Greenville Spinners (1938-1955)

Born: 1938
Folded: January 31, 1953¹ASSOCIATED PRESS. “It’s Final! Tri-State To Operate With Six Teams”. The Charlotte News (Charlotte, NC). January 31, 1953
Re-Born: 1954
Folded (Again): 1955

First Game: April 20, 1938 (W 5-4 @ Spartanburg Spartans)
Last Game: August 31, 1955 (L 8-7 vs. Spartanburg Peaches)

South Atlantic League Champions: 1948
Tri-State League Championships: None

Stadium: Meadowbrook Park

Owners:

• 1938-1940: Joe Cambria
• 1941: Washington Senators (Clark Griffith)
• 1942: Lehman Moseley, R.A. Jolley, Jimmy Gaston, Kenneth Cass, et al.
• ????-1952: B. Jack Foster & Robert W. Hunter
• 1954: Hobart Ford & Ralph Munger
• 1954: Tri-State League
• 1955:

Major League Affiliations:

• 1939-1941: Washington Senators
• 1946: Chicago White Sox
• 1947:-1950 Brooklyn Dodgers

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Source: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (1st ed.), Lloyd Johnson & Miles Wolff, 1993