The Beckley Bengals were a
Mountain State League baseball team based in
Beckley, West Virginia, United States that existed from 1937 to 1938. They played under manager
Eli Harris and won the league championship both seasons. They were affiliated with the
Detroit Tigers in 1937.
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Previously the Beckley Black Knights (later Beckley Miners) played in the Middle Atlantic League
The Middle Atlantic League (or Mid-Atlantic League) was a lower-level circuit in United States, American minor league baseball that played during the second quarter of the 20th century.
History
The Middle Atlantic League played from 1925 in base ...
from 1931 to 1935.
Notable Beckley alumni
* Max Butcher
Albert Maxwell Butcher (September 21, 1910 – September 15, 1957) was an American major league baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1936–45.
Career
Butcher was the opposing pitcher on ...
(1932)
* Lou Chiozza (1932)
* Johnny Gorsica
John Joseph Perry Gorsica, born ''Gorczyca'' (March 29, 1915 – December 16, 1998), was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who worked in 204 Major League games over seven seasons (1940–1944; 1946–1947) for the D ...
(1938)
* Lee Grissom
Lee Theo Grissom (October 23, 1907 – October 4, 1998) was an American professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher, Grissom played in Major League Baseball between 1934 and 1941 for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Brooklyn Dodger ...
(1934) MLB All-Star
* Frank McCormick
Frank Andrew McCormick (June 9, 1911 – November 21, 1982) was an American baseball first baseman who played fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Buck" in honor of Frank Buck, he played for the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelph ...
9 x MLB All-Star; 1940 NL Most Valuable Player
* Jimmy Outlaw
James Paulus Outlaw (January 20, 1913 – April 9, 2006) was an American professional baseball player. He played all or part of 10 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder and third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, Boston Bees, and ...
(1940)
* Frank Welch (1931)
* Del Young (1933)
* Murray Franklin (1938)
* Eugene Rex "Gene" Strother (1935)
References
External links
Baseball Reference
Baseball teams established in 1931
Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1938
Defunct minor league baseball teams
Detroit Tigers minor league affiliates
Cincinnati Reds minor league affiliates
Professional baseball teams in West Virginia
Mountain State League teams
Middle Atlantic League teams
1931 establishments in West Virginia
1938 disestablishments in West Virginia
Sports in Beckley, West Virginia
Defunct baseball teams in West Virginia
Baseball teams disestablished in 1938
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