playing at Leeman Field in Pennington Gap
The Mules were part of a geographic expansion that brought the league across the Mississippi into Missouri
The Highlanders name returned in 1953 when the Carolina League's Fayetteville Athletics rebranded
a five-time All-Star pitcher for the Yankees
only to lose the league championship to the Danville Leafs in a six-game series
Duncan Uttmen Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Oklahoma Size:5XL playing at Leeman Field inThe Duncan Uttmen, based in Duncan, Oklahoma, carried one of the more unusual names in Sooner State League history. Rather than a local industry, animal, or occupation, the Uttmen took their name from the team's owner, a quirk that baseball historians have noted alongside a small handful of similarly self referential minor league nicknames from the era. The club began play in 1947 as the Duncan Cementers, named for the city's cement production