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The Terre Haute Phillies were a baseball team in Terre Haute, Indiana from 1946 to 1954. They were a Three-I League team affiliated with the Philadelphia Phillies. They became the Terre Haute Tigers for the 1955–1956 seasons when the affiliation changed to the Detroit Tigers.Their games were played at Memorial Stadium ballpark in Terre Haute.[citation needed]
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The ballpark
Terre Haute teams played at Memorial Stadium, located at the NE corner of Brown and Wabash. Today, the site is the football stadium for Indiana State University, but the original arches from the old stadium remain.[1]
Notable alumni
- Willie Jones (1947) 2 x MLB All-Star
- Hub Kittle (1953-1954, MGR)
- Stan Lopata (1946) 2 x MLB All-Star
- Charlie Metro (1956)
- Pat Riley (batboy 1949)
- Bob Miller (1948-1949)
- Bubba Morton (1956)
- Skeeter Newsome (1951-1952, MGR)
- Stubby Overmire (1955)
- Jim Owens (1953)
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References
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