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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 ( Class AAA ) of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1939; pioneering African-American player Jackie Robinson was a member for the 1946 season.
The hockey club was founded in 1932, operated by E. S. Hamilton and G. T. Ogilvie. [2] [3] Formed from the Montreal Hockey Club, the senior Royals played in the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association play from 1932–1933, in the Quebec Senior Hockey League from 1944–1953, the Quebec Hockey League from 1953–1959, and the Eastern Professional Hockey League from 1959–1961.
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.
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Frank Shaughnessy, general manager of the International League's Montreal Royals, was interested in developing a way for multiple clubs to share in the excitement of postseason play. His new playoff format , devised to maintain the interest of fans and players alike during the Great Depression , provided an opportunity for four teams to compete ...
This category is for players of the Montreal Royals minor league baseball team, which played in the Eastern League (1899–1911), International League (1912–1917), Eastern Canada League (1922–1923), Ontario–Quebec–Vermont League (1924) and International League (1928–1960).
He had an even greater 1956 season, with marks of 27–7, 139 strikeouts, and a 3.06 ERA, five shutouts and 18 complete games, leading the league in winning percentage for the second year in a row. He was named the National League 's MVP , and was awarded the first-ever Cy Young Award, then given to the best pitcher in the combined major leagues.