Decatur Commodores

Mississippi–Ohio Valley League (1952 55) Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (Three I) (1901–1909; 1911–1915; 1922–1932; 1935; 1937–1942; 1946–50) Northern Association (1910) Central League (1900) Illinois Indiana league (1889) Central Interstate League (1888)
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| pastmajorleague = San Francisco Giants (1962–1974)Detroit Tigers (1957–1961; 1932)St. Louis Cardinals (1955–56; 1946–47; 1937–1942)Cincinnati Reds (1950)Chicago Cubs (1948–49)
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| leaguechamps = 1928; 1952; 1953; 1957
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| nickname = Commodores (60 Seasons)
| pastnames = Decatur Cubs (1949) Decatur Nomads (1911) Unknown (1888 89)
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| pastparks = Fans Field (1924–1974) Staley Field (1915–1922 23) Downing Racetrack (1901) The Commodores began play at Downing Racetrack (now called Hess Park) in 1901.

The nickname Commodores refers to Stephen Decatur, for whom the city is named. The team was often called the "Commies" for short, from a time before that became a slang term for "Communist". In their final years, they wore hand me down Giants uniforms, although still called the "Commodores", leading some fans to call them the "Commodore Giants".

May 30, 1909 – The Commodores win a 26 inning, 5 hour marathon over the Bloomington Bloomers 2–1. The 26 innings stays the record for the most innings in a completed professional game in the United States for 57 years. August 18, 1960 – 18 year old, left handed pitcher Bob Sprout of the Commodores pitched a no hitter against the Waterloo Hawks. In that game, Sprout struck out 22 hitters, which stands as the MWL single game strikeout record. The Commies won by a 3–0 score.

The Commodores appear in Harry Turtledove's Worldwar series, an alternate history in which aliens invade Earth in 1942 and the Second World War turns into an interplanetary war. Members of the team are on a train which is attacked by the aliens at the beginning of the invasion. One ball player is kidnapped by the invaders and is eventually taken by them to China, while another player and the team's manager escape and join the forces fighting the invasion. A considerable part of the series is described from these three characters' points of view, in which their baseball background plays a significant role in a number of ways.