They won five league titles
and the franchise folded for good at the end of that year
400 after the team's 16th game
the Demons name was revived for a Philadelphia Phillies affiliate in the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
The Pennington Gap Miners were a Class D baseball team in the Mountain States League from 1948 to 1951
Decatur Commies T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois Batavia Clippers They won five league titlesThe Decatur Commodores, nicknamed the Commies, were a long running minor league baseball team from Decatur that played from 1900 1974, primarily in the Three I League, and won league titles in 1928, 1952, 1953, and 1957. In the 1920s, they shared Staley Field with the Decatur Staleys football team, which later became the Chicago Bears. Despite the unusual nickname, Commies referred to Commodore Stephen Decatur, the citys namesake, and notable alumni