| Brockton Shoemakers | |
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| Minor league affiliations | |
| Class | Independent (1885–1886, 1901) Class B (1892–1899) Independent (1901) Class A (1901) Class B (1903, 1907–1913) Class C (1914–1915) Class B (1928–1929, 1933) |
| League | Eastern New England League (1885) New England League (1886, 1892–1899) Eastern League (1901) New England League (1901, 1903, 1905–1913) Colonial League (1914–1915) New England League (1928–1929, 1933) |
| Major league affiliations | |
| Team | Detroit Tigers (1933) |
| Minor league titles | |
| League titles (2) |
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| Wild card berths (0) | None |
| Team data | |
| Name | Brockton (1885–1886) Brockton Shoemakers (1892-1899) Brockton B's (1901) Brockton Bees (1903) Brockton Tigers (1907–1909) Brockton Shoemakers(1910-1915, 1928-1929, 1933) |
| Ballpark | Highland Park (1892–1893) Centre Street Grounds (1894–1895) Highland Park (1896-1899, 1901, 1903) Centre Street Grounds (1907-1915) Highland Park (1928–1929) Centre Park Grounds (1933) |
The Brockton Shoemakers were an early minor league baseball team based in Brockton, Massachusetts. The "Shoemakers" had a long tenure as members of the New England League beginning in 1892 and continuing through the 1933 season, after the first "Brockton" team began play in 1885. The Shoemakers won New England League championships in 1887 and 1888.
The Brockton "Shoemakers" nickname corresponds with Brockton's large shoemaking industry in the era, when a peak of 13,000 employees worked at shoe factories in the city.
From 1907 to 1909, the Brockton team was known as the "Tigers" in their first three seasons of play following the 1905 Grover Shoe Factory disaster in Brockton.
Brockton teams played home minor league games at both Highland Park and the Centre Street Grounds. The Brockton franchise utilized both ballparks intermittently from 1885 through 1933.
Brockton played a partial minor league season in the 1933 New England League and were a minor league affiliate of the Detroit Tigers that season.
Brockton next hosted minor league baseball with the 2002 Brockton Rox, after nearly a seventy-season gap between minor league teams.