St. Joseph Saints
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League titles | 6 (1933-1935, 1940, 1947-1948) |
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Name | St. Joseph Saints |
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Previous parks | Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Dizzy Dean and Earl Weaver played for St. Joseph teams.
HistorySt. Joseph was a member of the Western Association (1889, 1893-1897, 1906, 1927, 1939-1941, 1946-1951, 1953-1954) and Western League (1886-1887, 1898, 1900-1905, 1910โ1926, 1930-1935), They were an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals (1930, 1946-1951, 1953), the Chicago Cubs (1939-1940), St. Louis Browns (1941) and the New York Yankees (1954).[1] They won six championships. They won three straight league championships, from 1933 to 1935 and again in 1940, 1947 and 1948. Their first came under manager Earle Brucker, and their third under Earle Brucker. They won the fourth league championship in 1940 under Keith Frazier the last two under Robert Stanton and Harold Olt.[citation needed ]
In 1939, Dizzy Dean debuted his professional career with St. Joseph, going 17-8 in 32 games with a 3.69 ERA. The 1941 team moved to Carthage, Missouri on June 3, 1941.[citation needed] The ballparkLater St. Joseph teams played at Phil Welch Stadium beginning in 1939. The stadium is still in use today had been home to the St. Joseph Mustangs, a collegiate summer baseball league team in the MINK League since 2009. The address is 2600 Southwest Parkway, St. Joseph, 64503.[2][3] Notable St. Joseph alumni
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