The Albany Travelers, based in Albany, Georgia, were a founding member of the Class D Georgia-Florida League in 1935 and the only franchise to field a team every season of the league's existence through 1958. The team ran as the Travelers through 1938. Our design draws on the era's traveling salesmen, a familiar fixture of small-town commerce across the Depression-era South, as the visual identity for the Travelers name. Manager Johnny Keane guided the club in 1938 before remaining as the franchise became the Albany Cardinals as a St. Louis Cardinals affiliate in 1939, a relationship that lasted through the league's final year. Keane would later manage the St. Louis Cardinals to the 1964 World Series title.
In 1942, a 19-year-old shortstop named Red Schoendienst joined the Cardinals after the KITTY League folded mid-season. Still managing a vision problem from an earlier eye injury, Schoendienst had become a switch-hitter to compensate. He batted .269 in 68 games at Albany and was promoted to Lynchburg the following spring, then made his major league debut with the Cardinals in 1945, appeared in ten All-Star games, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989.
Albany won the league championship in 1938 over Thomasville, 1939 over Valdosta in a four-game sweep, 1948, and 1952. The Georgia-Florida League was a Class D circuit that ran, with a wartime interruption from 1943 through 1945, from 1935 through 1958, fielding teams primarily from south Georgia with occasional representation from Florida and Alabama.
Retro Baseball Revival celebrates historic baseball teams with unique apparel, honoring their legacy and bringing history to one-of-a-kind clothing with our old school retro baseball tees from defunct Minor League Baseball teams. All of our high quality apparel is designed, printed, and shipped within the USA. This collection features 100% original designs based on the history and nicknames of historic minor league teams.
Our premium lightweight shirts are the hugely popular Bella+Canvas brand 3001 tees. They are much lighter and thinner feeling than a traditional heavyweight tee. They also are more form fitting and feel more snug. These are generally 90% to 100% cotton, although please note that heather colors in this item are 52% cotton.
Size Guide: Fit is true to size or a little snug. Considering ordering one size up if you are normally between sizes.
Brand: Bella Canvas | Product ID: 3001
- Made with 100% Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton, a lightweight fabric (4.2 oz/yd² (142 g/m²)) that is easy to layer, breathable. Perfect for active and leisure wear.
- The retail fit that is perfect for casual and semi-formal settings. The crew neckline adds a classic, neat style that's perfect for accessorizing.
- Bella+Canvas manufactures all its products in the US and internationally in humane, no-sweat-shop, sustainable way and is part of the Fair Labor Association as well as Platinum WRAP certified.
- The tear-away label minimizes skin irritations.
- Fabric blends: Ash and Heather Prism colors - 99% cotton, 1% polyester; Heather and Solid Blend colors - 52% cotton, 48% polyester; Athletic Heather and Black Heather - 90% cotton, 10% polyester.
