Parksley Spuds
| Parksley Spuds | |
|---|---|
| Minor league affiliations | |
| Previous classes | Class D |
| League | Eastern Shore League |
| Minor league titles | |
| League titles | 3 (1922, 1924, 1927) |
| Team data | |
Previous parks | Eastern Shore League Baseball Park |
The Parksley Spuds was a
One of the notable players to appear for the Spuds was
History
The Parksley Spuds became one of the six inaugural members of the Eastern Shore League in 1922. The league consisted of teams from Virginia, Maryland and Delaware.[2] The Spuds were named so for the fact that sweet potatoes were widely grown in Parksley.[3] Parksley was home to a playing field known as the Eastern Shore League Baseball Park.[4] The rural town of Parksley, which had a population of 607 at the 1920 census, was an unlikely candidate to host a successful baseball team. Accomack County had a population of nearly 35,000 people, but games were played during the daytime and most of the area's population worked long hours.[1]
In the 1922 season, the Spuds were managed by former minor league player John "Poke" Whalen.
Win Clark managed the 1926 Parksley team.[13] Lester Bangs, who had managed for two years in the Class B Virginia League, was the Spuds manager in 1927.[14] The team won its last league championship that year and beat the BRL's Chambersburg Maroons in the Five-State Championship.[1] A man named John Pasquella took over as manager of the team in 1928; Baseball-Reference.com does not have any biographical information about Pasquella other than his position as manager of the 1928 Parksley team.[15] Facing declining attendance figures, Eastern Shore League officials voted to disband the league in July 1928, cancelling all of the statistics from that season.[16] Two other iterations of the league existed in the 1930s and 1940s, but Parksley did not field a team in the league after 1928.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d Jackson, Frank (April 26, 2012). "The Eastern Shore League". The Hardball Times. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ^ a b "Top 100 Teams: 8. 1937 Salisbury Indians". Minor League Baseball. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ ISBN 1461660068. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
- ^ "Eastern Shore League Baseball Park, Parksley, Va". The Countryside Transformed: The Railroad and the Eastern Shore of Virginia 1870–1935. University of Virginia. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ a b "John Whalen Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ Lambert, p. 8
- ^ Savitt, p. 8
- ^ Savitt, p. 125
- ^ Wingate, Wilson (May 27, 1923). "Parksley Leaves Baseball Field". The Baltimore Sun. p. SS18.
- ^ "Ralph Mattis Minor League Statistics & History". Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ISBN 0786418672.
- ^ Lambert, p. 77
- ^ "Win Clark Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ "Lester Bangs Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ "John Pasquella Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ Lambert, p. 9
References
- Lambert, Mike (2010). Eastern Shore League. ISBN 978-0738566993.
- Savitt, Robert (2011). The Blue Ridge League. ISBN 978-0738582399.