Middlesboro, Kentucky minor league baseball history

Minor league baseball teams with varying nicknames were based in Middlesboro, Kentucky in various seasons between 1913 and 1963.

Beginning in 1949, Middlesboro hosted minor league home games at the Hilltop Speedway Park.

The Morristown Jobbers disbanded at the same time, causing the entire Appalachian League to cease operations.

The Athletics joined fellow 1949 league members, the Big Stone Gap Rebels, Harlan Smokies, Hazard Bombers, Jenkins Cavaliers, Morristown Red Sox, Newport Canners and Pennington Gap Miners.

[1][8][9][10] Middlesboro returned to the Appalachian League in 1961, with the Middlesboro Senators playing alongside the Bluefield Orioles, Harlan Smokies, Johnson City Cardinals, Kingsport Pirates, Morristown Cubs, Salem Rebels and Wytheville Twins in the eight–team league.

[19] Beginning in 1949, Middlesboro teams hosted minor league home games at the Hilltop Speedway Park.