Rayne Rice Birds

{{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox Minor League Baseball | name = Rayne Rice Birds | firstseason = 1920 | lastseason = 1941 | allyears = 1920, 1934–1941 | city = Rayne, Louisiana | logo = | caplogo = | past class level = Class D | league = Evangeline League (1934–1941) | conference = | division = | past league = Louisiana State League (1920) | pastmajorleague = {{plainlist| *Chicago White Sox/Brooklyn Dodgers (1940) *Chicago White Sox (1936–1939) }} | pastnames = {{plainlist| *Rayne Rice Birds (1920, 1935–1941) *Rayne Red Sox (1934) }} | pastparks = | classchamps = | leaguechamps = | conferencechamps = | divisionchamps = }} The '''Rayne Rice Birds''' were a minor league baseball team that existed from 1934 to 1941. In 1934, they were known as the Rayne Red Sox and from 1935 to 1941 known as the Rice Birds. They played in the Evangeline League and were affiliated with the Chicago White Sox and Brooklyn Dodgers.

A previous version of the Rice Birds played in the Louisiana State League in 1920.

==References== {{reflist}} *[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?city=Rayne&state=LA&country=US&empty=0 Baseball Reference] *[http://louisianavoice.com/2012/05/22/dirty-rice-a-season-in-the-evangeline-league-ul-press-a-wonderful-read-for-the-avid-louisiana-baseball-historian/ A fictionalized look at the team]

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