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Mobile Bears
Mobile Bears
1886–1970; (1886–1887, 1889, 1892–1896, 1898–1899, 1903, 1905–1932, 1937–1942, 1944–1961, 1966, 1970); Mobile, Alabama ;
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes	Class AA (1946–1961, 1966, 1970); Class A1 (1944–1945); Class B (1932, 1937–1942); Class A (1908–1931); Class D (1905–1907); Class C (1899); Class B (1892–1896, 1898);
League	Southern League (1966, 1970)
Previous leagues	Southern Association (1944–1961); Southeastern League (1932, 1937–1942); Southern Association (1908–1931); Cotton States League (1905–1907); Interstate League (1903); Southern League (1887, 1889, 1892–1896, 1898–1899); Gulf League (1886);
Major league affiliations
Previous teams	Chicago White Sox (1970); Kansas City Athletics (1966); New York Mets (1961); Cleveland Indians (1956–1960); Brooklyn Dodgers (1945–1955); St. Louis Cardinals (1932, 1937–1942);
Minor league titles
Dixie Series titles (2)	1922; 1955;
League titles (10)	1906; 1907; 1937; 1938; 1941; 1945; 1947; 1955; 1959; 1966;
Pennants (3)	1899; 1922; 1947;
Team data
Previous names	Mobile White Sox (1970); Mobile A's (1966); Mobile Bears (1944–1961); Mobile Shippers (1937–1942); Mobile Red Warriors (1932); Mobile Marines (1931); Mobile Bears (1918–1930); Mobile Sea Gulls (1905–1917); Mobile Baseball Club (1903); Mobile Blackbirds (1896–1899); Mobile Bluebirds (1894–1895); Mobile Blackbirds (1892–1893); Mobile Baseball Club (1889); Mobile Swamp Angels (1887); Mobile Baseball Club (1886);
Previous parks	Hartwell Field (1966, 1970); League Park (1918–1961);

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The Mobile Bears were an American minor league baseball team based in Mobile, Alabama. The franchise was a member of the old Southern Association, a high-level circuit that folded after the 1961 season. Mobile joined the SA in 1908 as the Sea Gulls, but changed its name to the Bears in 1918, and the nickname stuck. The club played in the Association until July 1931, when it moved to Knoxville, Tennessee. Almost exactly 13 years later, in July 1944, the Bears returned to Mobile when the Knoxville Smokies franchise shifted back from Tennessee. (A club known as the Mobile Shippers competed in the Class B Southeastern League from 1937-42.)

The Bears then continued in the SA (classified as an AA league in 1946) through its final season. During the 1940s and 1950s, the club was a longtime farm system affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers, then the Cleveland Indians. The Bears played in 5,000-seat Hartwell Field located on Virginia Street in midtown.

