Troy Tigers

Troy Tigers
19361949
(1936–1941, 1946–1949)
Troy, Alabama
Class-level
Previous Class D
Minor league affiliations
League Alabama State League (1940–1941, 1946–1949)
Previous leagues
Alabama–Florida League (1936–1939)
Major league affiliations
Previous
Minor league titles
League titles 1 (1938)
Team data
Previous names
  • Troy Tigers (1948–1949)
  • Troy Trojans (1946–1947)
  • Troy Dodgers/Tuskegee Airmen (1941)
  • Troy Trojans (1936–1940)

The Troy Tigers (a.k.a. Troy Dodgers and Troy Trojans) were a minor league baseball team, based in Troy, Alabama that played in the Alabama State League and its predecessor the Alabama–Florida League from 1936–1941. At that point the team moved to Tuskegee, Alabama and was briefly known as the Tuskegee Airmen before shutting down because of World War II. The Troy team reformed after the war in 1946 and lasted through 1949.

They were affiliated with the Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers and Detroit Tigers.

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