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  • Cotton States League:
  • Monroe Sports
    (89-51)
  • Greenwood Dodgers
    (83-57)
  • Pine Bluff Judges
    (82-58)
  • Natchez Indians
    (79-61)
  • El Dorado Oilers
    (77-62)
  • Hot Springs Bathers
    (53-86)
  • Clarksdale Planters
    (53-87)
  • Greenville Bucks
    (43-97)
Interesting Facts:

Fred Waters and Carl Tumlinson were named to the 1951 Cotton States League All-Star team. Waters and Dick Gray both went on to play in the Major Leagues.

Carl Tumlinson was killed in action in Korea on April 6, 1953.

2B Bobby Bonebrake led the league with 78 stolen bases.

Pitcher Fred Waters led the league with a .917(11-1) winning percentage.

1951 SEASON
Target issue of Dodgers player Lou Rochelli.
Target issue of Dodgers player Lou Rochelli.
Lou Rochelli(MGR.).
Lou Rochelli(MGR.).
Autograph of Lou Rochelli.
Autograph of Lou Rochelli.
1980 TCMA 1959 L.A. Dodgers card of Dick Gray.
1980 TCMA 1959 L.A. Dodgers card of Dick Gray.
1960 Topps card of Dick Gray.
1960 Topps card of Dick Gray.
Postcard photo of Dick Gray.
Postcard photo of Dick Gray.
Autograph of Dick Gray.
Autograph of Dick Gray.
Autograph of Mike Napoli.
Autograph of Mike Napoli.
Mike Napoli(C).
Mike Napoli(C).
Autographed photo of Fred Waters with the Mobile Bears.
Autographed photo of Fred Waters with the Mobile Bears.
1957 Hollywood Stars card of Fred Waters.
1957 Hollywood Stars card of Waters.
1957 Hollywood Stars popcorn card of Fred Waters.
1957 Hollywood Stars popcorn card of Fred Waters.
Autographed photo of Fred Waters with the Bears.
Autographed photo of Fred Waters with the Bears.
1951 Greenwood Dodgers program.
1951 Greenwood Dodgers program.
Batboy Gordon Jones, Business Manager Jack Lewis, and Ballboy Jimmy Quinn.
Batboy Gordon Jones, Business Manager Jack Lewis, and Ballboy Jimmy Quinn.
The new Legion Field that was built in the fall of 1950, to replace the former stands, built in 1935, that were destroyed in a fire.

This is a photo of the new Legion Field, built in the fall of 1950 to replace the former stands, built in 1935, that were destroyed in a fire. The new stadium was used by the Greenwood Dodgers for the 1951 and 1952 seasons. It was torn down in the early 1960s to make way for the expansion of Supreme Electronics.

1951 Greenwood Dodgers
1951 Greenwood Dodgers
Front Row From Left:
Gordon Jones(Batboy), Jimmy Quinn(Ballboy),
Middle Row From Left:
Jack Dunn, Bobby Bonebreak, Carl Tuminson, Jack Cadd, Lou Rochelli(MGR.), Joe Ollife, Fred Waters, Mike Napoli, and Bill Saar.
Back Row From Left:
Mike Witwicki, Loren Doll, Lou Halamek, Mike Werbach, Bill Crawford, Ted Matecki, William Moxley, and Glen Trugillo.

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