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2512:
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2508:Mike Yaremchuk
2505:
2504:
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2490:
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2480:Mike Yaremchuk
2477:
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2449:
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2328:Charlie Teague
2325:
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2308:Hickory Rebels
2304:
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2297:
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1899:
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1887:
1885:Hickory Rebels
1881:
1880:
1875:
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1869:
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1860:
1849:
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1480:
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1463:Robert Traylor
1460:
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1446:
1445:
1442:
1439:
1436:
1435:Price Ferguson
1433:
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1428:
1425:
1422:
1418:
1417:
1414:
1411:
1408:
1405:
1403:
1400:
1397:
1394:
1390:
1389:
1386:
1383:
1382:Newton-Conover
1380:
1377:
1375:
1372:
1369:
1366:
1362:
1361:
1358:
1355:
1352:
1349:
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1291:
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1278:
1275:
1269:
1268:
1265:
1262:
1259:
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1253:
1247:
1246:
1243:
1240:
1237:
1234:
1231:
1225:
1224:
1221:
1218:
1215:
1212:
1209:
1207:Hickory Rebels
1203:
1202:
1197:
1194:
1191:
1188:
1185:
1179:
1178:
1175:
1172:
1169:
1166:
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1157:
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1147:
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1021:
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1003:
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985:
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964:
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864:
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860:Newton/Conover
858:
855:
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839:
836:
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827:
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822:
819:
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791:
788:
785:
782:
776:
775:
772:
769:
766:
763:
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758:Hickory Rebels
754:
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747:
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741:
738:
732:
731:
728:
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722:
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710:
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692:Lenoir Indians
688:
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472:
454:
444:
430:
420:
410:
403:Lincolnton, NC
400:
390:
383:Lenoir Indians
376:
365:High Point, NC
362:
359:Hickory Rebels
352:
342:
330:
327:
257:North Carolina
239:
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223:Hickory Rebels
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198:
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156:
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146:
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135:
134:Classification
131:
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28:
26:
19:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
3772:
3761:
3758:
3756:
3753:
3751:
3748:
3746:
3743:
3741:
3738:
3736:
3733:
3732:
3730:
3716:
3710:
3702:
3696:
3688:
3682:
3678:
3674:
3667:
3665:
3663:
3661:
3659:
3657:
3655:
3653:
3648:
3628:
3625:
3623:
3620:
3618:
3615:
3613:
3610:
3608:
3605:
3604:
3601:
3597:
3592:
3588:
3576:
3572:
3566:
3563:
3559:
3555:
3550:
3546:
3532:
3529:
3528:
3526:
3520:
3514:
3511:
3510:
3508:
3502:
3496:
3493:
3492:
3490:
3484:
3481:
3477:
3471:
3468:
3467:
3465:
3461:
3457:
3452:
3448:
3434:
3431:
3430:
3428:
3425:Defunct major
3422:
3416:
3413:
3412:
3410:
3404:
3398:
3395:
3394:
3392:
3386:
3383:
3379:
3369:
3366:
3365:
3363:
3357:
3351:
3348:
3347:
3345:
3339:
3336:
3332:
3322:
3319:
3318:
3316:
3310:
3304:
3301:
3299:
3296:
3295:
3293:
3287:
3281:
3278:
3277:
3275:
3269:
3263:
3260:
3258:
3255:
3254:
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3246:
3238:
3235:
3233:
