Miami Sun Sox / Miami Tourists

Born: 1946 – Florida International League founding franchise
Re-Branded: February 15, 1947 (Miami Tourists)¹NO BYLINE. “Sun Sox No More, It’s Tourists Now”. The Daily News (Miami, FL). February 16, 1947
Re-Branded (Again): January 1949 (Miami Sun Sox)²NO BYLINE. “Tourists Again ‘Sun Sox'”. The Daily News (Miami, FL). January 30, 1949
Folded: May 5, 1954³Warner, Ralph. “Beach Seeks Miami Site, Sox Quit FIL”. The Daily News (Miami, FL). May 6, 1954

First Game: April 17, 1946 (W 7-5 vs. Lakeland Pilots)
Last Game: May 5, 1954 (L 6-5 @ West Palm Beach Indians)

Florida International League Champions: 1950 & 1952

1946-1949: Miami Field

1949-1954: Miami Stadium
Opened: 1949
Demolished: 2001

Owners:

• 1946: Bob Lane
• 1947-1948: George L. “Tiny” Parker, Jay Cone, et al.
• 1948 – 1950: Magic City Baseball Club, Inc. (Jose M. Aleman, Harry B. Taber Sr., Harry B. Taber Jr., et al.)
• 1950 – 1952: Magic City Baseball Club, Inc. (Harry B. Taber Sr., Harry B. Taber Jr., et al.)
• 1952 – 1954: Magic City Baseball Club, Inc. (Jose B. Aleman)

Sale (1948): $64,000 (Tiny Parker to Magic City Baseball Club partners)⁴Burns, Jimmy. “Spotlighting Sports”. The Herald (Miami, FL). April 17, 1952

Major League Affiliation:

• 1949 – 1954: Brooklyn Dodgers

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Source: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.), Lloyd Johnson & Miles Wolff, 2007