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The Dayton Dragons are a Class A Minor League Baseball team, affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds , that plays in the Midwest League . The Midwest League came to Dayton in 2000 after a franchise previously based in Rockford, Illinois (1988-99) moved here. The team's home park is Fifth Third Field in Dayton. During its first season the Dragons set a class A baseball attendance record of 581,853. That record was broken in 2003 when 590,382 fans -- ranking seventh in all of minor league baseball -- went through the turnstiles. Some notable pros who have played for the Dayton Dragons (17 since 2000) are '' Austin Kearns '', Jose Acevedo, '' Adam Dunn '', '' Edwin Encarnacion '', Todd Coffey, John Koronka, Stephen Smitherman, Ranier Olmedo, Rob Madritsch, Brian Reith, '' Wily Mo Pena '', Josh Hall, Ryan Snare, William Bergolla, Chris Denorfia, Miguel Perez and Chris Booker. The Dragons have had 4 managers in their short history, Freddie Benavides (2000), Donnie Scott (2001-2003), Alonzo Powell (2004-2005) and Billy Gardner Jr. (2006). The current staff includes: '' Robert Murphy '' - President Eric Deutsch - Executive Vice President Gary Mayse - Vice President of Stadium and Baseball Operations Joe Eaglowski - Operations Manager Mike VanderWood - Director of Media Relations and Broadcasting Jeff Webb - Vice President of Sponsor Sales SOURCES
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