The West Palm Beach Indians were a minor league baseball team based in

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. The team played its home games at

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History

Through its existence, the Indians were mostly an independent team playing in the Florida East Coast League from 1940 to 1942, the Florida International League from 1946 to 1954, and the

Florida State League The Florida State League (FSL) is a Minor League Baseball league based in the state of Florida. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence, it operated at Class A-Advanced from 1990 until its demotion to Single-A following ...

in 1955. In between, they were affiliated with the

Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. Following another move in 1967, they became the Oakland ...

in 1950,

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in 1954, and

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in 1955. In 1956, the franchise name was changed to the West Palm Beach Sun Chiefs an affiliate of the Cincinnati Redlegs. Managed by Walt Novick, the 1965 team posted an 81–58 record to finish in third place, games out of the first place spot. The team included on its roster future big leaguers as Dave Bristol,

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and Cookie Rojas. The franchise but did not return for the 1957 season. West Palm Beach was without a professional team until 1965, when the

West Palm Beach Braves The West Palm Beach Braves were a Minor League Baseball team that operated from 1965 to 1968, based in West Palm Beach, Florida. The team was an farm team, affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, Braves franchise of Major League Baseball (MLB)—the maj ...

joined the

as an affiliate of the

The ballpark

West Palm Beach teams played home minor league games at

. The ballpark was located at the intersection of Tamarind Avenue and Okeechobee Boulevard. It was demolished in 1992 and a parking garage for the

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occupies the site today.

Notable alumni

* Dave Bristol (1956) *

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(1949) MLB All-Star * Claude Raymond (1955) MLB All-Star * Cookie Rojas (1956) 5 x MLB All-Star

Year–by–year records

Sources

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