pitcher Jerry Kutzler. Foley won FSL Manager of the Year honors. After the 1988 season, owner Mitchell Mick sold his franchise to the Chicago White Sox, who relocated the club to Sarasota, Florida as the Sarasota White Sox. The franchise exchanged major league affiliates and nicknames several times before 2010, when they became an affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates and were moved and renamed the Bradenton Marauders. Meanwhile, Tampa was without professional baseball until the Tampa Yankees re-joined the Florida State League in 1994. After the 2017 season, that team rebranded itself as the Tarpons. Notable Tarpon alumni Many former Tarpons went on to play in the major leagues, including important members of Cincinnati's Big Red Machine of the 1970s. In 1961 Pete Rose led the first place Tarpons with a .331 batting average and 30 triples – still a FSL record. Other Reds players from that era who started with the Tarpons include Ken Griffey, Sr., Johnny Bench, Dan Driessen, Rawly Eastwick, and Dave Concepcion. When the Reds won their next world series in 1990 with manager (and Tampa native) Lou Piniella, they again had several former Tarpons on the roster, including Tom Browning, Rob Dibble, and Paul O'Neill. Another notable former Tarpon was outfielder Randy Poffo, who gave up on a short minor league baseball career at the age of 21 after batting .232 with the team in 1974. Poffo later become much more successful in professional wrestling, where he took on the stage name "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Notable Tarpon players and coaches Johnny Bench (1965) 14 x MLB All-Star, 2 x NL MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame Bill Bonham (1980) Tom Browning (1983) MLB All-Star Ben Chapman (1951, MGR) 4 x MLB All-Star Dave Concepcion (1968) 9 x MLB All-Star Doug Corbett (1975-1976) MLB All-Star Rob Dibble (1984) 2 x MLB All-Star Dan Driessen (1970-1971) Rawly Eastwick (1970) 2 x NL Saves Leader Doug Flynn (1972) Tom Foley (1979) Ken Griffey, Sr. (1971) 3 x MLB All-Star Chris Hammond (1986) Lenny Harris (1985) Steve Henderson (1975) Jay Howell (1977) 3 x MLB All-Star Tom Hume (1972) MLB All-Star Mike LaCoss (1975) MLB All-Star Charlie Leibrandt (1978) Hal McRae (1965) 3 x MLB All-Star Lee May (1961-1962) 3 x MLB All-Star Jeff Montgomery (1984) 3 x MLB All-Star Paul O'Neill (1983) 5 x MLB All-Star; 1994 AL Batting Title Ron Oester (1975) Joe Oliver (1985) Camilo Pascual