Providence Chiefs
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The Providence Chiefs, sometimes known as the Cranston Chiefs, were a Rhode Island-based minor-league baseball club in the class-B New England League. From 1946-47 the club was known as the Chiefs, and its team logo was a fire chief. In 1948 and 1949 the team was known as the Providence Grays. Providence disbanded on June 20, 1949, in the middle of the New England League's final season.
Sources
"New England League," page on baseball-reference.com https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/New_England_League#1946-1949 .
"New England League 1946-1949," https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/big_bunko/newengland4649.htm&date=2009-10-25+13:33:35 .
Categories:
- Defunct minor league baseball teams
- 1946 establishments in Rhode Island
- 1947 disestablishments in Rhode Island
- Baseball teams established in 1946
- Sports clubs disestablished in 1947
- Professional baseball teams in Rhode Island
- Sports in Providence, Rhode Island
- Defunct baseball teams in Rhode Island
- Baseball team stubs