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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 1946 International League was a Class AAA baseball season played between April 17 and September 26. Eight teams played a 154-game schedule, with the top four teams qualifying for the post-season. Eight teams played a 154-game schedule, with the top four teams qualifying for the post-season.
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).
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.
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 won the Governors' Cup, defeating the Syracuse Chiefs in the final round of the playoffs.
John Richard Wright (November 28, 1916 – May 4, 1990) was a Negro league pitcher who played briefly in the International League of baseball's minor leagues in 1946, and was on the roster of the Montreal Royals at the same time as Jackie Robinson, making him a plausible candidate to have broken the baseball color barrier.
He returned to the Dodgers in August having posted an 11–3 record with the Royals, including ten straight wins, and a 1.88 ERA with Montreal and spent the final two months of the season as a starter with the Dodgers. [17] In 17 games, 7 of them starts after his return, Webber finished the season with seven wins, three losses, and a 3.58 ERA. [7]
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 ...