and put six players on the Western League All-Star team
a Boston affiliate that won league championships in 1949 and 1953
a semi-pro team founded in the late 1920s by Bob and Earl Johnson
with the “Gems” nickname becoming the city’s most recognizable baseball identity across several minor league eras
a genuine piece of Ventura County baseball graphics rather than a modern invention
Duncan Uttmen T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Oklahoma Sweatshirts and put six players onThe 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