Salinas Packers T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Color:Maroon a former pro catcher who

a former pro catcher who caught for his own club at age 43 and whose wife kept the team's books

captured the spirit of that era as well as any team that ever played in it

and Clarksville

following the Oklahoma State League Poncans in the 1920s and the Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League Dodgers from 1947 to 1952

The Spudders won the 1953 Big State League championship before a disastrous 27-109 Longhorn League season in 1954

Salinas Packers T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Color:Maroon a former pro catcher whoThe Salinas Packers, based in Salinas, California, joined the California League in 1954, bringing professional baseball to the self proclaimed Salad Bowl of the World. The name honored the produce packing industry that defined the Salinas Valley, where the lettuce sheds and vegetable packers employed much of the town. The Packers ran through 1958, affiliated first with the Pittsburgh Pirates and then the Milwaukee Braves, and reached the top quickly: