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  2. 1946 International League season - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Montreal Royals - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Johnny Wright (baseball) - Wikipedia

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    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. Instead, Wright was ...

  5. 1946 Brooklyn Dodgers season - Wikipedia

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    For the 1946 season, Robinson was assigned to the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' top farm team. Later in the offseason, the Dodgers signed two more players from the Negro leagues , Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe , who were assigned to the Nashua Dodgers .

  6. Category:Montreal Royals players - Wikipedia

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    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).

  7. List of first black Major League Baseball players - Wikipedia

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    Note: Johnny Wright was the second Black player signed to a contract by the Dodgers, and was on the roster of the 1946 Montreal Royals at the same time as Jackie Robinson, but never played in the Major Leagues. [1]

  8. Al Campanis - Wikipedia

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    After returning from the war, Campanis rejoined the Montreal Royals. With Montreal in 1946, Campanis played 116 games at shortstop and was teammates with Jackie Robinson, who played 119 games at second base. [5] Campanis remained with Montreal in 1947, [6] while Robinson played for the Dodgers, breaking the baseball color line.

  9. Dixie Howell (catcher) - Wikipedia

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    In 1946 he returned to Montreal and split catching duties for the Royals with left-handed-batting Herman Franks. The 1946 Royals, led by second baseman Jackie Robinson , won the league championship and the Junior World Series , but are famous as the first racially integrated team in "organized baseball" since the 1880s.