Mobile Bears

• Location: Mobile, AL
• League: Southern Association 1918-1930, 1944-1961
• Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers 1945-1955; Cleveland Indians 1956-1960; New York Mets 1961
• Ballpark: League Park

The Mobile Sea Gulls (1908-1917) became the Bears in 1918. The Bears changed to the Mobile Marines for 1931.

The Knoxville Smokies moved to Mobile on July 5, 1944, completing the circle, as the Mobile Marines had moved to Knoxville on July 22, 1931.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1918	35-32	3rd	Patsy Flaherty	League suspended operations June 28
1919	67-69	4th	Bob Coleman	none
1920	68-86	6th	Bob Coleman	none
1921	58-94	7th	Herman Bronkie	none
1922	97-55	1st	Bert Niehoff	none League Champs
1923	88-66	2nd	Bert Niehoff	none
1924	68-84	5th	Emil Huhn	none
1925	73-78	5th	Kid Elberfeld	none
1926	56-96	7th	Duffy Lewis (25-35) / Milt Stock (31-61)	none
1927	67-87	6th	Milt Stock	none
1928	74-76	4th	Milt Stock
1929	57-95	7th	Rudy Hulswitt	none
1930	40-112	8th	James Hamilton	none
1944	32-38 (63-74 overall)	6th	Buddy Lewis
1945	74-65	3rd	Clay Hopper	League Champs
1946	75-78	6th	Al Todd
1947	94-59	1st	Al Todd	League Champs
1948	75-75	4th	Al Todd	Lost in 1st round
1949	82-69	3rd	Paul Chervinko	Lost League Finals
1950	70-79	6th	Paul Chervinko
1951	80-74	3rd	Paul Chervinko	Lost in 1st round
1952	80-73	3rd	Ed Head	Lost League Finals
1953	66-87	7th	Ed Head
1954	63-91	8th	Stan Wasiak (25-35) / Greg Mulleavy (38-56)
1955	79-75	4th	Clay Bryant	League Champs
1956	82-73	3rd	Jo-Jo White	Lost in 1st round
1957	75-78	5th	Don Heffner
1958	84-68	2nd	Mel McGaha	Lost League Finals
1959	89-63	2nd	Mel McGaha	League Champs
1960	79-72	5th	Al Hollingsworth (18-11) / Johnny Lipon (61-51)	none
1961	61-92	8th	Ernie White	none