Evansville Triplets

The Evansville Triplets were a Minor League Baseball team of the Triple-A American Association (AA) from 1970 to 1984.

The Triplets served as a farm club for three major league franchises: the Minnesota Twins (1970), Milwaukee Brewers (1971–1973), and Detroit Tigers (1974–1984).

Due to the 1969 Major League Baseball expansion, there was a need for two additional Triple-A teams in the American Association for the 1970 season.

[1] One went to Wichita, Kansas, the other to Evansville, Indiana, which had previously hosted Minor League Baseball teams but never above the Double-A classification.

[2] Lloyd Gladden won the 1972 American Association Most Valuable Pitcher Award having pitched to a 15–9 record with a 2.71 earned run average and 141 strikeouts.

The Triplets' legacy was retired, and the Triple-A Sounds carried on the history of the preceding Double-A team.