Dothan Phillies
Appearance
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Previous classes | Class D |
League | Alabama–Florida League (1951–1956, 1958–1962) |
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Minor league titles | |
League titles | 7 (1940–1941, 1948, 1950–1951 1953, 1958) |
Team data | |
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Previous parks | Baker Field, City Park, Stadium Park, Jill Alexander Miracle Field and the Wiregrass Memorial Stadium |
The Dothan Phillies (also known as the Cardinals, Rebels, Browns and Boll Weevils) were a Minor League Baseball team that represented the city of Dothan, Alabama. They played in the Alabama–Florida League, Alabama State League and Georgia–Florida League from 1936 to 1942 and 1946–1962. A previous team played in Dothan as a member of the Dixie League from 1915 to 1917.
The ballpark
[edit]Dothan teams played at Baker Field, City Park, Stadium Park, Jill Alexander Miracle Field and the Wiregrass Memorial Stadium.[1]
Notable alumni
[edit]- Phil Gagliano (1960)
- Mike Marshall (1961) 2 x MLB All-Star; 1974 NL Cy Young Award
- Lance Richbourg (1917)
- Zack Taylor (1917)
References
[edit]- ^ "Dothan, Alabama Minor League City Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
External links
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Categories:
- Baseball teams established in 1915
- Defunct minor league baseball teams
- Professional baseball teams in Alabama
- Defunct Alabama State League teams
- Defunct Alabama-Florida League teams
- Defunct Georgia-Florida League teams
- Defunct Dixie League teams
- Defunct Florida-Alabama-Georgia League teams
- Baseball teams disestablished in 1962
- Philadelphia Phillies minor league affiliates
- St. Louis Cardinals minor league affiliates
- St. Louis Browns minor league affiliates
- 1915 establishments in Alabama
- 1962 disestablishments in Alabama
- Defunct baseball teams in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Southern United States baseball team stubs
- Alabama sports team stubs