• The Bloomington Bloomers were a minor League baseball franchise based in Bloomington, Illinois that played between 1889 and 1939. They were affiliates...
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    Bloomers, also called the bloomer, the Turkish dress, the American dress, or simply reform dress, are divided women's garments for the lower body. They...
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  • primarily known as the Bloomington Bloomers, as well as the Bloomington Blues, Bloomington Bengals, Bloomington Cubs and Bloomington Cardinals. It was a...
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    Burleigh Grimes (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    Grimes moved to the minor leagues in 1935 as a player-manager for the Bloomington Bloomers of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League. He started 21 games for the...
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  • Plowboys Hank Greenberg, 1931 Evansville Hubs Burleigh Grimes, 1935 Bloomington Bloomers Whitey Herzog, 1952 Quincy Gems Carl Hubbell, 1927 Decatur Commodores...
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  • Charlie Pickett (pitcher) (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    Charles Albert Pickett (March 1, 1883 – May 20, 1969) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1910. "Charlie Pickett...
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    Bob Kinsella (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    Robert Francis "Red" Kinsella (January 5, 1899 – December 30, 1951) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Giants. "Bob...
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  • Harry Cassady (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    Harry Delbert Cassady (born Harry Delbert Cassaday) (July 20, 1880 – April 19, 1969) was an American professional baseball player who played outfield in...
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  • John Godwin (baseball) (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    John Godwin (born March 10, 1877, in East Liverpool, Ohio; died May 5, 1956, in E. Liverpool, Ohio) nicknamed "Bunny", was a Major League Baseball player...
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    Ed Kallina (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    He started his baseball career as a minor league player for the Bloomington Bloomers. They were in the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League. He played with them...
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    Pete Lister (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    Morris Elmer Lister (July 21, 1881 – March 27, 1947) was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played in 22 games for the Cleveland Naps during the...
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  • Connie Walsh (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    Cornelius Robert Walsh (April 23, 1882 – April 5, 1953) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in one game for the Pittsburgh Pirates in its...
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  • Allen Conkwright (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    Allen Howard "Red" Conkwright (December 4, 1896 – July 30, 1991) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers in 1920. Career...
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  • Greeneville Burley Cubs 1939 — Los Angeles Angels Milwaukee Brewers — Bloomington Bloomers Moline Plow Boys St. Joseph Angels Bisbee-Douglas Bees Eau Claire...
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    Elmer Koestner (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    Elmer Joseph Koestner (November 30, 1885 – October 27, 1959) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He played for the Cleveland...
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    Butch Henline (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    Walter John "Butch" Henline (December 20, 1894 – October 9, 1957) was an American catcher and umpire in Major League Baseball who played from 1921 to 1931...
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    Lucky Wright (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    William Simmons "Lucky" Wright (February 21, 1880 – July 6, 1941) was a professional baseball pitcher. He appeared in five games in Major League Baseball...
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    Jack Kibble (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    John Westly Kibble (January 2, 1892 – December 13, 1969) nicknamed "Happy", was a Major League Baseball player for the Cleveland Naps in 1912. He played...
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    Bruce Hartford (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    Bruce Daniel Hartford (May 14, 1892 – May 25, 1975) was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played for one season. He played in eight games for the Cleveland...
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    Milo Netzel (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    Miles Albion Netzel (May 12, 1886 – March 18, 1938) was an American Major League Baseball third baseman who played for one season. He played in ten games...
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    Hal Peck (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    average and 16 triples in 130 games. In 1939, Peck was promoted to the Bloomington Bloomers of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League, where he hit .286 in 69 games...
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    Henry Keupper (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    Henry John Keupper (July 24, 1887 – August 14, 1960), was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues in 1914. He would play...
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    Ollie Fuhrman (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    Alfred George Fuhrman (July 20, 1896 – January 11, 1969) was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during...
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  • Eddie Morgan (baseball) (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    Edwin Willis Morgan (November 19, 1914 – June 27, 1982), nicknamed "Pepper", was a backup right fielder/first baseman who played in Major League Baseball...
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    Mike Simon (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    Mike Simon (April 13, 1883 – June 10, 1963) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball between 1909 and 1915. Career statistics and player information...
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  • Justin Stein (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    Justin Marion Stein (August 9, 1911 – May 1, 1992), nicknamed "Ott", was an infielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies...
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    Hal Leathers (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    Harold Langford Leathers (December 2, 1898 – April 12, 1977) was a professional baseball middle infielder who played in nine games for the 1920 Chicago...
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  • Chico Hernández (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors) Chico Hernandez - Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL newspaper) Chico Hernández at Find a Grave v t e...
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  • Skinny O'Neal (category Bloomington Bloomers players)
    Oran Herbert "Skinny" O'Neal (May 2, 1899 – June 2, 1981) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1925 and 1927...
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  • for such teams as the Houston Buffaloes, Winston-Salem Twins, and Bloomington Bloomers. Bribeck died in Proviso, Illinois in 1944 at age 48. "Walter Bribeck"...
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