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Team Overview

Team	Birmingham Barons
League Affiliations	Southern Association (1901 to 1961) Southern League (1964 to 1965)
Major League Affiliations	Boston Red Sox (1947 to 1952) New York Yankees (1953 to 1956) Detroit Tigers (1957 to 1961) Kansas City Athletics (1964 to 1965)
Years of Operation	1885 to 1961, 1964 to 1965
Ballparks	The Slag Pile (1887 to 1909) Rickwood Field (1910 to 1965)
Owners	J. William McQueen (1901 to 1909) A. H. "Rick" Woodard (1910 to 1937) Ed Norton (1938 to 1939) The Cincinnati Reds organization (1940 to 1943) G. J. "Gus" Jebeles (1944 to 1949) Rufus Lackey, Al DeMent, and Albert Belcher (1950 to 1951) Al DeMent and Albert Belcher (1952 to 1957) Albert Belcher (1958 to 1961, 1964 to 1965)
Managers	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 to 1904) Harry Vaughn (1903, 1905 to 1908) Carlton Molesworth (1908 to 1922) Smutter Matthews (1922) Joe Dunn (1922 to 1923) Stuffy Stewart (1923 to 1924) Johnny Dobbs (1925 to 1929) Clyde Milan (1930 to 1935) Bill Pierce (1935) Bill Hughes (1935) Riggs Stephenson (1936 to 1937) Fresco Thompson (1938) Dutch Zwilling (1939) Ira Smith (1940) Oscar Roettger (1941) Johnny Riddle (1942 to 1944) Ted Petoskey (1944) Frank Snyder (1945 to 1946) Dick Porter (1947) Ivy Paul Andrews (1947) Fred Walters (1948) Mike Higgins (1949 to 1950) John Marion (1951) Albert Vincent (1952) Willie Mathis (1952) Mayo Smith (1953 to 1954) Phil Page (1955 to 1956) Johnny Pesky (1957) Cal Ermer (1958) Lamar Newsome (1959 to 1960) Frank Skaff (1961) Haywood Sullivan (1964) John McNamara (1965)
Notable Achievements	Southern Association champions (1906, 1912, 1914, 1928 to 1929, 1931, 1958) Dixie Series champions (1929, 1931, 1948)
Yearly Record	1885                       1886         1887         1888         1889         1890         1891         1892         1893         1894         1895         1896         1897         1898         1899         1900         1901         1902         1903         1904         1905         1906       Southern Association champions 1907         1908         1909         1910         1911         1912       Southern Association champions 1913         1914       Southern Association champions 1915         1916         1917         1918         1919         1920         1921         1922         1923         1924         1925         1926         1927         1928       Southern Association champions; lost in Dixie Series championship 1929       Southern Association champions; Dixie Series champions 1930         1931       Southern Association champions; Dixie Series champions 1932         1933         1934         1935         1936       Lost in Dixie Series championship 1937         1938         1939         1940         1941         1942         1943         1944         1945         1946         1947         1948       Dixie Series champions 1949         1950         1951       Dixie Series champions 1952         1953         1954         1955         1956         1957         1958       Southern Association champions; Dixie Series champions 1959         1960         1961   89-63     1964         1965

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Last update: March 16, 2021