Paducah Chiefs

Paducah Chiefs
1897–2016
(1897, 1903–1906, 1910–1914, 1922–1923, 1935–1941, 1949–1955, 2016)
Paducah, Kentucky
Class-level
Previous Class D
Minor league affiliations
League Ohio Valley Summer Collegiate Baseball League (OVL) (2016)
Previous leagues
Major league affiliations
Previous
Minor league titles
League titles 6 (1904, 1905, 1913, 1949, 1953, 1955)
Team data
Previous names
  • Pacucah Chiefs (1949–1955)
  • Paducah Indians (1936–1941)
  • Paducah Red Birds (1935)
  • Paducah Indians (1914, 1922–1923)
  • Paducah Chiefs (1912–1913)
  • Paducah Polecats (1911)
  • Paducah Indians (1904–1906, 1910)
  • Paducah Chiefs (1903)
  • Paducah Little Colonels (1897)
Previous parks
 Brooks Stadium (1949–1955)
Hook's Park (1935-1941)
League Park (1922-1923)
Wallace Park (1897-1914)

Paducah Chiefs is a minor league baseball team in Paducah, Kentucky and the primary nickname for various Paducah teams, who began play in 1897.

Early incarnations of the Paducah Chiefs played in the Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League (KITTY League) in 1903 and 1912–1913, and in the Mississippi–Ohio Valley League in 1949–1950.[1] The Chiefs competed in the KITTY League from 1951 until their disbanding in 1955.[2]

The Chiefs, though finishing fourth in the regular season standings in 1949, went on to win the Mississippi–Ohio Valley League playoffs and championship.[3] In 1950 the Chiefs again finished fourth in the regular season standings, but made through the playoffs to the league championship series against the Centralia Sterlings; the championship series was cancelled due to bad weather.[4] After that season the Chiefs left the Mississippi–Ohio Valley League for the KITTY League.[5]

The Chiefs were the 1955 Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League (KITTY League) champions with a 64–39 record, and were the league runner up in 1952 (67–53).[6]

The franchise was affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals (1952-1955), Brooklyn Dodgers (1939), St. Louis Cardinals (1938), Pittsburgh Pirates (1937) and Cincinnati Reds (1936).[7]

The team was also known as the Paducah Indians for much of its history.

In 2016 the Paducah Chiefs Ball Club was reorganized and became a part of the Ohio Valley Summer Collegiate Baseball League (OVL). [8][9]

The ballparks

The franchise played at numerous parks in Paducah.

From 1949 to 1955 Paducah teams played at Brooks Stadium, located at 25th Street and C Street, now 2400 Brooks Stadium Drive.[10][11] Brooks Stadium hosted the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League All-Star Game in 1949.[12]

Earlier, the team played at Hook's Park, loacted at 8th street and Terrell, from 1935 to 1941.[13] In 1922 and 1923 Paducah played at League Park.[14] Early teams played at Wallace Park located at Broadway and Labelle.[15]

The team currently play at Paducah's Brook Stadium.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ Paducah Chiefs page at Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ Paducah Chiefs page at Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ Sumner, Benjamin Barrett. Minor League Baseball Standings:All North American Leagues, Through 1999. Jefferson, N.C.:McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0781-6
  4. ↑ Sumner, Benjamin Barrett. Minor League Baseball Standings:All North American Leagues, Through 1999. Jefferson, N.C.:McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0781-6
  5. ↑ Sumner, Benjamin Barrett. Minor League Baseball Standings:All North American Leagues, Through 1999. Jefferson, N.C.:McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0781-6
  6. ↑ KITTY League page at Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Paducah&state=KY&country=US&empty=0
  8. ↑ http://www.madisonvilleminers.com/paducah-chiefs-join-ovl-for-2016/
  9. ↑ http://www.paducahsun.com/PrintPage/102815_PS_Paducah_Chiefs
  10. ↑ http://www.kentuckytourism.com/historic-brooks-stadium/2408/
  11. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/park.cgi?id=KY043
  12. ↑ http://www.mwlguide.com/cities/paducah/
  13. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/park.cgi?id=KY042
  14. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/park.cgi?id=KY041
  15. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/park.cgi?id=KY040

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