Category: Appalachian League

1954 Bluefield Blue Grays baseball program from the Appalachian League

Bluefield Blue Grays

The Bluefield Blue Grays was the named used by a pair of minor league baseball teams that represented the West Virginia/Virginia border city for the better part of two decades between 1937 and 1955. The most prominent player to take the field for the Blue Grays was 18-year pitcher Bill Monbouquette, who made ten appearances for the club during its final season of 1955. Monbo became a four-time All-Star for the Boston Red Sox and hurled a no-hitter for the Major League team on August 1st, 1962.

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1959 Bluefield Orioles baseball program from the Appalachian League

Bluefield Orioles

Appalachian League (1958-2010) Born: 1958 Affiliation Change: September 7, 2010 (Bluefield Blue Jays) First Game: June 27, 1958 (L 6-5 @ Wytheville Cardinals) Last Games:

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Wytheville Braves Appalachian League

Wytheville Braves

The Wytheville Braves were a Virginia-based Rookie-level farm club of the Atlanta Braves from 1971 to 1973. The Braves moved their Appalachian League operation to Kingsport, Tennessee in 1974, leaving Wytheville without pro baseball until 1985.

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Paintsville Hilanders

Appalachian League (1978) Born: 1978 Affiliation Change/Re-Branded: November 1978 (Paintsville Yankees) First Game: June 22, 1978 (L 4-1 @ Bluefield Orioles) Last Game: August 31, 1978 (W

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Wytheville Senators Appalachian League

Wytheville Senators

Appalachian League (1960) Born: 1960 Re-Branded: 1961 (Wytheville Twins) First Game: June 24, 1960 (L 10-4 vs. Bluefield Orioles) Last Game: September 1, 1960 (W

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