Martinsville Manufacturers Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Virginia Size:L 75 years in the making

75 years in the making

and Halliburton bought the pro club's uniforms

and played in the Blue Grass League for one season in 1908

Though rooted primarily in Illinois

They played in Texarkana

Martinsville Manufacturers Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Virginia Size:L 75 years in the makingThe Martinsville Manufacturers took their name from the city's textile mills, which produced towels for much of the early twentieth century. The team joined the Class D Bi State League at its founding in 1934, a circuit built around mill towns along the North Carolina Virginia border. In that inaugural season, player manager Jimmy Sanders hit . 423, the highest batting average in all of minor league baseball that year, though Martinsville lost the