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Encyclopedia > Eau Claire Bears

The Eau Claire Bears is a former minor-league baseball team from Eau Claire, Wisconsin. From 1933 until 1953, the team was a member of the Northern League. The Class C team was affiliated with the Chicago Cubs. The team played its home games at Carson Park in Eau Claire. Part of the History of baseball series. ... Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a defensive player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... Eau Claire is a city located in west-central Wisconsin. ... One of the periods of glaciation was also termed the Wisconsin glaciation. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Northern League is an Independent minor league baseball league which operates in the Midwestern United States and the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Alberta. ... Chicago Cubs National League AAA Iowa Cubs AA West Tenn Diamond Jaxx A Daytona Cubs Peoria Chiefs Boise Hawks R Mesa Cubs The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. ... Carson Park is a park in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ...


Beginning in 1954, the Eau Claire Bears were replaced by the Eau Claire Braves. This team, affiliated with the Milwaukee Braves, played until 1962. 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Atlanta Braves are a Major League Baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...


The most famous player in the team's history was Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, who made his professional début with the team in 1952. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, United States, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests that serves as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in North America, the display of baseball-related... Henry Louis Hank Aaron (born February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama), is an American baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...


External links

  • Northern League team history

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