who later reached the major leagues with the St
Wartime demands on players and resources depleted the league's rosters
166 RBI) and also reached the majors
Mary's College product who had begun his professional career with the Alameda Grays in 1907
Waycross Bears Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Georgia Size:S who later reached the majorThe Waycross Bears, based in Waycross, Georgia, were the Georgia Florida League's dominant franchise, winning five championships across their run from 1939 through 1955: 1940, 1942, 1948, 1949, and 1951. Waycross sat at the northern edge of the Okefenokee Swamp in southeastern Georgia, and the Bears drew the league's highest single season attendance in 1939 at 85,566 fans. Baseball in Waycross long predated the Bears. In the 1920s, Shoeless Joe