For the independent league team, see Duluth-Superior Dukes

The Duluth-Superior Dukes were a minor league baseball team that played from 1960 to 1970 in the Northern League

Northern League (baseball, 1902-71)

This article refers to the original incarnations of the Northern League, which operated between 1902 and 1971. For the more recent league, see Northern League ...

. From 1960 to 1964, they were affiliated with the Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...

. In 1965, they were affiliated with the Tigers and Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...

. In 1966, they were affiliated with the Cubs. In 1967, they were affiliated with the Cubs and Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...

. From 1968 to 1970, they were affiliated with the White Sox alone. They played their home games at Wade Stadium

Wade Stadium

Wade Stadium is a baseball field located near the intersection of Grand Avenue and 34th Avenue West in the West Duluth neighborhood of Duluth, Minnesota. The stadium was built in 1941 and holds 4,200 people. It is the home of the Duluth Huskies of the Northwoods League...

.

They were formed in 1960, replacing the Duluth-Superior White Sox. Prior to 1956, the Duluth Dukes

Duluth Dukes

The Duluth Dukes was the name of an American minor league baseball franchise that represented Duluth, Minnesota, in the Northern League in 1916, 1934–1942, and from 1946–1955. In addition, a separate edition of the Dukes was one of four franchises in the short-lived Twin Ports League, a "Class E"...

 and the Superior Blues

Superior Blues

The Superior Blues were a minor league baseball team based in Superior, Wisconsin, USA. The first incarnation of the team played in the Minnesota-Wisconsin League in 1909. A team would not go by that name again until 1933. From 1933 to 1942 and from 1946 to 1955 the Blues played in the Northern...

 competed against each other as separate entities in the Northern League.

Year-by-year record

(from Baseball Reference)

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1960	70-51	2nd	Frank Carswell Frank Carswell Frank Willis Carswell was an American third baseman, first baseman, outfielder, manager and scout in professional baseball...	Lost League Finals
1961	76-52	1st	Bob Swift Bob Swift Robert Virgil Swift was an American catcher, coach, manager and scout in Major League Baseball.Swift is pictured in one of the most famous photographs in American sporting history. He was the catcher for the Detroit Tigers on August 19, 1951, when St. Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck sent midget...	Lost in 1st round
1962	69-55	2nd	Al Lakeman Al Lakeman Albert Wesley Lakeman was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds ), Philadelphia Phillies , Boston Braves and Detroit Tigers . Lakeman batted and threw right-handed...	Lost in 1st round
1963	77-43	1st	Bob Mavis Bob Mavis Robert Henry Mavis was an American professional baseball player, manager and scout. Although he fashioned a long and successful playing career in minor league baseball as a second baseman and third baseman, his Major League career consisted of a single game...	2nd in Baukol Playoffs
1964	61-55	3rd	Gail Henley Gail Henley Gail Curtice Henley is a former Minor League Baseball manager, who spent one season in the majors as a player with the 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates.-Minor League managing career:*Montgomery Rebels...	2nd in Baukol Playoffs
1965	31-35	2nd	Doc Daugherty Doc Daugherty Harold Ray "Doc" Daugherty was a pinch hitter in Major League Baseball. He played in one game for the Detroit Tigers in 1951.-External links:...	none
1966	29-36	4th	Joe Grace Joe Grace Joseph LaVerne Grace was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the St. Louis Browns from to before going into World War II. After the war he played for the Browns in and Washington Senators from to...	none
1967	30-39	5th	Ira Hutchinson Ira Hutchinson Ira Kendall Hutchinson was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1933-1945. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was later a manager in the Chicago White Sox minor league system from 1951-1970....	none
1968	31-39	4th	Bruce Andrew	none
1969	46-23	1st	Pel Austin	League Champs
1970	48-21	1st	Joe Sparks Joe Sparks (baseball) Joseph Everett Sparks is the advance scout for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball, a former coach for four MLB teams, and a retired longtime manager in minor league baseball...	League Champs