Columbus Jets

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Columbus Jets
Founded in 1955 Columbus, Ohio
Minor league affiliations
Class	Triple-A
League	International League
Major league affiliations
Team	Pittsburgh Pirates (1957–1970)
Previous teams	Kansas City Athletics (1955–1956)
Minor league titles
League titles	1961, 1965
Team data
Name	Columbus Jets (1955–1970)
Ballpark	Jets Stadium
General manager	Harold Cooper (1955-1968), Charles Wareham (1969-1970)

The Columbus Jets were a Minor League baseball team that played in Columbus, Ohio, from 1955 to 1970. The team moved from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada where they were known as the Ottawa Athletics. The Jets were a member of the Triple-A International League.

The Jets' name came from Columbus' role in manufacturing aircraft by North American Aviation for World War II.^[1][2]

They were the Triple-A affiliate of the Kansas City Athletics (1955–56) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1957–70). The Jets played their home games at Jets Stadium.

In 1971 the franchise moved to Charleston, West Virginia, and became the Charleston Charlies, leaving Columbus without organized baseball for the first time since 1894. In 1977 the Columbus Clippers returned baseball to Ohio's capital.