Jersey City Jerseys

The team was renamed the Havana Sugar Kings upon joining the International League in 1954.

The team then ended up winning the 1959 Little World Series in seven games over the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association.

However, the next year, Fidel Castro nationalized all U.S.-owned enterprises in Cuba, and on July 8, 1960, Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick (under pressure from U.S. Secretary of State Christian Herter) announced that the Sugar Kings would be moving to Jersey City, New Jersey and be renamed the Jersey City Jerseys.

The team featured many Cuban and Latino players including Leo Cárdenas, Mike Cuellar, Vic Davalillo, Julián Javier, and Cookie Rojas.

However, the Jerseys would last only one more season (1961) before folding due to poor attendance.