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The White Sox agreement and the Refiners name arrived together in 1947.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOil City had used the Oilers name before, running as a Pirates farm club in the Class D Pennsylvania State Association from 1940 through 1942. When that circuit failed to reorganize after the war, Oil City was one of the cities that moved over to the rebuilt Middle Atlantic League.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Refiners are unusual among the teams in this catalog for what the record does not show. Across four seasons as a White Sox affiliate, they did not develop a single player who reached the major leagues. The club reached the playoffs in 1950, sweeping Erie in three games. After the 1950 season the Refiners name was retired, and when Youngstown ran into money trouble the following summer and moved to Oil City mid-season, the team finished the year as the Oil City A's. That was the last professional baseball the city has seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Middle Atlantic League was a Class C circuit that ran from 1925 through 1951, pausing for three wartime seasons, with teams drawn mostly from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.\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\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur crewneck sweatshirts are classics that anyone is sure to recognize. They are thick, durable Gildan brand crews. 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