Martinsville Manufacturers T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Virginia DTG taking the name Red Birds

taking the name Red Birds

Our apparel celebrates the Bombers team that had much more of a lasting impact on Oak Ridge

a Class D circuit comparable to today’s Rookie League

The Springfield Browns were a minor league baseball team from Springfield that played in the Three-I League from 1938-1949 as an affiliate of the St

The Shelbyville Grays were a Class D minor baseball team in the Blue Grass League based out of Shelbyville

Martinsville Manufacturers T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Virginia DTG taking the name Red BirdsThe Martinsville Manufacturers took their name from the city's textile mills, which produced towels for much of the early twentieth century. The team joined the Class D Bi State League at its founding in 1934, a circuit built around mill towns along the North Carolina Virginia border. In that inaugural season, player manager Jimmy Sanders hit . 423, the highest batting average in all of minor league baseball that year, though Martinsville lost the