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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.
Montreal's Delorimier Downs Baseball Stadium as business and centre of mass culture, 1928-1960 – a link to thesis written about the stadium. Brown, William (foreword by Ken Singleton) Baseball's Fabulous Montreal Royals (1996) Robert Davies Publishing ISBN 1-895854-64-4; Society For American Baseball Research article by Bill Brown
The hockey club was founded in 1932, operated by E. S. Hamilton and G. T. Ogilvie. [2] [3] Formed from the Montreal Hockey Club, the senior Royals played in the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association play from 1932–1933, in the Quebec Senior Hockey League from 1944–1953, the Quebec Hockey League from 1953–1959, and the Eastern Professional Hockey League from 1959–1961.
Before Jarry Park Stadium, Montreal's main baseball stadium was Delorimier Stadium, the longtime home of the Montreal Royals. The diamond at Jarry Park had simply hosted youth baseball on a field in the park. However, in early 1960, the Montreal Royals were dropped by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an affiliate. [5]
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.
The Montreal Royals finished with the best record in the league for the first time since 1955.; Rocky Nelson of the Toronto Maple Leafs became the first player in league history to win the International League Most Valuable Player Award for the third time.
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.
Aiding Montreal's bid was the fact that Walter O'Malley, who owned the Dodgers and formerly oversaw the Montreal Royals, was the chairman of the NL's expansion committee. [13] On May 27, 1968, National League president Warren Giles announced the league would add expansion teams in San Diego and Montreal at a cost of US$10 million each. [14]