The nickname "Bears" lives on in modified form with the modern Mobile BayBears of the AA Southern League, a farm team of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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 | firstseason = 1886
 | lastseason = 1970
-| allyears = 1886-1887, 1889, 1892-1896, 1898-1899, 1903, 1905-1932, 1937-1942, 1944-1961, 1966, 1970
+| allyears = 1886–1887, 1889, 1892–1896, 1898–1899, 1903, 1905–1932, 1937–1942, 1944–1961, 1966, 1970
 | city = Mobile, Alabama
 | logo =
 | caplogo =
 | past class level = {{plainlist|
-*Class AA (1946-1961, 1966, 1970)
+*Class AA (1946–1961, 1966, 1970)
-*Class A1 (1944-1945)
+*Class A1 (1944–1945)
-*Class B (1932, 1937-1942)
+*Class B (1932, 1937–1942)
-*Class A (1908-1931)
+*Class A (1908–1931)
-*Class D (1905-1907)
+*Class D (1905–1907)
 *Class C (1899)
-*Class B (1892-1896, 1898)
+*Class B (1892–1896, 1898)
 }}
-| league = [[Southern League (baseball)|Southern League]] (1966, 1970))
+| league = [[Southern League (baseball)|Southern League]] (1966, 1970)
 | conference =
 | division =
 | past league = {{plainlist|
-*[[Southern Association]] (1944-1961)
+*[[Southern Association]] (1944–1961)
-*[[Southeastern League]] (1932, 1937-1942)
+*[[Southeastern League]] (1932, 1937–1942)
-*[[Southern Association]] (1908-1931)
+*[[Southern Association]] (1908–1931)
-*[[Cotton States League]] (1905-1907)
+*[[Cotton States League]] (1905–1907)
 *[[Interstate League]] (1903)
 *[[Southern League (1885–99)|Southern League]] (1887, 1889, 1892–1896, 1898–1899)
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 | pastmajorleague = {{plainlist|
 *[[Chicago White Sox]] (1970)
-*[[Oakland Athletics|Kansas City Athletics]] (1966)
+*[[Kansas City Athletics]] (1966)
 *[[New York Mets]] (1961)
-*[[Cleveland Indians]] (1956-1960)
+*[[Cleveland Indians]] (1956–1960)
-*[[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn Dodgers]] (1945-1955)
+*[[Brooklyn Dodgers]] (1945–1955)
-*[[St. Louis Cardinals]] (1932, 1937-1942)
+*[[St. Louis Cardinals]] (1932, 1937–1942)
 }}
 | pastnames = {{plainlist|
 *Mobile White Sox (1970)
 *Mobile A's (1966)
-*Mobile Bears (1944-1961)
+*Mobile Bears (1944–1961)
-*Mobile Shippers (1937-1942)
+*Mobile Shippers (1937–1942)
 *Mobile Red Warriors (1932)
 *Mobile Marines (1931)
-*Mobile Bears (1918-1930)
+*Mobile Bears (1918–1930)
-*Mobile Sea Gulls (1905-1917)
+*Mobile Sea Gulls (1905–1917)
 *Mobile Baseball Club (1903)
-*Mobile Blackbirds (1896-1899)
+*Mobile Blackbirds (1896–1899)
-*Mobile Bluebirds (1894-1895)
+*Mobile Bluebirds (1894–1895)
-*Mobile Blackbirds (1892-1893)
+*Mobile Blackbirds (1892–1893)
 *Mobile Baseball Club (1889)
 *Mobile Swamp Angels (1887)
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 | pastparks = {{plainlist|
 *Hartwell Field (1966, 1970)
-*League Park (1918-1961)
+*League Park (1918–1961)
 }}
 | dixienum = 2
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 | divisionchamps =
 }}
-The '''Mobile Bears''' were an [[United States|American]] [[minor league baseball|minor league]] [[baseball]] team based in [[Mobile, Alabama]]. The franchise was a member of the old [[Southern Association]], a high-level circuit that folded after the 1961 season. Mobile joined the SA in 1908 as the ''Sea Gulls,'' but changed its name to the ''Bears'' in 1918, and the nickname stuck. The club played in the Association until July 1931, when it moved to [[Knoxville, Tennessee]]. Almost exactly 13 years later, in July 1944, the Bears returned to Mobile when the [[Knoxville Smokies]] franchise shifted back from Tennessee. (A club known as the ''Mobile Shippers'' competed in the Class B [[Southeastern League]] from 1937-42.)
+The '''Mobile Bears''' were an American [[minor league baseball|minor league]] [[baseball]] team based in [[Mobile, Alabama]]. The franchise was a member of the old [[Southern Association]], a high-level circuit that folded after the 1961 season. Mobile joined the SA in 1908 as the ''Sea Gulls'', but changed its name to the ''Bears'' in 1918, and the nickname stuck. The club played in the Association until July 1931, when it moved to [[Knoxville, Tennessee]]. Almost exactly 13 years later, in July 1944, the Bears returned to Mobile when the [[Knoxville Smokies]] franchise shifted back from Tennessee. (A club known as the ''Mobile Shippers'' competed in the Class B [[Southeastern League]] from 1937-42.)
 The Bears then continued in the SA (classified as an AA league in 1946) through its final season. During the 1940s and 1950s, the club was a longtime [[farm system]] affiliate of the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]], then the [[Cleveland Indians]]. The Bears played in 5,000-seat Hartwell Field located on Virginia Street in midtown.