Memphis Chicks (Southern Association)

The Memphis Chicks were a Minor League Baseball team that played in the Southern Association from 1901 to 1960.

They were located in Memphis, Tennessee, and played their home games at Russwood Park.

[4] Three Chicks won the Southern Association Most Valuable Player Award: Coaker Triplett (1937), Pete Gray (1944), and Ed White (1955).

[6] The Chicks suffered a major blow in the spring of 1960 when their venerable ballpark, Russwood Park, was destroyed by fire after an exhibition game between the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians on Easter Sunday, April 17.

The team played in temporary facilities, including a high school football stadium, for the rest of the season but drew only 48,000 fans.

[citation needed] Mayor Henry Loeb tried to keep the team in Memphis, but the US$326,000 price tag for a new 7,500 seat ballpark was too much.

[1] In 1978, a new Memphis Chicks team was created as an expansion franchise of the Double-A Southern League.