The Superior Blues were a minor league baseball team based in

Superior, Wisconsin Superior (; ) is a city in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. The population was 26,751 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located at the western end of Lake Superior in northwestern Wisconsin, the city l ...

, USA. From 1933 to 1943 and from 1946 to 1955, the Blues played in the Northern League.

History

In 1937, the Blues were affiliated with the

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. From 1938 to 1940, they were affiliated with the

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. In 1942, from 1946 to 1952 and in 1955, they were affiliated with the

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. Over the course of their history, they won two league championships. They first came in 1933 under manager Dick Wade and the second came in 1952 under Wally Millies. In 1956, this team merged with the Duluth Dukes to form the

Duluth–Superior Dukes The Duluth–Superior Dukes were a professional baseball team based in Duluth, Minnesota. The Dukes were a charter member of the modern Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010), Northern League, which started play in 1993. The Dukes played their ...

. While playing in Superior the team played its games at Superior Municipal Stadium adjacent to the UWS Campus. After being vacated by the Blues the stadium was destroyed by fire in 1963. A portion of UWS's Ostrander Hall now occupies the former stadium site.

Major League Baseball players

Baseball Hall of Fame alumni

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, inducted to the

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in , pitched and played outfield for the Blues for one game on July 19, 1942, a 6–3 loss to Winnipeg at Superior.

Other MLB alumni

*1933 -- Morrie Arnovich, Rip Wade *1934—Morrie Arnovich, Rip Wade *1935 --

Blix Donnelly Sylvester Urban "Blix" Donnelly (January 21, 1914 – June 20, 1976) was an American professional baseball pitcher. A right-hander, Donnelly appeared in 190 Major League Baseball (MLB) games between and for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelph ...

, Rip Wade *1938 --

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*1939 -- Johnny Ostrowski *1940 -- Chappie Geygan, Bill Ramsey *1941 --

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*1942 -- Russ Kerns,

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, Len Okrie *1943 -- Ernie Rudolph *1946 -- Art Johnson, Dick Strahs *1950 --

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Red Kress Ralph "Red" Kress (January 2, 1905 – November 29, 1962) was an American professional baseball shortstop, third baseman, first baseman and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). From through , he played for the St. Louis Browns (1927–1932; 19 ...

, Ken Landenberger *1955 -- Fritz Ackley,

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References

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