The Roanoke Red Sox was a primary name of the minor league baseball teams based in Roanoke, Virginia. Between 1894 and 1953, Roanoke teams played as members...
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Worcester Red Sox Portland Sea Dogs Salem Red Sox Greenville Drive FCL Red Sox Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB) maintain...
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The Salem Red Sox are a Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB), based in Salem, an independent city adjacent...
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Johnny Pesky (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
February 27, 1919 – August 13, 2012), nicknamed "the Needle" and "Mr. Red Sox", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. He was...
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Charlie Maxwell (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
basis. Signed by the Boston Red Sox, Maxwell spent three years (1947–49) playing for the Red Sox minor league team in Roanoke, Virginia. In 1949, Maxwell...
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Red Birds – 1921; Raleigh Capitals – 1922–1928; 1930–1932 Richmond, VA: Richmond Colts – 1933–1953 Roanoke, VA: Roanoke Red Sox – 1943–1950; Roanoke Ro-Sox...
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Sammy White (baseball) (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
League Baseball catcher and right-handed batter who played with the Boston Red Sox (1951–59), Milwaukee Braves (1961) and Philadelphia Phillies (1962). He...
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Jack Faszholz (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
2013). "LCMS pastor recalls playing with Cardinals, Red Sox". Reporter. Retrieved August 5, 2023. "Red Wings Hall of Fame: F-J". Minor League Baseball. Archived...
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Heinie Manush (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
Piedmont League for the Rocky Mount Red Sox in 1940, the Greensboro Red Sox in 1941 and 1942, the Roanoke Red Sox in 1943. In 1944, he served as manager...
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Don Thompson (baseball) (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
born in Swepsonville, North Carolina. In 1943, he signed with the Boston Red Sox organization as a pitcher. He pitched in the minor leagues for a few years...
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Milt Bolling (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent. He began his professional career in Minor League Baseball for the Class B Piedmont League Roanoke Red Sox. As a...
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Zack Kelly (category Boston Red Sox players)
in baseball". Roanoke Times. Berman, Mark (August 29, 2022). "Zack Kelly rises from Lord Botetourt to the Boston Red Sox". The Roanoke Times. Retrieved...
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Virgil Stallcup (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
He was originally signed by the Boston Red Sox before World War II, and was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the Rule 5 draft after the 1946 season...
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Neil Chrisley (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
attended Newberry College. Chrisley was originally signed by the Boston Red Sox as a free agent in 1950. On November 8, 1955, he was traded with minor...
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Nick Robertson (baseball) (category Boston Red Sox players)
(MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, and St. Louis Cardinals. Robertson attended Franklin County High School...
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unincorporated Cave Spring. Roanoke College is located in the city. Salem is also the home to a minor league baseball team, the Salem Red Sox. The earliest history...
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Walt Dixon (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
Dixon progressed as far as the Scranton Red Sox of the Class A Eastern League before his release by the Red Sox at the end of the 1946 campaign. When he...
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Pete Daley (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
played in Major League Baseball from 1955 through 1961 for the Boston Red Sox (1955–59), Kansas City Athletics (1960) and Washington Senators (1961)...
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Joe Stephenson (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
and Chicago White Sox (1947). Following his retirement as a player, Stephenson gained most of his fame as a scout for the Boston Red Sox based in Orange...
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Chase Riddle (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
early career was spent in the lower rungs of the farm system of the Boston Red Sox, and apart from 35 games with the Double-A Dallas Eagles of the Texas League...
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Valley: Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs (Roanoke): Members of the Southern Professional Hockey League since 2016 Salem Red Sox (Salem): Members of the Carolina...
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The 1946 Boston Red Sox season was the 46th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League...
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Jim Suchecki (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
Major League Baseball who played from 1950 through 1952 for the Boston Red Sox (1950), St. Louis Browns (1951) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1952). Listed at...
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Pinky Higgins (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
Higgins started his managing career with the Class B Roanoke Red Sox of the Piedmont League in the Red Sox farm system in 1947. After eight seasons of managing...
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Al Gardella (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
Alfred Stephen Gardella (January 11, 1918 – September 10, 2006) was a professional baseball player. He was a first baseman for one season (1945) with the...
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Bill Butland (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
pitcher who appeared in 32 games in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox over four seasons between 1940 and 1947. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana,...
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Vance Dinges (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
Phillies from the Boston Red Sox in the 1944 Rule 5 draft; Phils' general manager Herb Pennock had previously been the head of the Red Sox' farm system. He made...
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Hal Brown (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
Major League Baseball from 1951 through 1964 for the Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees and Houston Colt .45s. Brown...
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1948 Boston Red Sox season was the 48th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. After 154 regular-season games, the Red Sox and Cleveland...
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Eddie Popowski (category Roanoke Red Sox players)
nicknamed "Pop", was an American coach and interim manager for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. Popowski spent 65 years in organized baseball—all...
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