AA title in 1975 by defeating the Denver Bears, 4–2. They went on to win the Junior World Series, 4–1, against the Tidewater Tides. Manager Fred Hatfield won the 1975 American Association Manager of the Year Award. Les Moss won the same award in 1978). Under Manager of the Year Jim Leyland, the 1979 club won a third AA championship, 4–2, over the Oklahoma City 89ers. Billy Gardner was selected as the AA's 1980 Manager of the Year. In July 1984, the team's owners arrived at terms to sell the Triplets for a reported sum of US$780,000 to the owners of the Nashville Sounds, a Double-A club of the Southern League, who intended to move the franchise to Nashville, Tennessee, for the 1985 season. The Southern League wanted team president Larry Schmittou to surrender his franchise to the league, but he wanted to send Nashville's existing Southern League franchise to Evansville to continue as the Triplets at Double-A. However, a combination of the league's disapproval of the move and the City of Evansville being unwilling to upgrade Bosse Field meant the end of affiliated baseball in Evansville. The Triplets' legacy was retired, and the Triple-A Sounds carried on the history of the preceding Double-A team. Season-by-season results Notable alumni Bert Blyleven Del Crandall, manager (1970–71) Mark Fidrych Kirk Gibson Howard Johnson Ruppert Jones Gene Lamont Ron LeFlore Jim Leyland, manager (1979–1981) Aurelio López Jack Morris Lance Parrish Dan Petry Darrell Porter Early Wynn, interim manager (1970) See also Sports in Evansville References Specific General External links Statistics from Baseball-Reference Statistics from The Baseball Cube 1970 establishments in Indiana 1984 disestablishments in Indiana Defunct American Association (1902–1997) teams Defunct baseball teams in Indiana Detroit Tigers minor league affiliates Milwaukee Brewers minor league affiliates Minnesota Twins minor league affiliates Professional baseball teams in Indiana Sports in Evansville, Indiana Baseball teams established in 1970 Baseball teams disestablished in 1984