The Twin Ports League was an American
minor baseball league that existed for six weeks (May 30 through July 13) during the
wartime season. Comprising four teams based in
Duluth, Minnesota
, settlement_type = City
, nicknames = Twin Ports (with Superior), Zenith City
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, image_caption = Clockwise from top: urban Duluth skyline; Minnesota ...
, and
Superior, Wisconsin.
History
The Twin Ports League was the only league to be designated
Class E—one level below the previously lowest minor league level,
Class D—by the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (the formal name of
Minor League Baseball).
According to
Baseball Americas ''Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball,'' many of the players in the Twin Ports League were employed in the
Twin Ports
The Duluth MN-WI Metropolitan Area, commonly called the Twin Ports, is a small metropolitan area centered around the cities of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. The Twin Ports are located at the western part of Lake Superior (the weste ...
' war factories, dockyards and shipyards. The teams included the
Duluth Dukes
The Duluth Dukes was the name of an American minor league baseball franchise that represented Duluth, Minnesota, in the Northern League from 1935 to 1942, and from 1946 to 1955. In addition, a separate edition of the Dukes was one of four franc ...
, Duluth Heralds, Duluth Marine Iron, and the Superior Bays. The Superior club was in first place when the league disbanded on July 13, 1943.
Only one player in the Twin Ports League eventually reached
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), ...
—
Ernie Rudolph, who pitched in seven games for the
1945 Brooklyn Dodgers.
Former major league player
Wally Gilbert managed the Marine Iron team.
Cities represented
*
Duluth, MN
, settlement_type = City
, nicknames = Twin Ports (with Superior), Zenith City
, motto =
, image_skyline =
, image_caption = Clockwise from top: urban Duluth skyline; Minnesota ...
:
Duluth Dukes
The Duluth Dukes was the name of an American minor league baseball franchise that represented Duluth, Minnesota, in the Northern League from 1935 to 1942, and from 1946 to 1955. In addition, a separate edition of the Dukes was one of four franc ...
1943;
Duluth Heralds 1943;
Duluth Marine Iron 1943
*
Superior, WI:
Superior Bays 1943
Standings and statistics
1943 Twin Ports League
The league disbanded July 13.
References
* Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, eds., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball,'' 2nd edition.
Durham, North Carolina:
Baseball America, 1997, page 339
External links
1943 Twin Ports League pageat
Baseball Reference
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1943 establishments in the United States
1943 disestablishments in the United States
Baseball leagues in Minnesota
Baseball leagues in Wisconsin
Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States
Sports leagues established in 1943
1943 in baseball
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