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New Bern Bears
The New Bern Bears were a minor league baseball team based in New Bern, North Carolina. Between 1937 and 1952, with a break during World War II, the Bears teams played exclusively as members of the Coastal Plain League (Class D), Coastal Plain League, winning three league championships with six playoff appearances. New Bern hosted minor league home games at Kafer Park. History The New Bern Bears were preceded in minor league baseball by the 1908 New Bern team, who played briefly as members of the Eastern Carolina League before folding during the season. 1937 to 1941 The New Bern "Bears" began play in 1937. The Bears would remain for every season of the Class D level Coastal Plain League, winning three championships. The New Bern use of the "Bears" nickname corresponds to local history. When the city of New Bern was founded in 1710, early settlers adopted the Bear as the city mascot after a bear was the first animal the group encountered. Today, there are more than 50 bear statues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson Tobs (minor League Baseball)
The Wilson Tobs were a minor league baseball club based in Wilson, North Carolina and played periodically between 1908 and 1973. The Tobs nickname was a shortened form of the word "tobacconists". From 1908 to 1910, the team was officially known as the Wilson Tobacconists and played in the Eastern Carolina League. The club won the league's championship in 1909 and they were in the championship series in 1908, when play was suspended due to a tropical storm. They then next spent eight seasons in the Virginia League. During the 1920–1922 and 1924–1927 seasons the team was known as the Wilson Bugs. They won the Virginia League championship in 1922 and 1923. From 1939 to 1952, the renamed Wilson Tobs were also a member of the Class D Coastal Plain League, winning that league's championship in 1941. The 1941 Tobs were recognized as one of the 100 greatest minor league teams of all time. In 1942, the team played in the Bi-State League. The team also played in the Carolina League from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Minor League Baseball Teams
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Ben Wade
Benjamin Styron Wade (November 25, 1922 – December 2, 2002) was an American professional baseball player who became a longtime director of scouting operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers during a period that saw the team win four world championships. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1948), Brooklyn Dodgers (1952–54), St. Louis Cardinals (1954) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1955). Wade batted and threw right-handed. Baseball career Wade was born in Morehead City, North Carolina on November 25, 1922. He was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent before the season. On February 11, 1943, Wade joined the Army Air Force. When he was discharged from military service in February 1945, he resumed playing professional baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league affiliate, the Anniston Rams of the Southeastern League. The Pirates traded Wade to the Chicago Cubs before the 1947 season. Wade made his major league debu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunky Stewart
Veston Goff "Bunky" Stewart (January 7, 1931 – October 3, 2007) was an American professional baseball player, a pitcher for the Washington Senators between and . He accumulated five wins, eleven losses, and three saves over 72 games pitched. The , left-hander was born in Jasper, Craven County, North Carolina, and attended East Carolina University. Before debuting in the Major League, he played for the New Bern Bears of the Coastal Plain League. He played parts of four more seasons with the Senators, though he only played regularly in (29 games) and 1956 (33 games). In his final season, Stewart pitched 105 innings, winning five games, and saving two. He also hit .250 with 2 RBIs in 28 at bats in '56. After his playing days, he worked in retail and in real estate. He died on October 3, 2007 in Wilmington, North Carolina Wilmington is a port city in and the county seat of New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States. With a population of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil McCullough
Pinson Lamar "Phil" McCullough (July 22, 1917 – January 16, 2003) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He appeared in one game in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ... for the Washington Senators during the 1942 season. References Major League Baseball pitchers Washington Senators (1901–1960) players New Bern Bears players Kinston Eagles players Greenville Spinners players Chattanooga Lookouts players Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels baseball players Baseball players from Georgia (U.S. state) 1917 births 2003 deaths {{US-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Guettler
Kenneth Adam Guettler (May 29, 1927 – December 25, 1977) was an American minor league baseball player once called "The minors' Babe Ruth" who hit over 330 home runs and was a star at that level. He is most well known for his 1956 campaign, when he hit 62 home runs for the Shreveport Sports. He won seven home run and five RBI titles. Guettler began his career in 1945 with the Kingsport Cherokees, leading the league with 13 home runs. In 1946, he played for the New Bern Bears, Burlington Bees and Charleston Rebels. In 1947, he hit .334 with 25 home runs and 103 RBI for the Griffin Pimientos, pacing the league in home runs and RBI. With the Montgomery Rebels and Gadsden Pilots in 1948, he led the league with 24 home runs. He played for the Des Moines Bruins in 1949. He hit 20 or more home runs for the third time in his career in 1950, hitting 22 between the Portsmouth Cubs and Des Moines. With Portsmouth in 1951, he led the Piedmont League in homers (28), runs (114) and RBI ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stu Flythe
Stuart McGuire Flythe (December 5, 1911 – October 18, 1963) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season. He attended North Carolina State College, where he played college baseball College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. In comparison to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a smaller role in developing professional p ... for the Wolfpack. References External links Major League Baseball pitchers Philadelphia Athletics players NC State Wolfpack baseball players Baseball players from North Carolina 1911 births 1963 deaths New Bern Bears players People from Northampton County, North Carolina Portsmouth Cubs players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Evans
Alfred Hubert Evans (September 28, 1916 – April 6, 1979) was an American Major League Baseball catcher and a Minor League manager. Listed at tall and , Evans batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Kenly, North Carolina. Basically a contact, line-drive hitter, Evans was a fine reserve catcher with a strong throwing arm. As many bigleaguers, he saw his baseball career interrupted while serving in the US Navy during World War II. Evans reached the majors in with the Washington Senators, playing for them four years before joining the military (1943–44). He was released from the Navy in time for the end of the 1944 season with the Senators, staying with the club until 1950. His most productive season came in 1949, when he posted career-highs in games (109), batting average (.271), RBI (42), runs (32), and doubles. He also played briefly with the Boston Red Sox in , his last Major League season. In a 12-season career, Evans was a .250 hitter (514-for-2053) with 13 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Burge
Kermon Lester Burge (May 17, 1917 – March 1, 1996) was a minor league baseball first baseman and manager whose career spanned from the 1930s to the 1950s. He began his career in 1938, playing for the Class-D New Bern Bears of the Coastal Plain League. He hit .348 with 98 hits, 21 doubles, 22 home runs and a .699 slugging percentage that year, leading the league in slugging percentage and finishing second, behind Bennie Rothstein, in home runs. He split 1939 between the Class-B Savannah Indians of the South Atlantic League and the Class-A1 Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association, hitting a combined .286 with 14 home runs and 10 triples in 144 games. He returned to Atlanta again in 1940, hitting .277 with 12 home runs and 82 hits in 88 games. Once more with the Crackers in 1941, Burge batted .311 with 163 hits, 38 home runs, 146 RBI, 331 total bases and a .632 slugging percentage. He led the league in home runs, RBI and slugging percentage and tied Oris Hockett for second, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Anderson
Alfred Walton Anderson (January 28, 1914 – June 23, 1985) was an American professional baseball shortstop who appeared in 146 Major League Baseball games for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the , and seasons. Anderson was born in Gainesville, Georgia; he threw and batted right-handed, and was listed as tall and . His professional career began in the low minor leagues in 1938, but Anderson would require only three years of seasoning before making the Pirates at age 27 in 1941. With future Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Arky Vaughan starting only 90 of the club's 156 official games, Anderson was penciled into the Bucs' starting lineup 56 times; overall, he batted .215 with 48 hits. The following year, with Vaughan traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers, Anderson backed up Pete Coscarart, starting 40 games and improving his average to .271, but he also spent part of the summer in the minors with the top-level Minneapolis Millers. From 1944 to 1945 Anderson served in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |