Baseball Teams in Missouri - Professional Baseball Teams in Missouri, Kansas City Royals, River City Rascals, St. Louis Cardinals (Paperback)

Chapters: Professional Baseball Teams in Missouri, Kansas City Royals, River City Rascals, St. Louis Cardinals, Springfield Cardinals, Joplin Miners. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 54. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Joplin Miners were a baseball team that lasted on and off from 1902 to 1953. They played in Joplin, Missouri .From 1902 to 1904, they played in the Missouri Valley League, and from 1905 to 1909 and 1910 to 1911, they played in the Western Association . From 1917 to 1921, they played in the Western League . They were again in the Western Association from 1922 to 1924 and 1927 to 1932. In 1933, they were back in the Western League, and from 1934 to 1942 and 1946 to 1953, they were in the Western Association.In 1933, they were affiliated with the St. Louis Browns and in 1934 they were affiliated with the Boston Red Sox . For the rest of their existence, they were affiliated with the New York Yankees .The team had multiple home ballparks, including Base Ball Park, Joe Becker Stadium and Miners Stadium. One notable Miners' player was Mickey Mantle in 1950.References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at For current information on this topic, see 2010 Kansas City Royals season. Kansas City Royals item Major league affiliations item item Current uniform item item Retired Numbers: 5, 10, 20, 42 item Colors item item Name item item item Other nicknames item item Ballpark item item Major league titles item World Series titles (1): 1985 item AL Pennants (2): 1985 1980 item Central Division titles (0): None item West Division titles (6): 1985 1984 1980 1978 1977 1976 item Wild card berths (0): None item In 1981, a players' strike in the middle of the season forced the season to be split into two halves. Kansas City won the division in the second half, but lost the division playoff to t...