organizations to conduct or sponsor activities in education, health, literacy, public safety, medical research, or charitable purposes.