Not to be confused with Duluth-Superior Dukes (1956–70) or Duluth–Superior Dukes.
Minor league baseball team
Duluth Dukes
1935–1955
(1935–1942, 1946–1955)
Duluth, Minnesota
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes
C (1941–1942, 1946–1955)
D (1935–1940)
League
Northern League
Major league affiliations
Previous teams
Cincinnati Redlegs (1954–1955)
St. Louis Cardinals (1937–1942, 1946–1950)
Minor league titles
League titles
1937
Team data
Previous names
Duluth Dukes (1935–1942, 1946–1955)
Duluth White Sox (1934)
Previous parks
Wade Stadium (1941–1942, 1946–1955)
Athletic Park (1935–1940)
The Duluth Dukes was the name of an American minor league baseball franchise that represented Duluth, Minnesota, in the Northern League from 1935 to 1942, and from 1946 to 1955. In addition, a separate edition of the Dukes was one of four franchises in the short-lived Twin Ports League, a "Class E" minor league that played for six weeks during the 1943 season.[1] The Dukes played at Athletic Park from 1935 to 1940. Beginning in 1941, the team played its home games at Wade Stadium.[2]
^Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, eds., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007, pp. 59, 89
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