Bristol Twins

The Bristol Twins were a Minor league baseball team that operated in the Class D Appalachian League between the 1940 and 1955 seasons.^[1]

The Twins were an affiliate team of the New York Giants (1942-1951), Pittsburgh Pirates (1952-1953) and New York Yankees (1954-1955) Major League organizations. The team was located in Bristol, Virginia, and played their home games at Shaw Stadium.^[2]

In its sixteen years of existence, the Bristol Twins advanced fourteen times to the playoffs series, winning the championship title in the 1942 and 1950 seasons.

1 Seasons
2 Fact
3 See also
4 Sources

Seasons

Year	Aff	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1940	n/a	54-60	4th	Larry Merville Tim Murchison Lance Richbourg	Lost in First Round
1941	n/a	72-45	2nd	George Hackett Lee Sherrill	Lost in First Round
1942	n/a	71-36	1st	Hal Gruber	Championship title
1943	NYG	74-35	1st	Hal Gruber	Lost Final Series
1944	NYG	54-53	2nd	Hal Gruber	Lost Final Series
1945	NYG	64-45	1st	Hal Gruber	Lost Final Series
1946	NYG	72-51	2nd	Don Cross	Lost in First Round
1947	NYG	64-62	4th	Charlie Fox	Lost in First Round
1948	NYG	49-72	6th	Rufus Jackson Dale Alexander
1949	NYG	76-41	3rd	Ben Geraghty	Lost Final Series
1950	NYG	74-47	2nd	Ben Geraghty	Championship title
1951	NYG	56-73	5th	Russ Wein
1952	PIT	60-57	2nd	George DeTore	Lost in First Round
1953	PIT	54-72	4th	George DeTore
1954	NYY	65-51	3rd	Walter Lance	Lost in First Round
1955	NYY	63-61	3rd	Dave Madison	Lost in First Round

Fact

Ron Necciai pitched for Bristol before joining the Pittsburgh Pirates. On May 13, 1952 Necciai struck out 27 batters while throwing a 7–0 no-hitter against the Welch Miners. Four of the Welch hitters did reach base, including one runner each via a walk, an error, a hit batsman and a passed ball charged to Twins' catcher Harry Dunlop on a swinging third strike. This resulted in a four-strikeout ninth inning. In his next start Necciai threw a 24-strikeout two-hitter, posting a 4-0 record with a 0.42 earned run average and 109 strikeouts in 43 innings of work.^[3]

Sources

^ Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball – Lloyd Johnson, Miles Wolff. Publisher: Baseball America, 1993. Language: English. Format: Paperback, 420pp. ISBN 0963718916
^ Digital-Ballparks.com – Shaw Stadium in Bristol, Virginia
^ Pat Jordan (1987-06-01). "In 1952, Ron Necciai, 19, struck out 27 batters in nine - 06.01.87 - SI Vault". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1066032/6/index.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-05.

Bristol Twins

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Seasons

Fact

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Sources