Paris Parisians (KITTY League)

The Paris Parisians were a minor league baseball team, based in Paris, Tennessee, that played in the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League from 1923-1924. The 1924 club took the league's second half honors somewhat by surprise, matching the Jackson Blue Jays towards the end of the season after three of the latter team's victories were thrown out by the league president. On September 6, a championship game was played,[1] with the Parisians coming out victorious. In total, they went 59-50 on the year.[2] Multiple major leagues played for the KITTY League squad, including Ben Cantwell, Tom Jenkins,[3] Jimmy Moore, Herb Welch and All-Star Jim Turner, who began a 25-year professional playing career with the Paris club.[4][5][6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Sports". The Southeast Missourian. September 6, 1924. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i-8oAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lNMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6678,5229925&dq=kitty-league+paris&hl=en. Retrieved 8 December 2011. 
  2. ^ Kevin D. McCann (2006). "Chronology". http://www.kittyleague.com/history/chronology.htm. Retrieved December 7, 2011. 
  3. ^ Bill Nowlin. "Tom Jenkins". The Society for American Baseball Research. http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=3936&pid=6939. Retrieved December 8, 2011. 
  4. ^ Kevin D. McCann (2006). "Major League Alumni". http://www.kittyleague.com/history/mlalumni.htm. Retrieved December 7, 2011. 
  5. ^ Baseball-Reference.com. "Jim Turner Statistics and History". Sports-Reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/turneji01.shtml. Retrieved December 8, 2011. 
  6. ^ "The Fans Speak Out". Baseball Digest (Lakeside Publishing Co.) 31 (10): 1. October 1972. http://books.google.com/books?id=eTMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA13&dq=%22KItty+league%22+paris&hl=en&ei=-LzgTv7wC6TY0QGQr43BBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22KItty%20league%22%20paris&f=false. Retrieved December 8, 2011. 
  7. ^ "Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame: Jum Turner". The Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. http://www.davidcatterton.com/hall/member_detail.php?ID=331. Retrieved 2011-12-08. 
  8. ^ "The New York Times biographical service, Volume 3". New York Times & Arno Press. 1972. p. 1099. http://books.google.com/books?id=u9c1AQAAIAAJ&q=paris+tennessee+kitty+baseball+1923&dq=paris+tennessee+kitty+baseball+1923&hl=en&ei=1x7hTs-zFePq0gHa8rzHBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAQ. Retrieved 2011-12-08.