• The Decatur Commodores were a professional minor league baseball team based in Decatur, Illinois that played for 64 seasons. The Commodores are the primary...
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    Commodore Stephen Decatur Jr. (/dɪˈkeɪtər/; January 5, 1779 – March 22, 1820) was a United States Navy officer. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland...
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  • Ken Medlock (category Decatur Commodores players)
    his role in Moneyball. As a player, Medlock was a pitcher for the Decatur Commodores in the 1970s. He later worked as a coach for the St. Paul Saints....
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  • 1957–1958 Decatur, Illinois Decatur Commodores, 1901–1909, 1912–1915, 1922–1932, 1935, 1937–1942, 1946–1947, 1950 Decatur Nomads, 1911 Decatur Commies,...
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  • 1956, the first year of Midwest League play, were: Clinton Pirates, Decatur Commodores, Dubuque Packers, Kokomo Dodgers, Lafayette Red Sox, Mattoon Phillies...
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  • Jack Garner (category Decatur Commodores players)
    Jack Garner (born Jack Edward Bumgarner; September 19, 1926 – September 13, 2011) was an American actor. He was the elder brother of James Garner. Garner...
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  • Néstor Chávez (category Decatur Commodores players)
    Néstor Isaías Chávez Silva (July 6, 1947 - March 16, 1969) was a Venezuelan right-handed starting pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the San...
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    Dámaso Blanco (category Decatur Commodores players)
    Dámaso Blanco Caripe (born December 11, 1941 in Curiepe, Miranda State, Venezuela), is a former Major League Baseball third baseman/shortstop and right-handed...
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    Commodore Decatur Airport is a closed airport located 2 miles west-northwest of Bainbridge, Georgia, United States. Built by the United States Army Air...
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  • Decatur County was a county of the state of Alabama, United States. It was named for Commodore Stephen Decatur of the United States Navy. Its county seat...
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    Gary Matthews (category Decatur Commodores players)
    professional career in 1969 playing for the Giants' Decatur Commodores (A) affiliate in Decatur, Illinois. In 1973, his first complete season, he won...
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    Nat Hickey (category Decatur Commodores players)
    Nicholas J. "Nat" Hickey (born Nicola Zarnecić; January 30, 1902 – September 16, 1979) was a Croatian-American professional basketball coach/player and...
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    the Northwest Arkansas region. This town is named after Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr. Decatur is located in western Benton County at 36°20′15″N 94°27′24″W...
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    Fans Field was a minor league baseball park in Decatur, IL. It was the home of the Decatur Commodores, of the Three-I League, Mississippi-Ohio Valley...
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    Doug Capilla (category Decatur Commodores players)
    Douglas Edmund Capilla (born January 7, 1952) is an American former professional baseball player. Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 1970, Capilla...
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    Tito Fuentes (category Decatur Commodores players)
    Rigoberto "Tito" Fuentes Peat (born January 4, 1944) is a retired professional baseball player. He played for 13 seasons in the major leagues between 1965...
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  • named Decatur, in honor of Commodore Stephen Decatur. USS Decatur (1839), was a sloop-of-war built in 1839 and in service from 1840 to 1859. USS Decatur (DD-5)...
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  • Willie Prall (category Decatur Commodores players)
    Wilfred Anthony Prall (born April 20, 1950) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Prall was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the third round...
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    Carl Hubbell (category Decatur Commodores players)
    went a mediocre 7–7 on a championship team and was demoted to the Decatur Commodores of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League after spring training 1927. Despite...
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  • Luis Suárez (baseball) (category Decatur Commodores players)
    Luis Abelardo Suárez (August 24, 1916 – June 5, 1991) was a Cuban Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the Washington Senators in 1944. Career...
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  • Giants Decatur Commodores Fresno Giants Lexington Giants — Salem Rebels 1964 Tacoma Giants El Paso Sun Kings Springfield Giants Decatur Commodores Fresno...
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    Dutch Leonard (right-handed pitcher) (category Decatur Commodores players)
    Emil John "Dutch" Leonard (March 25, 1909 – April 17, 1983) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a...
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    downtown Decatur; the city of Decatur was incorporated on December 10, 1823. It was named for United States Navy Commodore Stephen Decatur. The first...
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    Leo Mazzone (category Decatur Commodores players)
    Leo David Mazzone (born October 16, 1948) is an American former pitcher in minor league baseball and pitching coach in Major League Baseball. He worked...
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    Hal Bubser (category Decatur Commodores players)
    Harold Frederick Bubser (September 28, 1895 – June 22, 1959) was a Major League Baseball player for the Chicago White Sox. He received three plate appearances...
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    Dick Sisler (category Decatur Commodores players)
    Richard Alan Sisler (November 2, 1920 – November 20, 1998) was an American player, coach, and manager in Major League Baseball. The son of Hall of Fame...
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    Ossie Blanco (category Decatur Commodores players)
    Oswaldo Carlos Blanco Díaz (born September 8, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He batted and threw right-handed. Blanco posted a...
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  • Stephen A. Decatur (born 1813, died 1888 or 1889), born Stephen Decatur Bross and often referred to as Commodore Decatur, was one of the earliest settlers...
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    Dave Sells (category Decatur Commodores players)
    David Wayne Sells (born September 18, 1946) is a retired professional baseball player who played four seasons for the California Angels and Los Angeles...
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    Jim Duggan (baseball) (category Decatur Commodores players)
    League. Starting in 1912, he spent four years in Decatur, Illinois, and in 1915 he was the Commodores' playing manager. He split the 1916 season between...
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