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Team
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Team: |
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Birmingham
Barons |
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League
Affiliation: |
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Southern Association (1901-1963)
Southern League (1964-1965) |
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Major League
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Boston Red Sox (1947-1952)
New York Yankees (1953-1956)
Detroit Tigers (1957-1961)
Kansas City Athletics (1964-1965) |
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Years of
Operation: |
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1885-1961,1964-1965 |
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Stadium: |
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The Slag Pile (1887-1909)
Rickwood Field (1910-1965) |
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Owners: |
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J. William McQueen
(1901-1909)
A. H. (Rick) Woodard (1910-1937)
Ed Norton (1938-1939)
The Cincinnati Reds organization (1940-1943)
G. J. (Gus) Jebeles (1944-1949)
Rufus Lackey, Al DeMent and Albert Belcher (1950-1951)
Al DeMent and Albert Belcher (1952-1957)
Albert Belcher (1958-1961, 1964-1965) |
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Managers: |
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Charles Barber (1885)
Walton Goldsby (1888)
Sam Mills (1892, 1901)
William Rourke (1896)
Frank Haller (1898, 1902)
Charley Moss (1901)
Irvin Wilhelm (1902)
Tom O'Brien (1903-1904)
Harry Vaughn (1903,1905-1908)
Carleton Molesworth (1908-1922)
Smutter Matthews (1922)
Joe Dunn (1922-1923)
Stuffy Stewart (1923-1924)
Johnny Dobbs (1925-1929)
Clyde Milan (1930-1935)
Bill Pierce (1935)
Bill Hughes (1935)
Riggs Stephenson (1936-1937)
Fresco Thompson (1938)
Dutch Zwilling (1939)
Ira Smith (1940)
Oscar Roettger (1941)
Johnny Riddle (1942-1944)
Ted Petoskey (1944)
Frank Snyder (1945-1946)
Dick Porter (1947)
Ivy Paul Andrews (1947)
Fred Walters (1948)
Mike Higgins (1949-1950)
John Marion (1951)
Albert Vincent (1952)
Willie Mathis (1952)
Mayo Smith (1953-1954)
Phil Page (1955-1956)
Johnny Pesky (1957)
Cal Ermer (1958)
Lamar Newsome (1959-1960)
Frank Skaff (1961)
Haywood Sullivan (1964)
John McNamara (1965) |
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Notable
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Southern League champions (1906,
1912, 1914, 1928-1929, 1931, 1958)
Dixie Series champions (1929, 1931, 1948) |
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Yearly Record: |
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1885 |
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1886 |
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1887 |
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1888 |
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1890 |
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1898 |
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1900 |
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1901 |
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1903 |
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1904 |
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1905 |
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1906 |
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Southern Association champions |
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1907 |
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1908 |
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1909 |
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1910 |
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1911 |
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1912 |
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Southern Association champions |
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1913 |
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1914 |
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Southern Association champions |
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1915 |
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1916 |
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1918 |
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1920 |
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1924 |
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1926 |
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1927 |
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1928 |
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Southern Association champions;
lost in Dixie Series championship |
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1929 |
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Southern Association champions;
Dixie Series champions |
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1930 |
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1931 |
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Southern Association champions;
Dixie Series champions |
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1932 |
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1933 |
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1934 |
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1935 |
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1936 |
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Lost in Dixie Series championship |
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1937 |
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1938 |
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1939 |
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1940 |
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1941 |
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1943 |
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1944 |
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1945 |
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1946 |
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1947 |
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1948 |
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Dixie Series champions |
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1949 |
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1950 |
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1951 |
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Dixie Series champions |
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1952 |
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1953 |
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1954 |
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1955 |
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1956 |
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1957 |
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1958 |
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Southern Association champions;
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1959 |
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1960 |
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1961 |
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89-63 |
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Did not
play in 1962 or 1963 |
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1964 |
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1965 |
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Other
Logos |
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Through
the years, the Birmingham Barons have used
the logos below:
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Further
Reading |
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Good Wood: A Fan's History of Rickwood Field by Ben
Cook, ISBN 0-9636128-3-2 |
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The
Southern League by Bill O'Neal, Eakin Press, ISBN
0-8901-5952-1 |
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