Lima Cigarmakers
The Lima Cigarmakers were a minor league baseball team based in Lima, Ohio. From 1908 to 1912, the Cigarmakers played as members of the Class D (baseball), Class D level Ohio State League, winning the 1909 league championship. The Cigarmakers hosted home minor league games at San Felice Park. History Lima first hosted minor league baseball in 1888, when the Lima "Lushers" played the season as members of independent Tri-State League, winning the league championship. The Cigarmakers were preceded in minor league play by the 1906 Lima Lees of the Class C (baseball), Class C level Interstate Association. In 1908, the Lima "Cigarmakers" began play as charter members of the six-team, Class D level Ohio State League. The Lancaster Lanks, Mansfield Pioneers, Marion Diggers, Newark Newks and Springfield Reapers teams joined Lima in beginning league play on April 23, 1908. The "Cigarmakers" nickname corresponds with the cigarmaking industry in Lima in the era, which included the Deisel-Wem ...
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