Green Bay Dodgers

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The Green Bay Dodgers were a minor league baseball team located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The team operated in the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League.

The team originated as the Evansville Braves in 1946. The team was an affiliate of the Boston/Milwaukee Braves from 1946-1957 and played in Evansville, Indiana. They won four league championships.

The team switched cities and affiliations for the 1958 season, moving to Green Bay and taking on the name of the Green Bay Bluejays that had been previously belonged to a different team that left town in 1953. Now affiliated with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Bluejays won the league title in 1959. The name was changed to the Green Bay Dodgers for the 1960 season. The team folded after the season.

[edit] External links

• Bullpen wiki page on "Evansville Braves"
• Bullpen wiki page on "Green Bay Bluejays"
• Bullpen wiki page on "Green Bay Dodgers"
• page on the history of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League