{"product_id":"joplin-miners-t-shirt-premium-lightweight-vintage-defunct-baseball-teams-missouri","title":"Joplin Miners T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Missouri","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Joplin Miners were named for the lead and zinc mines of the Tri-State district that made Joplin, Missouri a boomtown, and they were one of the most durable identities in minor league baseball, playing 49 seasons between 1902 and 1954, mostly in the Western Association with two stints in the Class A Western League. In 1917 the club opened a new Miners Park, the ballpark known today as Joe Becker Stadium, which still stands. In April 1920, Ty Cobb brought the Detroit Tigers to Joplin for an exhibition game against the Miners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe franchise's golden era came as a New York Yankees affiliate. In 1950 the Miners went 90-46 and won the Western Association pennant with an 18-year-old shortstop named Mickey Mantle, who hit .383 with 199 hits and 26 home runs to win the league batting title. The storyline wrote itself: Mantle of the Miners was himself the son of a lead and zinc miner, raised in Commerce, Oklahoma, 25 miles down Route 66. He committed 55 errors at shortstop that year, which is why the Yankees moved him to the outfield. Whitey Herzog, another future Hall of Famer, came through Joplin the following season, and Ralph Houk, who would later manage the Yankees to two World Series titles, played for the Miners in 1940.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Miners became the Cardinals for a final season in 1954, and Joplin's professional era ended. A 2018 attempt to revive the Miners name for an independent league team collapsed before ever playing a game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Western League was a Class A circuit for most of its life, operating from 1900 through 1937 and again from 1947 through 1958, fielding teams across the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain states, including Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, and later Texas and New Mexico. For its first decade it stood just one step below the major leagues. An earlier league of the same name, which ran from 1885 to 1899, renamed itself the American League in 1900 and lives on today as one half of Major League Baseball.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRetro 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eOur 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize Guide: Fit is true to size or a little snug. 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