Union City Dodgers 1935–1955 (1935–42, 1946–55) Union City, Tennessee |
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Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League |
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Turner Memorial Field |
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).
Eighteen players from the Greyhounds/Dodgers went on to play in Major League Baseball.