This Franchise History Series episode looks at the history of the Richmond Virginians who played in the Triple-A International League from 1954 to 1964. We covered them on our old Throwback Thursday Cap of the Day Series, making this our tenth expanded and recut episode from that series.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles_(minor_league)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth
https://funwhileitlasted.net/2018/03/31/1954-1964-richmond-virginians-baseball/
https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/t-rv14087
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Richmond_Virginians
https://richmond.com/news/local/history/from-the-archives-professional-baseball-in-richmond-1953-1990/collection_45c43e44-1ade-11e7-97b7-3fa4981872d4.html#8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth
https://richmondmagazine.com/news/sunday-story/generation-baseball/
https://sabr.org/bioproj/topic/richmond-virginias-team-ownership-history/
Richmond Dispatch April 19, 1883
The Baltimore Sun July 10, 1914
The Hays Free Press January 1, 1916
Saskatoon Daily Star January 11, 1916
Richmond Times-Dispatch March 29, 1918
The York Daily March 29, 1918
Chattanooga Daily Times May 30, 1922
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles_(minor_league)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth
https://funwhileitlasted.net/2018/03/31/1954-1964-richmond-virginians-baseball/
https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/t-rv14087
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Richmond_Virginians
https://richmond.com/news/local/history/from-the-archives-professional-baseball-in-richmond-1953-1990/collection_45c43e44-1ade-11e7-97b7-3fa4981872d4.html#8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth
https://richmondmagazine.com/news/sunday-story/generation-baseball/
https://sabr.org/bioproj/topic/richmond-virginias-team-ownership-history/
Richmond Dispatch April 19, 1883
The Baltimore Sun July 10, 1914
The Hays Free Press January 1, 1916
Saskatoon Daily Star January 11, 1916
Richmond Times-Dispatch March 29, 1918
The York Daily March 29, 1918
Chattanooga Daily Times May 30, 1922
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