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Minor league baseball team
Montgomery Rebels
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Previous classes
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- AA (1965?1980)
- D (1957?1962)
- AA (1956)
- A (1951?1956)
- B (1946?1950)
- A1 (1943)
- B (1926?1930, 1932, 1937?1942)
- C (1916)
- A (1903?1914)
- C (1899)
- B (1892?1896, 1898)
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Previous leagues
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Previous teams
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League titles
(12)
| - 1928
- 1929
- 1942
- 1947
- 1948
- 1951
- 1952
- 1972
- 1973
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
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Previous names
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- Montgomery Rebels (1954?1962, 1965?1980)
- Montgomery Bombers (1937)
- Montgomery Capitals (1932)
- Montgomery Lions (1926?1930)
- Montgomery Rebels (1912?1914, 1916)
- Montgomery Billikens (1911)
- Montgomery Climbers (1909?1910)
- Montgomery Senators (1904?1908)
- Montgomery Black Sox (1903)
- Montgomery Senators (1896, 1898?1899)
- Montgomery Grays (1895)
- Montgomery Colts (1893)
- Montgomery Lambs (1892)
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Previous parks
| Paterson Field
(1950?1962; 1965?1980)
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The
Montgomery Rebels
was the name of several American
minor league baseball
franchises representing
Montgomery, Alabama
, playing in various leagues between
1912
and
1980
.
Rebels
was the predominant nickname of the Montgomery teams, but it was not the original moniker, and it was one of several used by the city's 20th century professional baseball teams, which began play in
organized baseball
in 1903.
[1]
Others included the
Billikens, Bombers, Capitals, Climbers, Grays, Lambs, Lions
and
Senators
.
Before the last Rebels team moved to
Birmingham, Alabama
as the current
Birmingham Barons
in
1981
, the Rebels spent 16 consecutive seasons, 1965 through 1980, as the Double-A
Southern League
affiliate of the
Detroit Tigers
. Earlier, Montgomery had been a member of the
Southern Association
(1903?1914, and parts of 1943 and 1956),
Sally League
(1916, 1951 to early 1956),
Southeastern League
(1926?1930; 1932; 1937?1942; 1946?1950), and the
Alabama?Florida League
(1957?1962).
From 1950 through 1980, Montgomery played at
Paterson Field
(originally Municipal Stadium).
[2]
It won 12 championships between 1928 and 1977, including five Southern League titles in six years (1972?1973; 1975?1977). The Tigers served as the Rebels' primary
Major League Baseball
parent, sponsoring the team in the Southeastern, Sally and Alabama-Florida leagues, as well as in the SL.
The
Montgomery Biscuits
have represented Alabama's capital in the Southern League since the
2004
season.
Notable alumni
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References
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