Raleigh Capitals Crewneck Sweatshirt - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Size:XL The shoulders have tape for

The shoulders have tape for improved durability

The 1916 Three-I season was shortened by the National Association

the franchise was renamed in 1948 at the suggestion of longtime player-manager Jimmy Grudzis

The Spudders won the 1953 Big State League championship before a disastrous 27-109 Longhorn League season in 1954

reaching the playoff semifinals in 1941 before falling to the Alexandria Aces four games to one

Raleigh Capitals Crewneck Sweatshirt - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Size:XL The shoulders have tape forOn April 22, 1959, a nineteen year old infielder making his professional debut went 1 for 4 with a run scoring single for the Raleigh Capitals. His name was barely known to sportswriters at the time, who occasionally got it wrong in print, but Carl Yastrzemski would go on to a 23 year Hall of Fame career with the Boston Red Sox, winning the Triple Crown in 1967. Yastrzemski hit . 377 for the Capitals in 1959, leading the Carolina League in hits,