Greenville Majors Explained

The Greenville Majors minor league baseball team played in the East Texas League (1946), Big State League (1947–1950, 1953) and Sooner State League (1957).[1] It was based in the American city of Greenville, Texas. The club was affiliated with the New York Yankees, whom they defeated in a 1949 home game at Majors Stadium.[2] Both the stadium and team were named after Lt. Truett Jay Majors, the first youth from Greenville to be killed in WW2.[3]

Major league alumni

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?city=Greenville&state=TX&country=US&empty=0 BR Minors page
  2. News: Majors win over Yankees to be remembered. Museum. Courtesy Audie Murphy/American Cotton. Herald-Banner. 2018-08-07. en.
  3. News: Lt. Truett Jay Majors. 2015-05-25. Texas History Notebook. 2018-08-07. en-US.
  4. BR minor league team pages