Ebbets Field Flannels Memphis Red Sox 1946 Home Jersey

History: The Memphis Red Sox began in 1923 as an independent club and during their existence played in three different Black leagues. The team remained active into the 1950s. Country and western superstar Charlie Pride played for the Sox and wore #6.

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History: The Memphis Red Sox began in 1923 as an independent club and during their existence played in three different Black leagues. The team remained active into the 1950s. Country and western superstar Charlie Pride played for the Sox and wore #6.

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History:  The West Coast Baseball Association was an attempt at a western Negro League competitor, but it only lasted one season. The Seattle entry in the league was actually Abe Saperstein's Harlem Globetrotter baseball team under a new name, that of a local variety of salmon.

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Description: An authentic Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot home flannel from 1946. Vintage White wool body with felt lettering on the chest and the back.

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Then, when a photo was finally found, the mystery only grew deeper. Why a bear cub on the jersey? Turns out that the Sea Lions purchased uniforms previously used by a semi-pro club called the San Francisco Cubs.

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