Double-A (baseball)

Double-A (officially Class AA[1]) is the second-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States since 1946, below only Triple-A.[2] Previously, Class A had been the highest level, predating the establishment of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues—the formal name of Minor League Baseball—in 1901.[6] Because players are not often moved back and forth from their major league parent club as often happens in Triple-A, the rosters of Double-A teams tend to be more stable.[41][42] After the start of the 2021 minor league season was delayed by a month,[43] team schedules were released without a break for an all-star game.Other significant changes implemented in 2018 included beginning extra innings with a runner on second base and limiting teams to eight mound visits during a nine-inning game.
A Double-A baseball game between the New Hampshire Fisher Cats and Altoona Curve at Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, New Hampshire , in August 2016
Jigger Statz , pictured in 1922, played in over 2700 Minor League Baseball games, all at the Double-A level in the Pacific Coast League between 1920 and 1942
In August 1985, after playing for several Double-A level teams, Jeff Hearron was signed by the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball
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