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The Montreal Royals were a minor league professional baseball team in Montreal, Quebec, during 1897–1917 and 1928–1960.A member of the International League, the Royals were the top farm club of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1939; pioneering African-American player Jackie Robinson was a member for the 1946 season.
The Montreal Royales were one of eight teams in the short-lived Canadian Baseball League (2003 only). The Royales of the CBL, unrelated to the Montreal Royals of 1939–1960, were strictly a road team which never succeeded in obtaining a "home" field in the Montreal area to play, despite several efforts to negotiate one.
Jackie Robinson with the Montreal Royals in July 1946.. The Montreal Royals finished with the best record in the regular season for the second consecutive season.; Jackie Robinson, Roy Partlow and Johnny Wright of the Montreal Royals became the first African-American players in the minor leagues in 30 years.
The Montreal Royals finished with the best record in the league for the first time since 1955.; Rocky Nelson of the Toronto Maple Leafs became the first player in league history to win the International League Most Valuable Player Award for the third time.
After years spent waiting in vain, this Royals offseason is a declaration that the future is now. Royals’ offseason spending, fourth in MLB, reflects fresh urgency of John Sherman era Skip to ...
The 1948 International League was a Class AAA baseball season played between April 22 and September 29. Eight teams played a 154-game schedule, with the top four teams qualifying for the post-season.
Before Jarry Park Stadium, Montreal's main baseball stadium was Delorimier Stadium, the longtime home of the Montreal Royals. The diamond at Jarry Park had simply hosted youth baseball on a field in the park. However, in early 1960, the Montreal Royals were dropped by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an affiliate. [5]
Delorimier Stadium (French pronunciation: [dəlɔʁimje]; also known as Montreal Stadium, Hector Racine Stadium and Delorimier Downs) was a 20,000-seat sports stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was located at 2101 Ontario Street East, at the corner of De Lorimier Avenue in the present-day Montreal borough of Ville-Marie .