Decatur Commies T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois Sale that played during the 1930s

that played during the 1930s and 40s

along with Ardmore

from 1903 into the 1930s (with a later 1948–51 revival)

the Mount Olivet Demons

51 home runs

Decatur Commies T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois Sale that played during the 1930sThe Decatur Commodores, nicknamed the Commies, were a long running minor league baseball team from Decatur that played from 1900 1974, primarily in the Three I League, and won league titles in 1928, 1952, 1953, and 1957. In the 1920s, they shared Staley Field with the Decatur Staleys football team, which later became the Chicago Bears. Despite the unusual nickname, Commies referred to Commodore Stephen Decatur, the citys namesake, and notable alumni