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Located in Columbia, South Carolina, the Columbia Mets were affiliated with the New York Mets from 1983 to 1992.^[1] A member of the South Atlantic League, they became the Capital City Bombers in 1993.^[2] They played in Capital City Stadium.^[2]

Year by year record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1983	88-54	1st	John Tamargo	Lost League Finals
1984	82-57	1st	Rich Miller
1985	79-57	2nd	Bud Harrelson / Rich Miller	Lost in 1st round
1986	90-42	1st	Tucker Ashford	League Champs
1987	64-75	10th	Butch Hobson
1988	74-63	5th	Butch Hobson
1989	73-67	4th	Bill Stein
1990	83-60	1st	Bill Stein	Lost in 1st round
1991	86-54	2nd	Tim Blackwell	League Champs
1992	79-59	1st	Tim Blackwell

Notable alumni

Alberto Castillo (1990-1991)

Brook Fordyce (1990)

Bud Harrelson (1985, MGR) 2 x MLB All-Star

Butch Hobson (1987-1988, MGR)

Todd Hundley (1989) 2 x MLB All-Star

Gregg Jeffries (1985-1986) 2 x MLB All-Star

Bobby Jones (1991) MLB All-Star

Manny Lee (1984)

Dave Magadan (1983)

Randy Myers (1983) 4 x MLB All-Star

Pete Schourek (1989)

Fernando Vina (1990) MLB All-Star

David West (1986)

References

^ Brown, Mitch (December 9, 2020). "Columbia Fireflies find a new MLB parent club". WACH. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Bryans, Mark (2004). Baseball in Columbia. Arcadia Publishing. p. 73. ISBN 0-7385-1679-1.

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