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Union City Dodgers

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Previous
  
Class D

Previous parks
  
Turner Memorial Field

League titles (3)
  
1936 1948 1954

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Previous leagues
  
Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League

Previous
  
Brooklyn Dodgers (1953–55) Cleveland Indians (1947–49) St. Louis Cardinals (1939–42) Cincinnati Reds (1938) St. Louis Cardinals (1936–37)

Previous names
  
Union City Dodgers (1953–55) Union City Greyhounds (1935–42, 1946–52)

The Union City Dodgers (formerly the Union City Greyhounds) were a minor league baseball team that played in Union City, Tennessee, from 1935 to 1942 and 1946 to 1955. They played in the Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League ("Kitty League"). They were affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, and Brooklyn Dodgers. They won three KITTY League Championships (1936, 1948, and 1954).

Notable players

Eighteen players from the Greyhounds/Dodgers went on to play in Major League Baseball.

References

Union City Dodgers Wikipedia