1965 Birmingham Barons

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The 1965 Birmingham Barons played in the second season of the reformed, integrated Southern League. The Barons were the AA affiliates of the Kansas City Athletics. Unable to capitalize on the success of the 1964 season, the 1965 Barons finished 25 1/2 games out of first place and only 28,001 fans came to watch the team that season. It was the smallest attendance in the 55 years since Rickwood Field opened its gates. Even the World War I-suspended season of 1918 drew 39,202 fans.

As a result, Barons owner Albert Belcher suspended play, and Rickwood remained dark for the 1966 basaeball season. Kansas City A's owner Charlie Finley transferred his Double-A franchise to Mobile. The franchise would return for the 1967 season, but only after Finley had re-christened the team as the Birmingham Athletics.

References

  • Cook, Ben (2005). Good Wood: A Fan's History of Rickwood Field. Birmingham, Alabama: R. Boozer Press. ISBN 0-9636128-3-2
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