Mooresville Moors

Mooresville, North Carolina was awarded the franchise after agreeing to buy the team equipment and honor player contracts.

Beginning play at Mooresville Park, the Salisbury/Mooresville team ended the 1936 season with an overall record of 35–64 under manager Jim Poole, placing seventh in the eight–team Carolina League standings.

The Moor brand Turkish towel was a featured product of local Mooresville cotton mills.

The Moors became charter members of the North Carolina State League, playing home games at Mooresville Park.

Mooresville had a 1937 regular season record of 74–35 to place first in the North Carolina State League regular season standings, capturing the pennant under returning manager Jim Poole and president C.F Clark, as the Moors finished 12.0 games ahead of the second place Thomasville Chair Makers.

In the Finals, Mooresville defeated the Shelby Cardinals 4 games to 3 to capture the 1937 North Carolina State League Championship.

[15] In the regular season, the Moors won the league Pennant, ending the 1939 season with a record of 71–38, placing first in the North Carolina State League standings under returning manager John Hicks, finishing 7.5 games ahead of the second place Lexington Indians.

[19][20][8] Mooresville's Norm Small led the North Carolina State League with both 25 home runs and 115 RBI.

[8] On May 28, 1941, the Moors released future Baseball Hall of Fame member Hoyt Wilhelm, who had not appeared in a game after signing with the team on May 7, 1941, just four days out of high school.

[23][24][8] The Moors finished in a tie for second place in the 1942 North Carolina State League regular season, with a future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher on the roster.

[26] At age 19, Baseball Hall of Fame member Hoyt Wilhelm pitched the first of his three seasons for Mooresville in 1942, finishing with a 10–3 record and a 4.25 ERA.

After the 1942 season, the North Carolina State League suspended play due to World War II.

[27][28][29][8] Norm Small again led the North Carolina State League with both 32 home runs and 107 RBI.

[8] The franchise returned to the Mooresville "Moors" moniker in 1946 and captured the North Carolina State League championship.

The Moors finished 19.0 games behind the first place Concord Weavers in the regular season, playing under managers Robert Crow and Norm Small.

Wilhelm returned after serving in the Army during World War II and earning the Purple Heart.

[8] Mooresville placed fifth in the 1948 North Carolina State League season standings and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Mooresville finished 9.5 games behind the first place High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms in the final regular season standings.

[44][45] Pitcher Lester Bringle of Mooresville led the North Carolina State League with 21 wins.

[46] The Moors ended the 1950 season with a record of 64–47 under returning manager Jim Mills, finishing 3.5 games behind the first place Salisbury Pirates.

[48] The Mooresville Moors finished with a record 55–71 in 1951 and did not qualify for the North Carolina State League playoffs.

[8] In their final season, the 1953 Mooresville Moors became members of the Class D level Tar Heel League.

Today, the Merinos Home Furnishings building occupies the former mill complex, near Moor Park.