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Paris Travelers (1922) | ||
The Paris Parisians were a minor league baseball team that played in Paris, Tennessee, in the Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League (KITTY League) from 1922 to 1924. The team was known as the Paris Travelers for the 1922 season. The 1924 club won the second half of the season somewhat by surprise, matching the Jackson Blue Jays towards the end of the season after three of the Jackson's victories were thrown out by the league president. On September 6, a championship game was played, with the Parisians coming out victorious. In total, they went 59–50 on the year.
Multiple future major league players played for Paris, including Ben Cantwell, Tom Jenkins, Jimmy Moore, Herb Welch, and All-Star Jim Turner, who began a 25-year professional playing career with the club.