Winston-Salem Red Birds T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Size:M the Athletics

the Athletics

six and a half games ahead of the Wilson Tobs

third-highest in the league

based in Lafayette

Winston-Salem Red Birds T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Size:M the AthleticsWinston Salem's minor league teams had been known as the Twins since 1905, a reference to the formerly separate towns of Winston and Salem. The team became a St. Louis Cardinals farm club in 1957, taking the name Red Birds, a nod to the parent club's own nickname without using it outright. The Red Birds played four seasons in the Carolina League, from 1957 through 1960, calling Ernie Shore Field home. The 1958 club went 69 68 under manager Vern Benson