Bloomington Bloomers T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois all teams used in 1903

used in 1903

They have at least one alumnus who made it to the majors

in the late 1950s and early 60s there was another team from Clay City that played amateur or semi-pro ball in the Central Kentucky Baseball League

Named for the Acadian folk heroine of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1847 epic poem

Bloomington Bloomers T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois all teams used in 1903The Bloomington Bloomers, hailing from Bloomington, Illinois, were a long standing team in the Iowa Indiana Illinois or Three I League during the early 20th century. The Bloomers started play in 1903 and played 29 seasons through 1939. The Bloomers won four league titles in 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1939. The 1935 team was player managed by Hall of Famer Burleigh Grimes, who was winding down his playing career. Grimes would move on to coach the Brooklyn