The Sumter Indians were a South Carolina minor league baseball team that played for only one season in the Western Carolinas League during the summer of 1970. The Indians were the first pro ball club to call Sumter home since the Sumter Chicks of 1949-1950. Notable players included 18-year old third baseman Buddy Bell and 21-year old pitcher Jim Kern. Both became Major League All-Stars for the Cleveland Indians and later for the Texas Rangers.
The Oneonta Red Sox were a Class A farm club in the New York-Penn League for one season during the summer of 1966. A previous incarnation of the Oneonta Red Sox played in the Class C Can-Am League from 1946 to 1951. Following the 1966 season, Oneonta left the Red Sox organization to begin a 31-year affiliation with the rival New York Yankees.
Bristol, Connecticut hosted the Class AA farm club of the Boston Red Sox in the Eastern League for ten seasons from 1973 to 1982. It was a Golden Age for the Red Sox farm system and a parade of future Major League stars came through ancient Muzzy Field on their way to Fenway Park, including eventual Hall-of-Famers Jim Rice (1973) and Wade Boggs (1978 and 1979). The team moved to New Britain, Connecticut ahead of the 1983 season.
Carolina League (1976-1992) Born: 1976 Moved: October 1992 (Wilmington Blue Rocks) First Game: April 16, 1976 (W 7-3 vs. Salem Pirates) Last Game: September 8, 1992
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