The Twin Ports League was an American minor baseball league that existed for six weeks (May 30 through July 13) during the wartime season. Comprising four teams based in

Duluth, Minnesota , settlement_type = City , nicknames = Twin Ports (with Superior), Zenith City , motto = , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top: urban Duluth skyline; Minnesota ...

, and Superior, Wisconsin.

History

The Twin Ports League was the only league to be designated Class E—one level below the previously lowest minor league level, Class D—by the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (the formal name of Minor League Baseball). According to Baseball Americas ''Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball,'' many of the players in the Twin Ports League were employed in the

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' war factories, dockyards and shipyards. The teams included the

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, Duluth Heralds, Duluth Marine Iron, and the Superior Bays. The Superior club was in first place when the league disbanded on July 13, 1943. Only one player in the Twin Ports League eventually reached

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— Ernie Rudolph, who pitched in seven games for the 1945 Brooklyn Dodgers. Former major league player Wally Gilbert managed the Marine Iron team.

Cities represented

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1943; Duluth Heralds 1943; Duluth Marine Iron 1943 * Superior, WI: Superior Bays 1943

Standings and statistics

1943 Twin Ports League The league disbanded July 13.

References

* Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, eds., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball,'' 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997, page 339

External links

1943 Twin Ports League page
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