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1953 Tulsa Oilers baseball program from the Texas League

Tulsa Oilers (1919-1976)

The Oilers were Tulsa, Oklahoma’s minor league baseball team for most of the 20th century. The team competed in various league at different levels of competition. But at their competitive zenith, the Oilers spent eleven seasons from 1966 until 1976 serving as the top farm club of the National League’s St. Louis Cardinals. During this era, the Oilers won three Class AAA playoff championships and supplied a steady stream of future Major League stars.

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1977 New Orleans Pelicans Baseball

New Orleans Pelicans (1977)

The New Orleans Pelicans were a One-Year Wonder that competed in Minor League Baseball’s Class AAA American Association during the summer of 1977. The Pels served as the top farm club of the National League’s St. Louis Cardinals. After one summer in the Superdome, the ball club moved away to Springfield, Illinois prior to the 1978 season.

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Macon Peaches South Atlantic League

Macon Peaches (1980-1982)

Macon, Georgia was a mainstay on the Southeastern minor league circuit from the turn of the 20th century until the arrival of the Atlanta Braves in 1966. For virtually all of that time, the city’s ball club was known as the Macon Peaches. The city lost its team the year after the Braves arrived and went without pro baseball for 12 years. When the South Atlantic League returned to Macon in 1980 with an expansion franchise, the club re-claimed the historic ‘Peaches’ name.

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1978 Springfield Redbirds baseball program from the American Association

Springfield Redbirds

The Springfield Redbirds were the top farm club of the St. Louis Cardinals for a four summer stretch at Springfield, Illinois’ Lanphier Park.

Key future Major Leaguers who came through Springfield during this era included Leon Durham (1979-1980), Tom Herr (1978-1980), Terry Kennedy (1978-1979), Donnie Moore (1980-1981) and Ken Oberkfell (1978) among others.

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