Joplin Miners T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Missouri Color:Maroon a ballpark still in use

a ballpark still in use today as Bill Doenges Memorial Stadium

That season ended with the franchise relocating to Las Vegas in May

The Alameda Encinals

and was so obviously the best prospect in the sport that the league named him its Most Valuable Player despite the abbreviated stay

were part of the Central Kentucky Baseball league

Joplin Miners T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Missouri Color:Maroon a ballpark still in useThe Joplin Miners were named for the lead and zinc mines of the Tri State district that made Joplin, Missouri a boomtown, and they were one of the most durable identities in minor league baseball, playing 49 seasons between 1902 and 1954, mostly in the Western Association with two stints in the Class A Western League. In 1917 the club opened a new Miners Park, the ballpark known today as Joe Becker Stadium, which still stands. In April 1920, Ty Cobb