Burlington Bees

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Team History

The team began playing in the Central Association of Professional Baseball as the Burlington Indians in 1947, the same year that their stadium, Community Field, was opened. They won the league championship in 1949, their third and final year in the Central Association. The team joined the Three-I (Illinois, Iowa, Indiana) League in 1952 as the Burlington Flints but was renamed the Bees in 1954. In 1958, future Hall of Famer Billy Williams played 61 games with the Bees before joining the Cubs. Burlington joined the Midwest League in 1962 as a farm team of the Pittsburgh Pirates, but that affiliation lasted only one season. From 1963 through 1974 they were a farm team of the Kansas City (later Oakland) A's; subsequent affiliations included the Milwaukee Brewers (1975-81), the Texas Rangers (1982-85), the Montreal Expos (1986-87 and 1993-94), the Atlanta Braves (1988-90), the Houston Astros (1991-92), the San Francisco Giants (1995-96), the Cincinnati Reds (1997-98), and the Chicago White Sox (1999-2000). The Bees won the Midwest League championship in 1965, 1977, and 1999.

The Burlington Bees play the Swing of the Quad Cities in this July 2004 game at Burlington Community Field.The team were known as the Bees from 1962-81, but starting with the 1982 season they used the nickname of their major league parent club. The Bees nickname was revived for the 1993 season.

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