Before the Snappers arrived in town in 1982, the only professional baseball team in Beloit was a team affiliated with the old Class D Wisconsin Association in 1905. The Beloit Snappers were a Class A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers from when the club joined the Midwest League in 1982 until the end of the 2004 season.  The team was known as the Beloit Brewers (named after the parent club) through the 1994 season, when the club name then changed to the Snappers.  The Snappers are now the Class A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics and will remain with the Athletics through the 2014 season.