Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets
- Location: Leaksville, NC Spray, NC & Draper, NC (now Eden, NC)
- League: Bi-State League 1934-1942; Carolina League 1945-1947; Blue Ridge League 1948
- Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers 1936; Wilkes-Barre Barons 1937; Cleveland Indians 1939; Chicago Cubs 1945
- Ballpark:
Team History[edit]
The Leaksville-Draper-Sparay Triplets were called "Tri-City" in the 1934 "Sporting News". At times known simply as Leaksville in 1935 and 1948 according to Sporting News. The team was also frequently called Leaksville-Spray during the 1936 season and Leaksville-Spray-Draper from 1937 through 1941, in 1943 and from 1945 through 1947, also according to Sporting News.
Year-by-Year Record[edit]
Year | Record | Finish | Manager | Playoffs | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1934 | 32-45 | 5th | Oscar Langley / Otis Carter | ||
1935 | 71-44 | 1st | Otis Carter | ||
1936 | 65-51 | 3rd | Clyde Sukeforth | Lost League Finals | |
1937 | 41-73 | 8th | Clarence Blethen / Dave Lawless / Charles Willis | ||
1938 | 37-82 | 8th | Joe Feori | ||
1939 | 67-48 | 2nd | Arnold Anderson | Lost League Finals | |
1940 | 56-63 | 6th | Arnold Anderson / Jimmy Mundo | ||
1941 | 64-46 | 1st | Tim Murchison (10-15) / Wes Ferrell (54-31) | Lost in 1st round | |
1942 | 57-66 | 5th | Cecil "Zip" Payne | ||
1945 | 66-70 | 5th | Jackie Warner | ||
1946 | 57-85 | 8th | Mickey O'Neil | ||
1947 | 59-82 | 7th | George Granger | ||
1948 | 43-81 overall | -- | Bernard Loman / Joe Santomauro | Leaksville-Draper-Spray moved to Abingdon June 18 |
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