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Worthington Cardinals
The Worthington Cardinals were a minor league baseball team based in Worthington, Minnesota. In 1939 and 1940, Worthington played as a member of the Class D level Western League. The Worthington Cardinals were a minor league affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals and hosted home games at Fairgrounds Park. History The year before gaining a minor league franchise, Baseball Hall of Fame member Ted Williams played in an exhibition game in Worthington, hitting a long home run in front of a capacity crowd. Minor league baseball began in Worthington, Minnesota when the 1939 Worthington Cardinals joined the six–team 1939 Class D level Western League as an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. The Western League reformed after not playing in 1938. The Lincoln Links, Mitchell Kernels, Norfolk Elks, Sioux City Cowboys and Sioux Falls Canaries joined Worthington in 1939 league play. In their first season of play, the 1939 Worthington Cardinals finished last. With a regular season record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk Yankees
The Norfolk Yankees were a Western League baseball team based in Norfolk, Nebraska, United States that played from 1940 to 1941. They were affiliated with the New York Yankees. Jim Dyck, who played 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), ... from 1951 to 1956, is the only known major leaguer to play for the team. References Baseball teams established in 1940 Defunct minor league baseball teams Defunct baseball teams in Nebraska 1940 establishments in Nebraska 1941 disestablishments in Nebraska Baseball teams disestablished in 1941 Madison County, Nebraska Defunct Western League teams {{Nebraska-baseball-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseball Teams Disestablished In 1940
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball that a player on the batting team, called the batter, tries to hit with a bat. The objective of the offensive team (batting team) is to hit the ball into the field of play, away from the other team's players, allowing its players to run the bases, having them advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called " runs". The objective of the defensive team (referred to as the fielding team) is to prevent batters from becoming runners, and to prevent runners' advance around the bases. A run is scored when a runner legally advances around the bases in order and touches home plate (the place where the player started as a batter). The principal objective of the batting team is to have a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
