“Tar Heel League”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

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Tar Heel League

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Member teams
1939–1940 1953–1954

The Tar Heel League was a mid-20th century Class D professional minor baseball league, based in North Carolina in the United States. It operated during the full seasons of {{by|1939}}, {{by|1940}} and {{by|1953}}, and from the opening of the season through June 21, {{by|1954}}.

The first incarnation of the league began and ended the 1939 season with six clubs, but the following year saw the Shelby Nationals and Newton-Conover Twins — one third of the Tar Heel League — drop out on July 19, 1940. The entire league then shut down for 1941 and through World War II.

During the postwar boom in minor league baseball, the Tar Heel circuit remained dormant, while the Class D North Carolina State League resumed play in {{by|1945}} and a new Class D circuit, the Western Carolina League, entered organized baseball in {{by|1948}}. When the 1950s brought dwindling attendance to minor league baseball and clubs and leagues began to contract, the North Carolina State and Western Carolina leagues merged into a revived Tar Heel League for 1953. An unwieldy, ten-club circuit, the 1953 THL shed two teams on June 11 and relocated a third. The 1954 Tar Heel League could field only four teams, and it gave up the ghost 50 games into the season. The Western Carolina League returned to baseball in 1960, and still plays as the Class A South Atlantic League.

Member teams

1939–1940

Gastonia Cardinals {{small|[1]}}
Hickory Rebels
Lenoir Indians {{small|[2]}}
Lenoir Reds {{small|[3]}}
Newton-Conover Twins
Shelby Nationals {{small|[2]}}
Shelby Colonels {{small|[3]}}
Statesville Owls {{small|[4]}}

{{small|1- 1939 League Championship}}

{{small|2- Played only in 1939}}

{{small|3- Played only in 1940}}

{{small|4- 1940 League Championship}}

1953–1954

Forest City Owls {{small|[1]}}
Hickory Rebels {{small|[2]}}
High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms {{small|[1]}}
Lexington Indians {{small|[1]}}
Lincolnton Cardinals/Statesville Sports {{small|[1]}}
Marion Marauders {{small|[3]}}
Mooresville Moors {{small|[1]}}
Rutherford County Owls {{small|[4]}}
Salisbury Rocots {{small|[1]}}
Shelby Clippers
Statesville Blues {{small|[1]}}

{{small|1- Played in 1953 only}}

{{small|2- First place in 1954 before the league folded}}

{{small|3- 1953 League Championship}}

{{small|4- Played in 1954 only}}

4 : 1939 establishments in North Carolina|1954 disestablishments in North Carolina|Baseball leagues in North Carolina|Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States

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