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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 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.
The Montreal Royals finished with the best record in the regular season for the first time since 1952. Rocky Nelson of the Montreal Royals became the first player in league history to win the International League Most Valuable Player Award twice. He previously won the award in the 1953 season.
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.
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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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