The Gulfport Tarpons were a minor league baseball team based in Gulfport, Mississippi. Gulfport teams played exclusively as members of the Class D level Cotton States League. The Gulfport "Crabs" teams played in the league from 1906 to 1908, with the Tarpons playing from 1926 to 1928. The Tarpons hosted home minor league games at the Fair Grounds.
States League. The Gulfport "Crabs" teams played in the league from 1906 to 1908, with the Tarpons playing from 1926 to 1928. The Tarpons hosted home minor...
Fred E. "Dixie" Walker (September 24, 1910 – May 17, 1982) was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout and minor league manager. He played...
Don Flinn (November 17, 1892 – March 9, 1959) played major league baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1917. He played just 14 games, all as an outfielder...
Clifton Ambrose Marr (November 23, 1891 – August 1, 1981, in Grove, Oklahoma, United States) was a baseball figure who spent many years playing, managing...
responsible for creating or fostering the towns of Kissimmee, St. Cloud, Gulfport, Tarpon Springs, and indirectly aided the rapid growth of St. Petersburg, Florida...
Henry Antone "Cotton" Knaupp (August 13, 1889 – July 6, 1967) was a Major League Baseball player. A shortstop during his major league career, Knaupp batted...
Class D Florida State League. He started the 1927 season with the GulfportTarpons of the Class D Cotton States League. In July, he was traded to the...
played one more season in the minors in 1927, batting .323 for the GulfportTarpons, before retiring. In 783 games over 11 seasons, Evans posted a .259...
Harbor, Dunedin, Belleair, Clearwater, Largo, Seminole, South Pasadena, and Gulfport. It is utilized for walking, jogging, and cycling. Some trail users are...
the final Cotton States League final standings. On May 2, 1926, the GulfportTarpons defeated Laurel by the score of 8-5. After the game, Laurel player/manager...
the Brookhaven franchise moved to become the GulfportTarpons. Reportedly, a group of local Gulfport businessmen bought the Cotton States League's Brookhaven...
in western Maryland) June 14, 2023 Overlaid on 240/301 228 Mississippi (Gulfport, Biloxi, Pascagoula, Bay St. Louis, and southmost Mississippi) September...
Saints joined the FSL in 1920. After the Smokers folded in 1954, the Tampa Tarpons played in the FSL from 1957 until 1989. Tampa, St. Petersburg, and other...
now a Class A league. Current local teams of the FSL include: The Tampa Tarpons: George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa The Clearwater Threshers: Spectrum...
The Tampa Bay hurricane of 1921 (also known as the 1921 Tarpon Springs hurricane) was a destructive and deadly major hurricane which made landfall in the...
Stream Palm Beach 880 0.79 sq mi 2.0 km2 Commission–manager Town 1925 158 Gulfport Pinellas 11,783 2.8 sq mi 7.2 km2 Council–manager City 1910 98 Haines City...
major county road known as CR 501 (Belcher Road), which runs from Gulfport to Tarpon Springs. A less important but nevertheless unique intersection within...
out. Nearby cities that have developed with help from the Sound include Gulfport, Mississippi, located about forty miles (60 km) north and New Orleans,...
City never met Disston's expectations, and it became the small city of Gulfport. Around the same time, John Constantine Williams negotiated with Demens...