The Drummondville professional baseball team was a member of the now extinct

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and operated in

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, in the

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region of Quebec. The team went through many incarnations over the years. They debuted as the Drummondville Tigers in 1940, but disbanded on July 6 of that year after posting a poor record. Professional baseball would come back to Quebec after World War II, when the Provincial League began operations. The league was rated as Class C, and the Drummondville Cubs would play as an unaffiliated team from 1948 to 1951. Then in 1952, the Cubs signed an agreement with the Washington Senators, and officially became the Senators Class C franchise. They would change their name to the Drummondville Royals in 1953 and again operate as a co-operative franchise. In 1954 the

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would come to town and make Drummondville their Class C home. The team then was renamed as the Drummondville A's, during what turned out to be their final season in the league.

Timetable

Selected players by season

* George Armstrong (1950) * Dan Bankhead (1953) * Bob Barthelson (1950) * Julio Bécquer (1952) *

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(1954) *

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(1952) * Danny Gardella (1949) * Al Gionfriddo (1953) * Max Lanier (1949) * Eric MacKenzie (1954) * Sal Maglie (1949) * Len Perme (1951) * Jean-Pierre Roy (1951) *

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(1949–1950) * Jim Pearce (1948) * Tex Shirley (1949) * Quincy Trouppe (1949) *

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(1948–1949) *

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(1949) * Ed Wheeler (1951) * Roy Zimmerman (1949)

References

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