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Ponca City Baseball Team
Ponca City, Oklahoma was home to numerous minor league baseball teams between 1923 and 1957, playing at Conoco Park. Ponca City played as members of the Oklahoma State League (1923–1924), Southwestern League (1926), Western Association (1934–1938), Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League (1947–1952) and Western Association (1954). Ponca City was an affiliate of the Chicago Cubs (1934–1938), Brooklyn Dodgers (1947–1952) and Chicago Cubs (1955–1957). Baseball Hall of Fame member Billy Williams played for the Ponca City Cubs in 1956–1957. History The first version of the team, the Ponca City Poncans, began play in 1923, when the Drumright Boosters franchise of the Oklahoma State League relocated to Ponca City. During the 1926 season, they relocated to become the Eureka Oilers. The Ponca City Angels played from 1934–1938 before moving to St. Joseph, Missouri and becoming the St. Joseph Angels. This version of the team won three league titles in the Western Association. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sooner State League
The Sooner State League was a Class D level minor league baseball league that operated from 1947 through 1957. The league owners kept it alive in 1958, anticipating a return to play in 1959. However, when only Ardmore and Paris, Texas, were able to secure working agreements, the league folded on February 12, 1959. It was the last Class D league west of the Mississippi River. The league franchises were based in Oklahoma and Texas. Cities represented *Ada, OK: Ada Herefords 1947–1954; Ada Cementers (August 3, 1954–season end) *Ardmore, OK: Ardmore Indians 1947–1952; Ardmore Cardinals 1953–1957. * Chickasha, OK: Chickasha Chiefs 1948–1952 *Duncan, OK: Duncan Cementers – 1947–1948; Duncan Uttmen 1949–1950 *Gainesville, TX: Gainesville Owls 1953–1955 * Greenville, TX: Greenville Majors 1957. *Lawton, OK: Lawton Giants 1947–1951; Lawton Reds 1952–1953; Lawton Braves 1954–1957 *McAlester, OK: McAlester Rockets 1947–1956 *Muskogee, OK: Muskogee Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Erickson (baseball)
Paul Walford Erickson (December 14, 1915 – April 5, 2002), nicknamed "L'il Abner", was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher whose career extended from 1937–49. He appeared in 207 games pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and New York Giants, between 1941 and 1948. Erickson stood tall and weighed . Erickson, a native of Zion, Illinois, was a contributor to the Cubs' National League (NL) championship. He appeared in 28 games, nine as a starter, and won seven of 11 decisions with an earned run average (ERA) of 3.32, three complete games, and three saves, in 108 innings pitched. Erickson saved the final two games of the regular season against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field, then worked in four of the seven games of the 1945 World Series, all Cub defeats, including the decisive Game 7 against the Detroit Tigers. He had no decisions in the Fall Classic, and in seven innings pitched Erickson surrendered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Cubs Minor League Affiliates
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Brooklyn Dodgers Minor League Affiliates
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Defunct Minor League Baseball Teams
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Joe Stanka
Joe Donald Stanka (July 23, 1931 – October 15, 2018) was an American professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher from Hammon, Oklahoma played for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (1959), and the Nankai Hawks and Taiyo Whales in the Japanese professional leagues (1960–66). He stood tall and weighed . Biography After attending Oklahoma State University, Stanka spent most of his career in the minor leagues, making his Major League debut with the White Sox in at age 28. His big-league career consisted of only two appearances that year. In his first MLB game, September 2 against the Detroit Tigers, Stanka entered the game in relief of starting pitcher Barry Latman in the fifth inning at Comiskey Park with Chicago trailing 3–0. He retired the Tigers without further damage. Then, in their half of the fifth, the White Sox exploded for 11 runs, with Stanka contributing to the rally with a single in his second big-league at bat. He went on to pitch 3 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rip Russell
Glen David "Rip" Russell (January 26, 1915 – September 26, 1976) was an American infielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a first baseman for two different teams between the and seasons. Listed at tall and , Russell batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Los Angeles, California. Basically a line-drive hitter and a good fielding replacement, Russell entered the majors in 1939 with the Chicago Cubs, playing for them four years (1939–42) before joining the Boston Red Sox (1946–47). His most productive MLB season came during his rookie year, when he posted career-highs in batting average (.273), home runs (9), runs (55), hits (148), extra-base hits (38), RBI (79) and games played (143). Russell was a member of the 1946 AL champion Red Sox, appearing in 80 games and making 64 starts at third base before losing his regular job to Pinky Higgins because of poor offensive production (.208 in 274 at bats). However, he was a perfect 2-for-2 in pinch hittin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vern Olsen
