The Blue Grass League featured teams from similar river or railroad towns with strong working-class ties
Baseball artifacts from Houma's Evangeline League era are preserved in the Ellender Memorial Library at Nicholls State University in nearby Thibodaux
They played the 1897 season in the Maine State League
played two seasons in the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League from 1957 to 1958 as a Chicago White Sox affiliate
" The franchise affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates under Branch Rickey and adopted the Pirates name in 1948
Natchez Pilgrims Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Mississippi bluefield blue-grays The Blue Grass League featuredThe Natchez Pilgrims, based in Natchez, Mississippi, were one of the few franchises in the predominantly Louisiana circuit to represent another state, and they came to Natchez by an unusual route. The 1940 franchise began the season in Houma, Louisiana, as the Houma Buccaneers, before that team's poor attendance prompted owner Carlos Moore to relocate the club on June 27, finishing the year across the state line as the Pilgrims. Natchez returned with