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  2. 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.

  3. 1946 International League season - Wikipedia

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    The 1946 International League was a Class AAA baseball season played between April 17 and September 26. Eight teams played a 154-game schedule, with the top four teams qualifying for the post-season. Eight teams played a 154-game schedule, with the top four teams qualifying for the post-season.

  4. List of World Series champions - Wikipedia

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    The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason. First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]

  5. 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.

  6. 1946 in baseball - Wikipedia

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    It was the first tie-breaker series in MLB history. [5] October 15 – The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Boston Red Sox, 4–3, in Game 7 of the World Series to win their sixth World Series, four games to three. The Red Sox would not appear in the World Series for another 21 years, which, coincidentally, would be a rematch with the Cardinals.

  7. List of International League champions - Wikipedia

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    Montreal Royals P: Baltimore Orioles & Toronto Maple Leafs [89] 1946 Montreal Royals P: 4–1: Syracuse Chiefs: Baltimore Orioles & Newark Bears [90] 1947 Syracuse Chiefs: 4–3: Buffalo Bisons: Jersey City Giants P & Montreal Royals [91] 1948 Montreal Royals P: 4–1: Syracuse Chiefs: Newark Bears & Rochester Red Wings [92] 1949 Montreal ...

  8. 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 .

  9. Al Campanis - Wikipedia

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    He was sent to play with several minor league teams: the Macon Peaches in 1940, Reading Brooks in 1941, Knoxville Smokies in 1942, and Montreal Royals in 1943. He eventually played for the Brooklyn Dodgers as a second baseman for seven games late in their 1943 season. He then served in the U.S. Navy in World War II, reaching the rank of Chief ...