The Kokomo Dodgers were a Minor League Baseball team based in Kokomo, Indiana, between 1955 and 1961. After playing the 1955 season as the Kokomo Giants, a New York Giants, the 1956 "Dodgers" became charter members of the Midwest League, as the Mississippi–Ohio Valley League, as the changed Mississippi–Ohio Valley League names following the 1955 season. The Dodgers were an affiliate of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1956 to 1961. The Kokomo teams hosted minor league home games at Highland Park Stadium.
Baseball Hall of Fame member Orlando Cepeda played for the 1955 Kokomo Giants.
The KokomoDodgers were a Minor League Baseball team based in Kokomo, Indiana, between 1955 and 1961. After playing the 1955 season as the Kokomo Giants...
Drillers Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Great Lakes Loons ACL Dodgers Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers farm system consists of seven Minor League Baseball...
League play, were: Clinton Pirates, Decatur Commodores, Dubuque Packers, KokomoDodgers, Lafayette Red Sox, Mattoon Phillies, Michigan City White Caps and the...
Dodgers, a former affiliate Former minor league affiliates of both Major League teams: Danville DodgersKokomoDodgers Macon Dodgers Pueblo Dodgers Santa...
spring training in both 1939 and 1940 forced the Dodgers to keep him. (Rickey would become GM of the Dodgers after the 1942 season and witness Reiser's injury-caused...
Highland Park in Kokomo, Indiana, United States. Highland Park Stadium was built as the home of the Kokomo Giants in 1955, and then KokomoDodgers from 1956...
to offer a Spanish-language service. The Dodgers played their first exhibition game as the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 8, 1958. The team faced the Philadelphia...
seating. The Kokomo Municipal Stadium essentially replaces the CFD Investments Stadium that was once home to the minor league KokomoDodgers. The new stadium...
The 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers season was overshadowed by Walter O'Malley's threat to move the Dodgers out of Brooklyn if the city did not build him a new...
service, in the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers farm system. In his best season, 1960 with the Great Falls Dodgers of the Class C Pioneer League, Lachemann...
The 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers finished in a first-place tie with the Milwaukee Braves, with each club going 86–68. The Dodgers won the pennant as they swept...
University of Kansas and while attending there he was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1962. He was drafted by the Angels in the December...
then quit school mid-year to sign with the Dodgers. "Hoosier Power Hitter Also In Dodger Plans". The Kokomo Tribune. April 17, 1956. "Hounds Like New Coach...
(MLB) for the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers. Beachy attended Northwestern Senior High School in Kokomo, Indiana. He helped lead their team to lose...
The 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers edged out the Milwaukee Braves to win the National League title. The Dodgers again faced the New York Yankees in the World Series...
Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Chico Fernandez, with the Phillies completing the trade on April 8 when they sent Ben Flowers to the Dodgers. Harkness...
Commodores, Fort Wayne TinCaps, Kenosha Twins, KokomoDodgers, Madison Muskies, Michigan Battle Cats, Midwest Dodgers, Rockford Royals, and Wausau Timbers (1)...
the Bowling Green Hot Rods, Decatur Commodores, Kane County Cougars, KokomoDodgers, Michigan City White Caps, and Rockford Royals (1). Eight players from...
was drafted from the Dodgers by the Detroit Tigers in the 1959 rule 5 draft. April 5, 1960: Fred Kipp was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Yankees...
the Waterloo Hawks, Keokuk Cardinals, Dubuque Packers, Clinton C-Sox, KokomoDodgers, Quincy Giants and Decatur Commodores to form the 8-team 1960 Midwest...
University. He signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1956 and enjoyed his best minor league season in 1958 for the KokomoDodgers, winning 17 of 22 decisions (.773)...
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