Seattle Turks Explained

The Seattle Turks were a minor league baseball team based in Seattle, WA who played a single season (1909) in the Northwestern League. In their only year of existence, the team won a Northwestern League pennant with a record of 109-58.

On June 29, 2013, the Seattle Mariners MLB team played as the Seattle Turks in one-off throwback uniforms against the Chicago Cubs. Safeco Field was renamed Yesler Way Park for the game.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130624&content_id=51636244&c_id=sea "Mariners and Cubs turn back the clock to early 1900s"