{{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox Minor League Baseball | name = Sanford Greyhounds | firstseason = 1959 | lastseason = 1960 | allyears = 1948–1953, 1955, 1959–1960 | city = Sanford, Florida | logo = | caplogo = | past class level = Class D | league = Florida State League | conference = | division = | past league = | pastmajorleague = {{plainlist| *Kansas City Athletics (1960) *Washington Senators (1959) *St. Louis Cardinals (1953, 1955) *New York Giants (1948–1951) }} | pastnames = {{plainlist| *Sanford Greyhounds (1959–1960) *Sanford Cardinals (1953, 1955) *Sanford Seminole Blues (1952) *Sanford Giants (1948–1950) }} | pastparks = | classchamps = | leaguechamps = None | conferencechamps = | divisionchamps = }} '''Sanford Greyhounds''' were a professional minor league baseball team that played periodically from in 1959 and 1960. Throughout its entire existence the Sanford teams played in the then-Class D level Florida State League. Sanford was a charter member of the league in 1919.
Originally the Sanford Celeryfeds, in honor of the city's dominant crop – celery,<ref>{{cite web|title=Citrus to Celery|publisher=Latitude 34 North|work=Historic Markers Across Florida|url=http://www.lat34north.com/HistoricMarkersFL/MarkerDetail.cfm?KeyID=59-13&MarkerTitle=Citrus%20to%20Celery|accessdate=2014-08-07}}</ref> the team's name changed several times over the years. The team was previously known also as the Sanford Lookouts, Sanford Seminoles, '''Sanford Giants''', '''Sanford Seminole BLues''', '''Seminole Cardinals''' and the '''Sanford Greyhounds'''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sanford, Florida Minor League Baseball|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?city=Sanford&state=FL&country=US|accessdate=2014-08-07}}</ref>
The 1939 Lookouts were recognized as one of the 100 greatest minor league teams of all time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/milb/history/top100.jsp |title=Top 100 Teams |publisher=MiLB.com |date=2001 |accessdate=May 9, 2017}}</ref>
==Notable alumni== * Dick Green (1960) * Ken Harrelson (1960) MLB All-Star
==References== {{reflist}} {{Florida State League}}
Category:Baseball teams established in 1919 Category:Defunct Florida State League teams Category:New York Giants minor league affiliates Category:Kansas City Athletics minor league affiliates Category:St. Louis Cardinals minor league affiliates Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) minor league affiliates Category:Defunct baseball teams in Florida Category:Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1960 Category:1919 establishments in Florida Category:1960 disestablishments in Florida Category:Baseball teams disestablished in 1960 Category:Sanford, Florida
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