Thomson Orioles
The Thomson Orioles were a minor league baseball team based in Thomson, Georgia in 1956. Thomson qualified for the playoffs and played the season as members of the Class D level Georgia State League, which permanently folded following the completion of the 1956 season. The Orioles hosted home minor league games at The Brickyard. The Thomson Orioles were a minor league affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. History In 1920, Thomson, Georgia fielded a team in the semi–professional North Georgia League. Thomson was in 1st place in the league with a 20–5 record in standings posted on July 15, 1920. Thomson won the first half pennant in the league and played Elberton, winners of the second half pennant, in the finals. Thomson first hosted minor league baseball in 1956, as the Thomson "Orioles" began play. The newly formed Thomson franchise became members of the six–team the Class D level Georgia State League, in the league's final season of play. The Thomson Orioles were a minor ...
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Fred Hofmann
Fred Hofmann (June 10, 1894 – November 19, 1964), nicknamed "Bootnose", was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout and manager. From 1919 to 1928, he played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. Listed at , , Hofmann batted and threw right-handed. Professional baseball career Hofmann was born in St. Louis, Missouri where he began his baseball career as a grade school catcher. In the minor leagues, he not only served as a catcher, but also as a manager. He started at a professional level with the Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Central Association in 1915, then he served in the U.S. Navy during World War I from 1918 through 1919. Following his service discharge, Hofmann entered the majors in 1919 with the New York Yankees, sharing duties with Muddy Ruel and Wally Schang. He was a member of the Yankees teams who won the American League pennants from 1921 to 1923, but only was used twice as a pinch-hitter in the 19 ...
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Defunct Minor League Baseball Teams
Defunct (no longer in use or active) may refer to: * ''Defunct'' (video game), 2014 * Zombie process or defunct process, in Unix-like operating systems See also * * :Former entities * End-of-life product * Obsolescence Obsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service, or practice is no longer maintained or required even though it may still be in good working order. It usually happens when something that is more efficient or less risky r ...

1956 Disestablishments In Georgia (U
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine. * January 25– 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14– 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Moscow. * February 16 – The 1956 World Figure Skating Championships open in Garmisch, West Germany. * February 22 – Elvis P ...
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