Decatur Commodores

Decatur Commodores
Minor league affiliations
Previous classesClass-A (1963–74)
Class-D (1952–1962)
Class-B (1902–1909; 1911–15; 1922–1932; 1935; 1937–48)
Previous leagues
Midwest League (1956–1974) Mississippi–Ohio Valley League (1952-55)
Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (Three-I) (1901–1909; 1911–1915; 1922–1932; 1935; 1937–1942; 1946–50)
Northern Association (1910)
Central League (1900)
Illinois-Indiana league (1889)
Central Interstate League (1888)[1]
Major league affiliations
Previous teams
San Francisco Giants (1962–1974)
Detroit Tigers (1957–1961; 1932)
St. Louis Cardinals (1955–56; 1946–47; 1937–1942)
Cincinnati Reds (1950)
Chicago Cubs (1948–49)
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Minor league titles
League titles (4)1928; 1952; 1953; 1957
Team data
NameCommodores (60 Seasons)
Previous names
Decatur Cubs (1949)
Decatur Nomads (1911)
Unknown (1888-89)[1]
Previous parks
Fans Field (1927–1974)[2]
Staley Field (1922-1926)[3]
Downing Racetrack (1911-1915)[4]

The Decatur Commodores were a professional minor league baseball team based in Decatur, Illinois that played for 64 seasons. The Commodores are the primary ancestor of today's Kane County Cougars. They played, with sporadic interruptions, from 1900 to 1974 in a variety of minor leagues, but spent the majority of their existence in the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (the "Three-I" League), later joining the Mississippi–Ohio Valley League (1952–1955) and the Midwest League (1956–1974). While they spent most of their years as an independent without formal major league baseball team affiliation, their primary affiliations were with the St. Louis Cardinals and later the San Francisco Giants, with isolated affiliations with the Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies.

  1. ^ a b c "Decatur, Illinois Encyclopedia".
  2. ^ "Fans Field Minor League History | Baseball-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  3. ^ "Staley Field Minor League History". Archived from the original on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
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