There had been speculation the club might instead become a road team headquartered in Crowley
So since the team didn't have a nickname
as the Boston Braves were then briefly known
They did jump around a bit and played in a number of other leagues as well
They finished 22 games ahead of second-place Waterloo
Merced Bears T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California illinois There had been speculation theThe Merced Bears, based in Merced, California, were a charter member of the California League, founded in 1941 as a Class C circuit, and were fittingly a farm club of the Boston Bees, as the Boston Braves were then briefly known. Merced was the smallest market among the eight founding cities, and the Bears struggled accordingly, finishing last at 50 86, a full 38 games behind pennant winning Fresno. That one season was the whole story. When World War