The Sandersville Giants were a minor league baseball team based in Sandersville, Georgia in 1955 and 1956. Playing previously as the Sandersville Wacos...
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Centre Sandersville was home to the minor league baseball teams, the Sandersville Giants (1955–1956) and Sandersville Wacos (1953–1954). Sandersville played...
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Willie McCovey (category Sandersville Giants players)
1955 McCovey made his professional debut. The Sandersville Giants of the Georgia State League in Sandersville, Georgia had McCovey on their roster, with...
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LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Sandersville Wilkes-Barre franchise transferred to Johnstown and renamed, July 1, 1955 "Mays Hits 51st HR As Giants, Phils Split: Triple...
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Pete Pavlick (category Sandersville Giants players)
League's Sandersville Giants to a co-league championship in 1955. He also played in the minor league for 15 seasons. Pavlick managed in the New York Giants system...
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Julio Navarro (baseball) (category Sandersville Giants players)
the nickname "Whiplash" was acquired by the Angels from the San Francisco Giants organization on September 2, 1962. Navarro made his major league debut in...
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drafted by the Giants from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1956 minor league draft. Prior to 1956 season: Ernie Broglio was purchased by the Giants from the Vancouver...
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Pepperells 1920–1921 Rome, GA: Rome 1920–1921 Sandersville, GA: Sandersville Wacos 1953–1954; Sandersville Giants 1955–1956 Sparta, GA: Sparta Saints 1948–1949...
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place Douglas Reds in the final standings. In the 1956 playoffs, the Sandersville Giants defeated Thomson 3 games to 2 in their first–round series. The Georgia...
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Josh Gordy (category New York Giants players)
2015, he was placed on injured reserve by the Giants. On September 23, 2015, Gordy was released by the Giants with an injury settlement. "Josh Gordy, DB...
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Orlando Cepeda (category Kokomo Giants players)
could participate in a New York Giants tryout. After passing the tryout, he was assigned by the Giants to Sandersville, a Class D team. Cepeda was subsequently...
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Donald Reeves (category Chicago American Giants players)
the Atlanta Black Crackers, Indianapolis ABCs, and the Chicago American Giants. He was a graduate of Clark Atlanta University, then known as Clark College...
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Rayford Finch (category Sandersville Wacos players)
Rayford Finch (July 12, 1924 – May 20, 1956) was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1940s. A native of Glascock County, Georgia, Finch played for...
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Nicks for a short touchdown pass to make it 7–2 Giants heading into the second half. Then the Giants took control, as Manning threw for two more touchdown...
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the 1952 season, the Fitzgerald Pioneers relocated to Sandersville and became the Sandersville Wacos, which were affiliated with the Milwaukee Braves...
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2014, Union Pacific traded SD40-2C 3105 and other equipment to the RailGiants Train Museum at Fairplex in Pomona, California for 4-8-8-4 Union Pacific...
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the 1957 season when the relocation of the National League's Dodgers and Giants to the West Coast ended any chance of the PCL being promoted. Prior to the...
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Northern League Rex Carr C Quebec Braves Provincial League George McQuinn D Sandersville Wacos Georgia State League Gabby Grant, Parnell Ruark, Lucius Morgan...
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