The Indianapolis Indians are a minor league baseball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The team, which plays in the International League, is the Triple-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates major-league club. The Indians play at Victory Field, located in downtown Indianapolis. Rowdie is the mascot for the Indians.
Founded in 1902, the Indianapolis Indians are the second-oldest minor league franchise in American professional baseball, behind only the International League's Rochester Red Wings. Despite sharing their nickname with the better-known Cleveland Indians of the American League, the Indianapolis team has been affiliated with the Cleveland team for only five seasons (1952–1956).
Although the club began in 1902, 1887 marked the beginning of 125 consecutive seasons of professional baseball in Indianapolis. In 2011 the Indians commemorated the 125th season of professional baseball in Indianapolis with a commemorative logo patch on their jerseys.
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“The Great Spirit, who made all things, made every thing for some use, and whatever use he designed anything for, that use it should always be put to. Now, when he made rum, he said “Let this be for the Indians to get drunk with,” and it must be so.”
—Native American elder. Quoted in Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography, ch. 8 (written 1771-1790, published 1868)