Bloomington Bloomers T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois all teams in the late 1950s and

in the late 1950s and early 60s there was another team from Clay City that played amateur or semi-pro ball in the Central Kentucky Baseball League

and was named the league's Player of the Year

setting a league record with 479 errors on the way to a 53-83 finish

and from 1946 to 1955

Bloomington Bloomers T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois all teams in the late 1950s andThe Bloomington Bloomers, hailing from Bloomington, Illinois, were a long standing team in the Iowa Indiana Illinois or Three I League during the early 20th century. The Bloomers started play in 1903 and played 29 seasons through 1939. The Bloomers won four league titles in 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1939. The 1935 team was player managed by Hall of Famer Burleigh Grimes, who was winding down his playing career. Grimes would move on to coach the Brooklyn