3230:
3229:
3228:
3225:
3224:
3222:
3216:
3213:
3209:
3199:
3196:
3195:
3193:
3190:Defunct major
3187:
3184:
3180:
3174:
3171:
3170:
3168:
3164:
3160:
3155:
3151:
3137:
3136:
3132:
3131:
3129:
3123:
3117:
3114:
3112:
3109:
3107:
3104:
3102:
3099:
3097:
3094:
3093:
3091:
3085:
3079:
3076:
3074:
3071:
3069:
3066:
3064:
3061:
3059:
3056:
3055:
3053:
3047:
3044:
3040:
3030:
3027:
3025:
3022:
3020:
3017:
3015:
3012:
3010:
3007:
3005:
3002:
3000:
2997:
2996:
2994:
2988:
2980:
2979:Liga Paralela
2977:
2976:
2975:
2972:
2970:
2967:
2965:
2962:
2960:
2957:
2955:
2952:
2951:
2949:
2943:
2940:
2938:
2934:
2924:
2921:
2919:
2916:
2914:
2911:
2907:
2904:
2903:
2902:
2899:
2897:
2896:Empire League
2894:
2892:
2889:
2887:
2884:
2883:
2881:
2875:
2869:
2866:
2864:
2861:
2859:
2856:
2854:
2851:
2849:
2846:
2845:
2843:
2837:
2834:
2832:
2828:
2818:
2815:
2813:
2810:
2808:
2805:
2804:
2802:
2799:
2794:
2788:
2785:
2783:
2780:
2778:
2775:
2774:
2772:
2769:
2764:
2758:
2755:
2753:
2750:
2748:
2745:
2744:
2742:
2739:
2734:
2728:
2725:
2723:
2720:
2718:
2715:
2714:
2712:
2709:
2704:
2698:
2695:
2693:
2690:
2689:
2687:
2684:
2679:
2676:
2674:
2670:
2662:
2659:
2657:
2654:
2653:
2652:
2649:
2648:
2646:
2642:
2638:
2633:
2629:
2625:
2618:
2613:
2611:
2606:
2604:
2599:
2598:
2595:
2586:
2583:
2580:
2578:Harold Kollar
2577:
2576:
2572:
2569:
2566:
2564:Joe Cristello
2563:
2562:
2558:
2555:
2552:
2550:Russell Wingo
2549:
2547:
2544:
2541:
2538:
2535:
2534:
2530:
2527:
2524:
2521:
2519:
2516:
2513:
2510:
2507:
2506:
2502:
2499:
2496:
2493:
2491:
2488:
2485:
2482:
2479:
2478:
2474:
2471:
2468:
2466:Russell Wingo
2465:
2463:
2460:
2457:
2454:
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2397:
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2378:
2375:
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2358:
2357:
2354:Robert Knoke
2353:
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2269:
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2250:
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2197:
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2181:
2159:
2156:
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2149:
2145:
2142:
2139:
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2134:
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2128:
2125:
2122:
2121:
2117:
2114:
2111:
2109:Jose Nakamura
2108:
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2100:
2097:
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1407:Robert Bailey
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1201:
1198:
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1189:
1186:
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1167:
1164:
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1159:
1158:
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1107:
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1089:
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1071:
1070:
1053:
1052:
1035:
1034:
1017:
1016:
1001:
979:
976:
973:
971:Miles Gardner
970:
968:
965:
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951:
948:
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934:
931:
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917:
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904:
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899:Birch Douglas
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885:Miles Gardner
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3596:Inter-league
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2913:Pecos League
2727:Texas League
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2536:Lou McCotter
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2035:Don Stafford
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3479:Netherlands
3334:South Korea
3290:Independent
3088:Other major
2991:Independent
2831:Independent
2567:Forest City
2497:Forest City
2494:John Cathey
2151:Carl Miller
2095:Carl Miller
1449:Frank Shoue
1438:Statesville
1354:Statesville
1229:Lenoir Reds
980:.773 17–5
914:Lefty Guise
871:James Guinn
774:Louis Viau
481:1939–1940;
437:Conover, NC
387:Lenoir Reds
355:Hickory, NC
255:, based in
201:Most titles
3729:Categories
3643:References
3350:KBO League
3272:Off-season
2937:Off-season
2559:.733 11–4
2380:Woody Rich
2146:.857 12–2
2137:Jim Smiley
2065:Bob Barker
1847:Jim Mills
1444:.824 14–3
1421:Milt Bocek
1393:Milt Bocek
1365:Milt Bocek
1337:Milt Bocek
1200:Milt Bocek
457:Shelby, NC
