• The Raleigh Capitals was a name used by various minor league baseball teams that were based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Most of these teams played at Devereaux...
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    Raleigh (/ˈrɔːli/ ; RAW-lee) is the capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County. It is the second-most populous city...
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    Pete Daley (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    Peter Harvey Daley (January 14, 1930 – August 22, 2024) was an American professional baseball catcher. Daley played in Major League Baseball from 1955...
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    Carl Yastrzemski (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    with the Red Sox organization, which sent him to the minor-league Raleigh Capitals in 1959, where he led the league with a .377 batting average. The organization...
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  • campus (now the East Campus of Duke University). They defeated the Raleigh Capitals 7-4. On May 30, 1917, however, the North Carolina State League folded...
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    federal, state, insular area, territorial, colonial and Native American capitals. Washington, D.C. has been the federal capital of the United States since...
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  • Crash Davis (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    minor leagues, with teams including the Reidsville Luckies and the Raleigh Capitals, until 1952. After Bull Durham was released, Davis became a minor celebrity...
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    Hank Greenberg (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    the Eastern League before playing the remainder of the year with the Raleigh Capitals of the Piedmont League, hitting .314 with 19 home runs. In 1931, he...
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  • with eight teams based in Burlington, Durham, Greensboro, Leaksville, Raleigh, Winston-Salem (all from North Carolina), along with Danville and Martinsville...
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  • League Manager AA Mobile Bears Southern Association Ernie White B Raleigh Capitals Carolina League Enos Slaughter D Lexington Indians Western Carolinas...
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    Enos Slaughter (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    player-manager for the Houston Buffs of the Texas League in 1960 and for Raleigh Capitals of the Carolina League in 1961. Slaughter coached baseball for Duke...
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    Red Sox Raleigh Capitals — Corning Red Sox Lexington Red Sox Waterloo Hawks 7: 500  1959 Minneapolis Millers — Allentown Red Sox Raleigh Capitals — Alpine...
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    Wilbur Wood (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    average (ERA) before getting promoted to the Raleigh Capitals of the Class B Carolina League. With Raleigh, he had a 3–5 record and a 3.84 ERA in 13 games...
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  • Score Finalist 1945 Danville Leafs 4–1 Raleigh Capitals 1946 Raleigh Capitals 4–2 Durham Bulls 1947 Raleigh Capitals 4–2 Durham Bulls 1948 Martinsville Athletics...
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  • Ed Brinkman (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    Edwin Albert Brinkman (December 8, 1941 – September 30, 2008) was an American professional baseball player, coach and scout. He played as a shortstop in...
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  • Murphy Currie (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    Archibald Murphy Currie (August 31, 1893 – June 18, 1939) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1916. "Murphy...
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    Bob Tillman (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    John Robert Tillman (March 24, 1937 – June 23, 2000) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for...
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    Joe Medwick (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    323 batting average. He continued playing through 1952 with Class 'B' Raleigh and Tampa, but his numbers declined substantially. In 1984 games played...
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    Tracy Stallard (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    and 7–12, respectively. For the 1958 season, he was promoted to the Raleigh Capitals of the Class B Carolina League, where he posted a 9–6 record and a...
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  • Squiz Pillion (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    Cecil Randolph "Squiz" Pillion (April 13, 1894 – September 30, 1962) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He appeared in two games over the course of one...
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  • Russ Gibson (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    John Russell Gibson (May 6, 1939 – July 27, 2008) was an American professional baseball catcher who played for the Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants...
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    Bobo Newsom (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    Louis Norman "Bobo" Newsom (August 11, 1907 – December 7, 1962) was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. Also known as "Buck", Newsom...
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  • 1936–1952; Portsmouth Merrimacs – 1953–1955 Raleigh, NC: Raleigh Nats – 1920; Raleigh Red Birds – 1921; Raleigh Capitals – 1922–1928; 1930–1932 Richmond, VA:...
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  • Sam McConnell (third baseman) (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    Samuel Faulkner McConnell (June 8, 1895 – June 27, 1981) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia...
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  • Joe McManus (baseball) (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    Joab Logan "Joe" McManus (September 7, 1887 – December 23, 1955) was a professional baseball pitcher who played in one game for the Cincinnati Reds on...
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    Chuck Schilling (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    Charles Thomas Schilling (October 25, 1937 – March 30, 2021) was an American professional baseball player who appeared in Major League Baseball as a second...
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  • Bill Bankston (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    Wilborn Everett Bankston (1893–1970) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1915 season...
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  • Vern Duncan (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    Vernon Van Duke Duncan (January 6, 1890 – June 1, 1954) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He began his major league career late in the 1913 season...
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    Wayne Comer (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    free agent. He made his professional debut that year for the Class-B Raleigh Capitals, batting .229 with three home runs and 28 runs batted in (RBI) in 78...
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    Dick Radatz (category Raleigh Capitals players)
    Richard Raymond Radatz (April 2, 1937 – March 16, 2005) was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "The Monster", the 6 ft 6 in...
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