Memphis Chicks

The Memphis Chicks or Chickasaws were an American minor league baseball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Chicks were charter members of the Southern Association from 1902 until November 18, 1960, when, after drawing only 48,000 fans in '60, the club folded (and was transferred to Macon, Georgia for 1961). After the 1961 season, the entire Southern Association - then Class AA and over its history usually two levels below the status of Major League Baseball - shut down. The Chicks were a longtime farm team of the Chicago White Sox during the 1940s and 1950s, although they also had brief working agreements with the Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals.

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American - Minor league - Baseball - Memphis, Tennessee - Southern Association - Macon, Georgia - Major League Baseball - Chicago White Sox - Boston Red Sox - Brooklyn Dodgers - Chicago Cubs - St. Louis Cardinals

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Memphis was without baseball until 1968, when a AA Texas League team, the Memphis Blues, came to town as a farm team of the New York Mets. After six seasons, the Blues moved up to the AAA International League from 1974-76, but were inactive in 1977. In 1978, the Memphis Chicks returned to organized ball as members of the AA Southern League. The reborn Chicks were highly successful affiliates of the Montreal Expos, Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres for the next 20 years. In 1998, the Chicks were elevated to the AAA Pacific Coast League as the top farm team of the Cardinals, but the club changed its name to the Memphis Redbirds.

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Texas League - New York Mets - International League - Southern League - Montreal Expos - Kansas City Royals - San Diego Padres - Pacific Coast League - Memphis Redbirds

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