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The 1901 River Rats finished 51-61 under manager Billy Smith
they were part of a rich baseball tradition in the Ohio River Valley
The Vincennes Alices
arriving after the city's earlier Western League and Western Association teams (the Jayhawks
“Commies” referred to Commodore Stephen Decatur
Raleigh Capitals T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Crew neck The 1901 River Rats finishedOn April 22, 1959, a nineteen year old infielder making his professional debut went 1 for 4 with a run scoring single for the Raleigh Capitals. His name was barely known to sportswriters at the time, who occasionally got it wrong in print, but Carl Yastrzemski would go on to a 23 year Hall of Fame career with the Boston Red Sox, winning the Triple Crown in 1967. Yastrzemski hit . 377 for the Capitals in 1959, leading the Carolina League in hits,
