Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees Hank Aaron, Joe Torre and Ford C. Frick Award recipient Bob Uecker played for Eau Claire.

[3] The Bears, along with the rest of the Northern League, did not play the 1943-45 seasons due to World War II.

In 1998, an amateur team in Eau Claire began using the Bears name and has been a member of the Chippewa River Baseball League ever since.

Along with many league titles, they also won the Wisconsin Baseball Association (WBA) state championship in 2005, 2008, and 2009.

[8][9] Aaron hit .336 with 9 Home Runs for Eau Claire, helping the team to a 72-53 record.