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Fort Smith Twins

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League titles
  
1927, 1929, 1942

Previous
  
Class C (1922–1932, 1938–1942, 1946–1949, 1951–1953) Class D (1906–1907, 1909, 1911, 1914–1917, 1920–1921) Class C (1905)

League
  
Western Association (1911, 1914–1917, 1920–1932, 1938–1942, 1946–1953)

Previous leagues
  
Arkansas State League (1909) Oklahoma–Arkansas–Kansas League (1907) South Central League (1906) Missouri Valley League (1905) Arkansas State League (1897) Southwestern League (1887)

Previous
  
Cleveland Indians (1951–1952) New York Giants (1938–1942, 1946–1949) St. Louis Browns (1932) Detroit Tigers (1930) St. Louis Cardinals (1926)

Previous names
  
Fort Smith-Van Buren Twins (1953) Fort Smith Indians (1951–1952) Fort Smith Giants (1938–1942, 1946–1949) Fort Smith Twins (1914–1917, 1920–1932) Fort Smith Scouts (1911) Fort Smith Soldiers (1907, 1909) Fort Smith Razorbacks (1906) Fort Smith Giants (1905) Fort Smith Indians (1887, 1897)

The Fort Smith Twins (often remembered locally as the Fort Smith Giants) were a minor league baseball team that existed in various incarnations from 1887 through 1953, playing a total of 36 seasons. From 1911 onward, the teams played in the Western Association.

Beginning in 1921, the teams played most of their home games at Andrews Field, in downtown Fort Smith on land now owned by the Fort Smith National Cemetery.

Hugo Bezdek managed the Fort Smith Soldiers for part of the 1909 season.

References

Fort Smith Twins Wikipedia