Joplin Miners

Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Herzog played for Joplin.

[3] In April 1920, Ty Cobb and the Detroit Tigers played an exhibition game against the Miners in Joplin.

[9][10] On January 24, 2014, it was announced that an independent professional team relocated to Joplin to play in a renovated Joe Becker Stadium.

[11] Subsequently, the Joplin Blasters of the Independent American Association began play in 2015.

[2] In 1917, the team began play in a new Miners Park, now Joe Becker Stadium, located at 1301 East Third Street.