American minor baseball league
Tobacco State LeagueClassification | Class D (1946–1950) |
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Sport | Minor League Baseball |
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First season | 1946 |
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Ceased | 1950 |
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President | J.E.L. Wade (1946) Arthur T. Moore (1947–1950) |
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No. of teams | 13 |
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Country | United States of America |
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Most titles | 2 Red Springs Red Robins |
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Related competitions | Bi-State League |
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The Tobacco State League was a Class D level American minor baseball league that played for five seasons (1946–1950) in Organized Baseball in the state of North Carolina. The Red Springs Red Robins won two league championships.
History
The Tobacco State League was one of many low-level minor leagues that flourished immediately after World War II before disbanding in the 1950s. Founded as a six-team circuit in 1946, the league sported eight teams for the final four years of its existence, although one of its teams, the charter member Smithfield-Selma Leafs, was forced to drop out during the closing weeks of the TSL's final 1950 season. With the exceptions of Lumberton (Chicago Cubs) and Red Springs (Philadelphia Athletics), its members were unaffiliated with Major League Baseball farm systems.
Member teams
Tobacco State League Teams
- Angier, NC & Fuquay Springs, NC: Angier-Fuquay Springs Bulls 1946 (Champions, 1946)
- Clinton, NC: Clinton Blues1946–1948; Clinton Sampson Blues 1949–1950
- Dunn, NC & Erwin, NC: Dunn-Erwin Twins 1946–1950
- Fayetteville, NC: Fayetteville Scotties 1949
- Lumberton, NC: Lumberton Cubs 1947–1948; Lumberton Auctioneers 1949–1950
- Red Springs, NC: Red Springs Red Robins 1947–1950 (Champions, 1948, 1949)
- Rockingham, NC: Rockingham Eagles 1950 (Champions, 1950)
- Sanford, NC: Sanford Spinners 1946–1950 (Champions, 1947)
- Smithfield, NC & Selma, NC: Smithfield-Selma Leafs 1946–1950
- Warsaw, NC: Warsaw Red Sox 1947–1948
- Whiteville, NC: Whiteville Tobs 1950
- Wilmington, NC: Wilmington Pirates 1946–1950
Standings & statistics
Playoffs: Angier-Fuquay 4 games, Sanford 2; Clinton 4 games, Springfield 1.
Finals: Angier-Fuquay 4 games, Clinton 3.
1946 league leaders Player | Team | Stat | Tot | | Player | Team | Stat | Tot |
Willie Duke | Clinton | BA | .393 | | Robert Keane | Clinton | W | 23 |
Lonnie H. Smith | Clinton | Runs | 117 | | George Bortz | Sanford | SO | 193 |
Leo Niezgoda | Smith/Selma | Hits | 173 | | Robert Keane | Clinton | PCT | .852; 23-4 |
Orville Nesselrode | Sanford | RBI | 150 |
Orville Nesselrode | Sanford | HR | 30 |
Playoffs: Sanford 4 games, Wilmington 3; Lumberton 4 games, Dunn-Erwin 1.
Finals: Sanford 4 games, Lumberton 3.
1947 league leaders Player | Team | Stat | Tot | | Player | Team | Stat | Tot |
Jimmy Wilson | Sanford | BA | .385 | | Lewis Cheshire | Wilmington | W | 19 |
Jimmy Wilson | Sanford | Runs | 133 | | Carl Johnson | Warsaw | SO | 225 |
Jimmy Wilson | Sanford | Hits | 205 | | John McFadden | Sanford | ERA | 2.44 |
Orville Nesselrode | Sanford | RBI | 166 | | John McFadden | Sanford | PCT | .750 15-5 |
Orville Nesselrode | Sanford | HR | 32 |
Playoffs: Sanford 4 games, Smithfield-Selma 1; Red Springs 4 games, Wilmington 3.
Finals: Red Springs 4 games, Sanford 1.
1948 league leaders Player | Team | Stat | Tot | | Player | Team | Stat | Tot |
Hargrove Davis | Wilmington | BA | .366 | | Aaron Osofsky | Smithfield-Selma | W | 24 |
Jimmy Wilson | Sanford | Runs | 145 | | John Cheshire | Wilmington | SO | 258 |
Jimmy Wilson | Sanford | Hits | 212 | | John Cheshire | Wilmington | ERA | 2.35 |
Orville Nesselrode | Sanford | RBI | 159 | | Aaron Osofsky | Smithfield-Selma | PCT | .828 24-5 |
Orville Nesselrode | Sanford | HR | 27 |
Playoffs: Dunn-Erwin 4 games, Lumberton 1; Red Springs 4 games, Sanford 2.
Finals: Red Springs 4 games, Dunn Erwin 1.
1949 league leaders Player | Team | Stat | Tot | | Player | Team | Stat | Tot |
Joe Roseberry | Fayetteville | BA | .409 | | Clarence Condit | Dunn-Erwin | W | 20 |
Granville Denning | Dunn-Erwin | Runs | 118 | | Clarence Condit | Dunn-Erwin | SO | 264 |
Nicholas Perchia | Clinton | Runs | 118 | | Leslie Price | Clinton | ERA | 2.19 |
Granville Denning | Dunn-Erwin | Hits | 185 | | John Bennett | Smithfield-Selma | PCT | .769 10-3 |
Granville Denning | Dunn-Ervin | RBI | 119 |
Joseph Stern | Clin/Lumb | HR | 15 |
John Helms | Fayetteville | HR | 15 |
Playoffs: Rockingham 4 games, Lumberton 2; Stanford 4 games, Red Springs 0;
Finals: Rockingham 4 games, Stanford 3
1950 league leaders Player | Team | Stat | Tot | | Player | Team | Stat | Tot |
Granville Denning | Whiteville | BA | .374 | | Hoyt Clegg | Sanford | W | 24 |
Granville Denning | Whiteville | Hits | 176 | | Richard Causey | Sanford | SO | 148 |
Pierre Ethier | Lumberton | Runs | 146 | | Clayton Andrews | Sanford | ERA | 2.63 |
Mike Milosevich | Lumberton | RBI | 121 | | John Lagan | Lumberton | PCT | .875 21-3 |
Mike Milosevich | Lumberton | HR | 14 |
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References
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- Holaday, Chris (2016). The Tobacco State League; A North Carolina Baseball History, 1946–1950. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-6670-9.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.
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