Paducah Chiefs

Paducah Chiefs were a minor league baseball team in Paducah, Kentucky.

Early incarnations of the Paducah Chiefs played in the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League (KITTY League) in 1903 and 1912–1913, and in the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League in 1949–1950.[1] The Chiefs competed in the KITTY League from 1951 until their disbanding in 1955.[2]

The Chiefs, though finishing fourth in the regular season standings in 1949, went on to win the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League playoffs and championship.[3] In 1950 the Chiefs again finished fourth in the regular season standings, but made through the playoffs to the league championship series against the Centralia Sterlings; the championship series was cancelled due to bad weather.[4] After that season the Chiefs left the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League for the KITTY League.[5]

The Chiefs were the 1955 Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League (KITTY League) champions with a 64–39 record, and were the league runner up in 1952 (67–53).[6]

The Chiefs were affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals from 1952 through 1955.[7]

References

  1. ^ Paducah Chiefs page at Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ Paducah Chiefs page at Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ Sumner, Benjamin Barrett. Minor League Baseball Standings:All North American Leagues, Through 1999. Jefferson, N.C.:McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0781-6
  4. ^ Sumner, Benjamin Barrett. Minor League Baseball Standings:All North American Leagues, Through 1999. Jefferson, N.C.:McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0781-6
  5. ^ Sumner, Benjamin Barrett. Minor League Baseball Standings:All North American Leagues, Through 1999. Jefferson, N.C.:McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0781-6
  6. ^ [www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee_League KITTY League page at Baseball-Reference.com]
  7. ^ Paducah Chiefs page at Baseball-Reference.com