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1903 – 1909
The return: League baseball came back in 1903 with the Central League, and South Bend's Green Stockings were a charter member. The 1903 club went 88–50 and finished second, one game behind Fort Wayne, under manager Angus Grant.
The park: The club opened at Springbrook Park in 1903. Springbrook — later renamed Playland Park — remained the city's professional baseball ground through 1932, and returned to the role for the Blue Sox after the Second World War.
The Greens: From 1904 through 1909 the club played as the South Bend Greens, members of the Central League throughout. No pennant came in those years, and the season-by-season detail of the Greens is thin in the record reached; the club's documented peaks in the league are the 1903 second place and the championship that followed the name change in 1910.
Sources:
- Baseball-Reference Register and StatsCrew — the 1903 Green Stockings, 88–50, second place, manager Angus Grant; Springbrook Park the home ground from 1903.
- South Bend minor-league history compilation — the Greens name span, 1904–1909, Central League.