The Aigles de Trois-Rivières (English: Three Rivers Eagles ) were a Canadian Minor League Baseball team of the Eastern League and the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds from 1971 to 1977. They were located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec , and played their home games at Stade Municipal de Trois-Rivières .
12-573: Trois-Rivières Aigles may refer to: Trois-Rivières Aigles (1971–1977) , Canadian Minor League Baseball team in the Eastern League Trois-Rivières Aigles (2013) , Canadian professional baseball team in the Frontier League, named after the former team Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
24-777: A summer amateur-league team in the Ligue de Baseball Élite du Québec and the Trois-Rivières Aigles of the independent Frontier League . Roy Majtyka LeRoy Walter Majtyka (born June 1, 1939) is an American former infielder and manager in minor league baseball . He also spent three seasons in the Major Leagues as a coach with the Atlanta Braves . He threw and batted right-handed , stood 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) tall and weighed 170 lb (77 kg) during his active career. Majtyka
36-649: The Florida State League championship and Majtyka was cited as Manager of the Year in the Eastern League for leading the 1976 Trois-Rivières Aigles to a division title. His three seasons (1988–1990) as a coach with the Braves were the only interruption to a minor-league managerial career (1968–1987; 1991–1997) in which his teams won 1,832 games and lost 1,747, for a winning percentage of .512. He
48-795: The International League – but never reached the big leagues as a player. In his best season, 1963 , he batted .281 in 445 at bats with 7 home runs and 57 runs batted in playing for the Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League . Majtyka managed for 27 years in the minor leagues, beginning with the Cardinals' farm system in 1968 , and also working with the Cincinnati Reds , Detroit Tigers , Braves and Philadelphia Phillies . His 1973 St. Petersburg Cardinals won
60-642: The Southern League 's Asheville Tourists . During their seven-year partnership, the Eagles were supplied with multiple future major leaguers by the Reds, then one of the premier powers in baseball known as the " Big Red Machine ". The Eagles' first club, managed by Jim Snyder , won the 1971 National Division title with a 78–59 record before falling to the Elmira Royals , 3–1, in the playoffs. Snyder
72-518: The 1976 Northern Division title (83–55), but they were swept 3–0 by West Haven in the playoffs. Majtyka was the league's Manager of the Year. Their attendance was a third-best 62,655. Chuck Goggin managed the 1977 club to win the Canadian-American Division title with a 76–62 record in their final year. As in the previous postseason, West Haven defeated them in the championship playoffs, 3–0. First baseman Harry Spilman won
84-671: The Eastern League MVP Award. The Eagles' attendance had dropped to a seventh-place 52,927. In 1978, the Eastern League shed both the Eagles and the renamed Québec Métros as it shrank back to six teams. The Reds moved their Double-A affiliation back to the Southern League, partnering with the expansion Nashville Sounds . The city of Trois-Rivières was later represented by the Aigles de Trois-Rivières,
96-408: The second-highest attendance in the league. The 1974 Eagles finished fourth (last) in the division with a 65–73 record, but had the highest attendance (84,843). In 1975, Ron Plaza replaced Snyder as manager during the season. The team set a franchise-low 57–80 mark, 27 games out of first. Attendance suffered as well, as they dropped to fourth. New manager Roy Majtyka led the Eagles to win
108-535: The title Trois-Rivières Aigles . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trois-Rivières_Aigles&oldid=1248669781 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res Aigles (1971%E2%80%931977) The city of Trois-Rivières
120-703: Was born in Buffalo , New York . He graduated from Buffalo's St. Francis High School in 1958 and attended the University at Buffalo . He signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1959 as a shortstop , but as he rose in the Cardinal organization he switched to third base and second base . He played one full season of Triple-A baseball – in 1965 , split between the Jacksonville Suns and Toledo Mud Hens of
132-914: Was previously represented in Minor League Baseball by the Trois-Rivières Royals in the Provincial League and the Canadian–American League off-and-on from 1939 to 1955. The Eagles were created as an expansion team of the Double-A Eastern League in 1971, along with the Québec Carnavals , as the league grew from six teams to eight. They played their home games at Stade Municipal de Trois-Rivières . The Cincinnati Reds moved their Double-A affiliation to Trois-Rivières from
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#1732771967436144-800: Was recognized as the Eastern League Manager of the Year and outfielder Gene Locklear was selected for the Eastern League Most Valuable Player Award . The team led the league in attendance with 109,436 people in their inaugural season. They captured a second division title in 1972 (76–60), but again fell in the postseason, this time 3–0 to the West Haven Yankees . They had the second-highest attendance (119,751) behind Québec. The 1973 team finished in third place at 67–72, 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 games out of first, but still drew
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