Salinas Packers Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California brunswick pirates based in San Francisco

based in San Francisco

featuring the club's lettuce-head batter

Playing at La Palma Park

the Oscar Tuero and then Otto Rettig threw no-hitters for the Cupids

Salinas Packers Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California brunswick pirates based in San FranciscoThe Salinas Packers, based in Salinas, California, joined the California League in 1954, bringing professional baseball to the self proclaimed Salad Bowl of the World. The name honored the produce packing industry that defined the Salinas Valley, where the lettuce sheds and vegetable packers employed much of the town. The Packers ran through 1958, affiliated first with the Pittsburgh Pirates and then the Milwaukee Braves, and reached the top quickly: