Hutchinson Wheat Shockers

The Hutchinson Wheat Shockers were a minor league baseball team based in Hutchinson, Kansas, in the United States.[1] It played from 1917 to 1918 in the Class A Western League, from 1922 to 1923 in the Class C Southwestern League, and from 1924 to 1932 in the Class C Western Association before a final season in the Western League in 1933.[1][2][3][4][5] The team ultimately disbanded due to a combination of the Great Depression and dust storms.[1]

Hutchinson Wheat Shockers
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League
LocationHutchinson, Kansas
BallparkHobart–Detter Field (1932-1933)
Year founded1922
Year folded1932

Marty Purtell managed the team from 1923–24, and in 1933.[6] Dusty Boggess managed the team in 1932.[6]

Notable players

References

  1. Worth, Richard (1 March 2013). Baseball Team Names: A Worldwide Dictionary, 1869–2011. McFarland. ISBN 9780786491247 via Google Books.
  2. Aton, Rusty D. (13 April 2005). Baseball in Springfield. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439615188 via Google Books.
  3. Kurlansky, Mark (28 March 2018). Hank Greenberg: The Hero who Didn't Want to be One. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300136609 via Google Books.
  4. Waldo, Ronald T. (20 April 2017). Baseball's Roaring Twenties: A Decade of Legends, Characters, and Diamond Adventures. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442274266 via Google Books.
  5. Foer, Franklin; Tracy, Marc (30 October 2012). Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 9781455516117 via Google Books.
  6. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson & Miles Wolff, editors (Third ed.). Baseball America. 2007. ISBN 978-1932391176.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)


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