Newport, AR
From BR Bullpen
Newport is located in northern Arkansas, on the White River, 20 miles southeast of Batesville, AR and 25 miles southwest of Jonesboro, AR.
Teams that have played here[edit]
- Newport Pearl Diggers, Arkansas State League (1908)
- Newport-Batesville Pearl Diggers, Northeast Arkansas League (1909)
- Newport Pearl Diggers, Northeast Arkansas League (1909)
- Newport Cardinals, Northeast Arkansas League (1936-1938)
- Newport Tigers, Northeast Arkansas League (1939)
- Newport Dodgers, Northeast Arkansas League (1940-1941)
Persons who were born here[edit]
- Ashton Goudeau, pitcher
Persons who died here[edit]
- Oran Dodd, minor league outfielder
- Skeeter Kell, infielder
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