Pueblo Dodgers
August 23, 2021
The Pueblo Dodgers were a Colorado-based farm club of the Brooklyn Dodgers for eleven seasons between 1947 and 1957. Pueblo was one of six founding members of the Class A Western League in 1947, initially competing against ball clubs from Iowa and Nebraska. The Denver Bears also provided an in-state rival. Over the years, the Western League grew to include clubs for Kansas, New Mexico and Texas as well. Pueblo helped developed future Major League stars such as Roy Face, Jim Gentile, John Roseboro and Maury Wills during the Dodgers era. Pueblo’s Western League club changed its name to the Pueblo Bruins in 1958 when the Chicago Cubs replaced Brooklyn as the team’s Major League parent organization.
