The McCook Generals were a
Nebraska State League
The Nebraska State League (NSL) was an American professional minor league baseball league with five incarnations between 1892 and 1959. The Nebraska State League formed five times: in 1892, from 1910 to 1915, from 1922 to 1923, from 1928 to 1938 a ...
baseball team based in
McCook, Nebraska
McCook is a city in and the county seat of Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,446 at the 2020 census.
History
McCook was platted in 1882 when the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad was extended to that point. I ...
, United States that existed from 1928 to 1932. They were league champions in their first three years of existence, from 1929 to 1931. All league championships came while
Doc Bennett Elmer S. "Doc" Bennett (February 1, 1891 in Ruyle, Illinois, United States – March 31, 1974 in Hollywood, California, USA) was a minor league baseball pitcher and player, who later became a very successful minor league manager, leading five te ...
was manager.
Baseball Reference
/ref> The Generals were succeeded in McCook by the McCook Braves
The McCook Braves were a minor league baseball team based in McCook, Nebraska. From 1956 to 1959, the McCook Braves played as members of the short-season Class D level Nebraska State League as an affiliate of the Milwaukee Braves for their durati ...
in 1956 and preceded by the McCook team of the 1903 Central Nebraska League.
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Baseball teams established in 1928
Defunct minor league baseball teams
Baseball teams disestablished in 1932
1928 establishments in Nebraska
1932 disestablishments in Nebraska
Defunct baseball teams in Nebraska
Nebraska State League teams
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