Greenville Spinners (Greenville, SC)

The Greenville Spinners are a historic baseball team from Greenville, South Carolina. There were a number of incarnations of teams using the Spinners name from 1908 through 1962. 

The initial 1908 Spinners team had a legend in their mix, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson, who was also a native of Greenville, played for the team before moving on to the majors that summer. These Spinners played in the Carolina Association and won the league in 1910. There are numerous photos of Jackson playing with the Spinners and wearing a capital 'G' on their chest during that era. 

In 1919, the team was revived in the South Atlantic League through 1931 and they won three more league titles during the 20s. 

The longest running version of the Spinners ran from 1938-1955 across a number of league, but mostly played in the South Atlantic League. They started up in 1938 when Meadowbrook Park was built in the city. Notably during this era, a young Tommy Lasorda pitched for these Spinners in 1949. They were league champs the season before in 1948. Finally, the Spinners were revived for a couple years in the 1960s in the SAL, but the name has been dormant since 1962. The Greenville Braves started up in Greenville in 1963, which started a string of teams in the city with direct major league ties. 

During the last Spinners, era they called Meadowbrook Park home. We need to note that they "shared" the park with the Greenville Black Spinners, who played other African American teams from around South Carolina. The Black Spinners played at Meadowbrook on Monday nights, of course getting the unconventional day to play when the white Spinners weren't scheduled to play due to segregation at the time. 

The Greenville Spinners didn't have a formal logo in the way that teams these days do, so we've put our own 'spin' on it, by creating a logo with a player hurling a ball of yarn to symbolize the region's textile history.