The El Dorado Oilers
Cotton States League
The Cotton States League''Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: The Official Record of Minor League Baseball'' – Lloyd Johnson, Steve McDonald, Miles Wolff (editors). Publisher: Baseball America, 1997. Format: Paperback, 672pp. Language: Englis ...
baseball team based in
El Dorado, Arkansas
El Dorado, founded by Matthew Rainey, is a city in, and the county seat of, Union County, on the southern border of Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 18,884.
El Dorado is headquarters of the Ark ...
that played in 1941 and from 1947 to 1955. They also played as the El Dorado Lions from 1929 to 1940. They were affiliated with the
New York Giants
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in 1951.
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In 1954, under manager Bill Adair
Marion Danne "Bill" Adair (February 10, 1913 – June 17, 2002) was an American coach and interim manager in Major League Baseball (MLB).
A second baseman, he was a career minor-league player who never rose about the Class AA level but who spent ...
, they won their only league championship.
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Baseball teams established in 1929
Baseball teams disestablished in 1955
Defunct Cotton States League teams
Defunct East Dixie League teams
Defunct Dixie League teams
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Cincinnati Reds minor league affiliates
Professional baseball teams in Arkansas
1929 establishments in Arkansas
1955 disestablishments in Arkansas
El Dorado, Arkansas
Defunct baseball teams in Arkansas
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