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Greenville Lions (baseball)

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Previous
  
Class D

League titles
  
1 (1947)

League
  
Alabama State League (1940–1941, 1946–1950)

Previous leagues
  
Alabama–Florida League (1939)

Previous
  
Pittsburgh Pirates (1948–1950) Brooklyn Dodgers (1940) Chicago White Sox (1939)

Previous names
  
Greenville Pirates (1948–1950) Greenville Lions (1939–1941, 1946–1947)

The Greenville Lions were a minor league baseball team that existed from 1939 to 1941 and from 1946 to 1950. They played in the Alabama–Florida League in 1939, and in the Alabama State League for the rest of their existence. In 1939, they were affiliated with the Chicago White Sox, in 1940 they were affiliated with the Brooklyn Dodgers and from 1948–1950 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. They were based in Greenville, Alabama. Their home games were played at Greenville Stadium The team was known as the Greenville Pirates during their final years of existence.

Year-by-year record

(from Lions Baseball Reference Bullpen) (from Pirates Baseball Reference Bullpen)

References

Greenville Lions (baseball) Wikipedia