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.BR Minors
/ref> 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
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