Bloomington Bloomers

They were affiliates of the St. Louis Cardinals (1935), Cleveland Indians (1938) and Chicago Cubs (1939).

[1] Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees Burleigh Grimes and Clark Griffith played for Bloomington.

They won back-to-back league championships in 1919 and 1920 under the guidance of Joe Dunn.

Their final league championship came in 1935, under manager and future Hall of Famer Burleigh Grimes.

Today, the site still has baseball fields as part of the City of Bloomington Park and Recreation system.

Clark Griffith, 1903. Major League Baseball pitcher (1891 - 1914), manager (1901 - 1920) and team owner (1920 - 1955). Hall of Fame