433:Newton, NC
413:Marion, NC
379:Lenoir, NC
309:, entered
66:newspapers
3561:Australia
2522:Leo Davis
2302:Managers
2284:Team name
2231:Marauders
1747:Bob Beal
1722:Managers
1704:Team name
1597:Marauders
1579:Cardinals
1245:Ray Rice
1155:Managers
1140:Team name
1015:Cardinals
857:Ralph Fox
662:Managers
647:Team name
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527:Cardinals
471:1953–1954
443:1939–1940
419:1953–1954
351:1939–1940
341:1953–1954
171:President
2768:Single-A
2708:Double-A
2683:Triple-A
2637:Americas
2277:schedule
2249:Clippers
1697:schedule
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1424:Gastonia
1396:Gastonia
1368:Gastonia
1340:Gastonia
1133:schedule
1087:Colonels
974:Gastonia
960:Gastonia
932:Gastonia
888:Gastonia
846:Gastonia
685:Al Unser
124:Formerly
3554:Oceania
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3042:Defunct
2553:Hickory
2539:Hickory
2525:Hickory
2511:Hickory
2483:Hickory
2469:Hickory
2455:Hickory
1561:Indians
1543:Hi-Toms
1466:Hickory
946:Hickory
563:Indians
319:Class A
259:in the
249:Class D
230:Related
191:Country
138:Class D
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3523:Rookie
3456:Europe
3381:Taiwan
3182:Israel
2798:Rookie
2738:High-A
2581:Shelby
2438:Player
2424:Player
2404:12,000
2299:Attend
2213:Rebels
2154:Marion
2140:Marion
2112:Shelby
2098:Marion
2084:Marion
2068:Marion
2054:Marion
2021:Player
2007:Player
1978:20,925
1926:21,690
1901:22,742
1874:27,866
1844:19,413
1819:39,453
1794:19,247
1769:48,812
1744:35,322
1719:Attend
1633:Rocots
1525:Rebels
1452:Lenoir
1410:Lenoir
1323:Player
1309:Player
1033:Rebels
918:Lenoir
902:Lenoir
874:Shelby
829:Player
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545:Rebels
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467:1940;
463:1939;
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3487:Major
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3360:Minor
3342:Major
3249:Minor
3219:Major
3211:Japan
3166:China
3126:Minor
2673:Minor
2644:Major
2531:1.82
2376:8,147
2351:8,203
2324:8,598
2118:2.40
1953:5,862
1669:Blues
1615:Moors
1416:1.99
1069:Twins
924:2.82
581:Twins
489:1953
145:Sport
87:JSTOR
73:books
3681:ISBN
3159:Asia
2542:Runs
2486:Hits
2461:.376
2447:Tot
2444:Stat
2441:Team
2430:Stat
2427:Team
2401:16.0
2398:.333
2370:.500
2345:.500
2318:.654
2195:Owls
2101:Runs
2090:321
2071:Hits
2044:.374
2030:Tot
2027:Stat
2024:Team
2013:Stat
2010:Team
1972:.317
1947:.317
1923:31.0
1920:.396
1898:29.5
1895:.411
1871:28.0
1868:.423
1841:18.0
1838:.513
1816:17.0
1813:.522
1791:14.0
1788:.550
1763:.643
1738:.679
1507:Owls
1472:16
1399:Runs
1388:174
1371:Hits
1346:.364
1332:Tot
1329:Stat
1326:Team
1315:Stat
1312:Team
1283:.229
1261:.375
1258:45.0
1242:19.0
1239:.491
1220:17.0
1217:.509
1193:.593
1171:.664
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1051:Reds
952:212
905:Runs
877:Hits
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790:.343
771:25.0
768:.436
749:22.5
746:.459
727:15.5
724:.523
705:10.5
702:.570
678:.667
617:Owls
453:1953
429:1953
409:1953
399:1953
389:1940
375:1953
315:1948
303:1945
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273:1953
271:and
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265:1939
243:The
166:1954
158:1939
59:news
2556:PCT
2528:ERA
2514:RBI
2503:95
2475:11
2433:Tot
2373:8.0
2348:8.0
2293:PCT
2160:21
2143:PCT
2132:124
2129:RBI
2115:ERA
2104:129
2074:166
2060:30
2016:Tot
1766:3.5
1713:PCT
1458:16
1441:PCT
1430:109
1427:RBI
1413:ERA
1374:157
1360:17
1318:Tot
1196:8.0
1149:PCT
977:PCT
938:115
935:RBI
921:ERA
908:127
894:17
880:161
866:17
824:Tot
656:PCT
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2367:24
2364:24
2342:26
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2312:34
2296:GB
2157:HR
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2041:BA
1975:NA
1969:28
1966:13
1950:NA
1944:28
1941:13
1917:67
1914:44
1892:66
1889:46
1865:64
1862:47
1835:55
1832:58
1810:54
1807:59
1785:49
1782:60
1760:40
1757:72
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1732:74
1716:GB
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1455:HR
1402:98
1385:SO
1343:BA
1286:NA
1280:54
1277:16
1264:NA
1255:27
1236:55
1233:53
1214:52
1211:54
1190:44
1187:64
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1165:73
1152:GB
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963:HR
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784:36
765:62
762:48
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