Vern Jarl Olsen (March 16, 1918 – July 13, 1989) was an American professional baseball player, a left-handed pitcher who appeared in 112 Major League games for the Chicago Cubs (1939–42; 1946). The native of Hillsboro, Oregon, stood tall and weighed . He served in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II and missed three full seasons at the peak of his career. Olsen had considerable success before the war. During his three seasons in minor league baseball (1937–39), he won 23, 19 and 18 games (losing a total of only 30 contests) before his recall to the Cubs in September 1939. After four scoreless relief appearances in the closing days of the season, Olsen then made the Cubs' 1940 roster and, after more success as a reliever, began taking a regular turn in the Chicago starting rotation in July 1940. On August 22, he threw a complete-game, two-hit shutout against the Brooklyn Dodgers, contributing two hits to the winning cause hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Novikoff
Louis Alexander Novikoff (October 12, 1915 – September 30, 1970), nicknamed "The Mad Russian," was an Americans, American professional baseball baseball player, player. Born in Glendale, Arizona, his professional career extended from 1937 to 1950, with all or parts of five seasons in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs (1941–44) and Philadelphia Phillies (1946). The outfielder threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed . Career Novikoff batting average (baseball), batted over .350 in each of his first five minor league seasons. In 1940, playing for the top-level Los Angeles Angels (PCL), Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League, he batted .363 with 259 hit (baseball), hits, including 41 home runs. He is a 2015 inductee in the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame. His best year in the major leagues was 1942, when he played nearly a full season and batted .300 as a Cubs outfielder during the first of the World War II years, when the player ranks were thinne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dee Moore
D. C. Moore (April 6, 1914 – July 2, 1997) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1936 to 1946. In between his playing years, from 1944 to 1945, he served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. Born in Hedley, Texas, he died at age 83 in Williston, North Dakota Williston is a city in and the county seat of Williams County, North Dakota, United States. The 2020 census gave its population as 29,160, making Williston the sixth-largest city in North Dakota. The city's population nearly doubled between 20 .... References External links * 1914 births 1997 deaths American expatriate baseball players in Canada Baseball players from Texas Brooklyn Dodgers players Cincinnati Reds players Major League Baseball catchers Minor league baseball managers Philadelphia Phillies players People from Williston, North Dakota United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II {{US-baseball-catcher-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Mesner
Stephen Mathias Mesner (January 13, 1918 – April 6, 1981) was a professional baseball player who was a third baseman in the Major Leagues at various times between 1938 and 1945. He played for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division and were a charter member of .... He was also a long-time player in the minor leagues, cracking the lineup of the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League at age 16 in 1934, and attaining starting status the following year. Mesner amassed 2,965 base hits in 21 seasons between the majors and minors. External links * 1918 births 1981 deaths Major League Baseball third basemen Chicago Cubs players St. Louis Cardinals players Cincinnati Reds players Ogden Reds players Baseball players from Los Angeles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peanuts Lowrey
Harry Lee "Peanuts" Lowrey (August 27, 1917 – July 2, 1986) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs (1942–43; 1945–49), Cincinnati Reds (1949–50), St. Louis Cardinals (1950–54) and Philadelphia Phillies (1955). He was born in Culver City, California and attended Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles. He was nicknamed as a child by an uncle who, remarking on Lowrey's small size, said, "Why, he's no bigger than a peanut." While Lowrey was growing up in Greater Los Angeles, he worked as a child actor on the Our Gang comedies. As a 35-year-old, he was credited for his screen role as a ballplayer, nicknamed "Peanuts," in ''The Winning Team'', a 1952 biography of Grover Cleveland Alexander that starred Ronald Reagan in the title role. Lowrey the ballplayer stood 5 feet, inches (1.74 m) tall, weighed and threw and batted right-handed. In a 13-season career, Lowrey posted a .273 batting average with 1,177 hits, 37 home runs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
