The Greenville Majors minor league baseball team played in the East Texas League (1946), Big State League (1947–1950, 1953) and Sooner State League (1957).[1] It was based in the American city of Greenville, Texas. The club was affiliated with the New York Yankees, whom they defeated in a 1949 home game at Majors Stadium.[2] Both the stadium and team were named after Lt. Truett Jay Majors, the first youth from Greenville to be killed in WW2.[3]
^BR Minors page
^Museum, Courtesy Audie Murphy/American Cotton. "Majors win over Yankees to be remembered". Herald-Banner. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
^"Lt. Truett Jay Majors". Texas History Notebook. 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
The GreenvilleMajors minor league baseball team played in the East Texas League (1946), Big State League (1947–1950, 1953) and Sooner State League (1957)...
baseball. The New York Yankees played the GreenvilleMajors on April 10, 1949, in an exhibition game. The Majors won the game, 4–3. The only parts left are...
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major interstate highways, I-85 and I-26. Other major interstate spurs include I-185, I-385, and I-585. The major airport in the region is Greenville-Spartanburg...
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