Chattanooga Lookouts
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Chattanooga Lookouts Founded in 1885 Chattanooga, Tennessee |
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| Current | Double-A (1885–present) | ||||
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| League | Southern League (1964–1965; 1976–present) | ||||
| Division | Northern Division | ||||
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Previous leagues
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South Atlantic League (1963) Southern Association (1901–1902; 1910–1943; 1944–1961) Southern League (1885–1886, 1889, 1892–1893, 1895) |
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| Current | Minnesota Twins (2015–present) | ||||
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Los Angeles Dodgers (2009–2014) Cincinnati Reds (1988–2008) Seattle Mariners (1983–1987) Cleveland Indians (1978–1982) Oakland Athletics (1976–1977) Philadelphia Phillies (1960–1961; 1963–1965) Washington Senators (1932–1959) |
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| Dixie Series titles (1) | 1932 | ||||
| League titles (2) |
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| Pennants (4) |
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| Division titles (4) |
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Chattanooga Lookouts (1885–present, except 1943) Montgomery Rebels (1943) |
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| Colors | Red, black, white |
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| Ballpark | AT&T Field (2000–present) | ||||
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Previous parks
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Engel Stadium (1930–1999) Cramton Bowl (1943) |
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Owner(s)/
Operator(s) |
Hardball Capital Group (John Woods and Jason Freier) | ||||
| Manager | Doug Mientkiewicz | ||||
| General Manager | Rich Mozingo | ||||
Chattanooga Lookouts (1885–present, except 1943)
The Chattanooga Lookouts are a minor league baseball team based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They are named for nearby Lookout Mountain. The team, which plays in the Southern League, are a Double-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins after having been affiliated with the Los Angeles Dodgers major-league club from 2009–2014. The Lookouts play in AT&T Field, located in Chattanooga. Opened in 2000, the stadium seats 6,340 fans. From 1930 through 1999, the Lookouts played at Engel Stadium, with a one-year break in Montgomery, Alabama's Cramton Bowl in 1943.
In 1931, the New York Yankees played an exhibition game against the Lookouts. During the game, a 17-year-old girl named Jackie Mitchell pitched for the Lookouts and struck out Major League greats Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth. Many reports of this story include a footnote claiming that a few days after the game, baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis voided Mitchell's contract, claiming that baseball was "too strenuous" for women. This has been refuted here, and directly contradicts a profile of Mitchell published a few months later. MLB didn't introduce a ban on contracts for female players until June 21, 1952 (which was repealed in 1992).
During owner Joe Engel's tenure, the Lookouts won four championships – three with the Southern Association and a fourth with the South Atlantic League. Engel led a charge to own the Lookouts privately, with the help of several hundred fans as shareholders from 1938 to 1942. In 1939, as a privately owned franchise under coach Kiki Cuyler, the Lookouts claimed a championship. In 1943, the Lookouts played at Montgomery, Alabama's Cramton Bowl as the Montgomery Rebels after the Washington Senators moved the Lookouts from Chattanooga to Montgomery, some 235 miles (378 km) away, citing a decline in attendance. (The original Montgomery Rebels team had folded due to World War II in 1943 and would return to Montgomery in 1946 in the now-defunct Southeastern League.) The Lookouts managed to move back to Chattanooga in December of that year after Engel organized a letter-writing campaign aimed at Clark Griffith, the owner of the Senators at the time.
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