Chicago Brown Bombers
Template:Infobox Negro League franchise The Chicago Brown Bombers were a semi-pro and Negro league baseball team in the 1940s. They played in the Negro Major League and later the United States League.
The Brown Bombers played in Minnesota in July, 1942 against the Twin Cities Gophers in Negro Major Baseball League of America games.[1] In 1945 the Brown Bombers were members of The United States League for one season before the league folded.
Lineup Card for Chicago Brown Bombers vs Pittsburgh Crawfords at Nicollet Ball Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1945
The starting lineup and batting order for the Chicago Brown Bombers on the lineup card were:
- Morehead – catcher
- Turner – third base
- Walker – second base
- Noble – right field
- Rhodes – first base
- Ray – left field
- Wyatt – short stop
- Smith – center field
- Mitchell – pitcher
References
- ^ Thornley, S. (2006). Baseball in Minnesota: The Definitive History. Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 163. ISBN 9780873515511. Retrieved 2014-10-31.