Miami Beach Flamingos

Miami Beach Flamingos
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(1940–1942, 1946–1952, 1954)
Miami Beach, Florida
Class-level
Previous
  • Class-B (1949–1951, 1952, 1954)
  • Class-C (1946–1948)
  • Class-D (1940–1942)
Minor league affiliations
League Florida International League (1946–1952, 1954)
Previous leagues
Florida East Coast League (1940–1942)
Major league affiliations
Previous Boston Braves (1946)
Minor league titles
League titles 1 (1941)
Team data
Previous names
  • Miami Beach Flamingos/Greater Miami Flamingos (1954)
  • Miami Beach Flamingos (1941–1952)
  • Miami Beach Tigers (1940)
Previous parks
Flamingo Field

The Miami Beach Flamingos were a professional minor league baseball team based in Miami Beach, Florida periodically from 1940 until 1954.

The team played its home games at Flamingo Field and was a member of the Class D Florida East Coast League as the Miami Beach Tigers in 1940. The following season they changed their nickname to the Flamingos and won the league's championship. The FECL the then folded in May 1942 due to World War II. After the War, the Flamingos joined the new Class C Florida International League in 1946. The league became Class-B in 1949. The Flamingos played the 1952 season, sat-out 1953, and rejoined in 1954 only to move across Biscayne Bay and relocate to Miami as the Miami Beach Flamingos/Greater Miami Flamingos during the 1954 season.[1]

Notable alumni

References

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