Morristown Roosters

[1] They won their inaugural game, 4–2, on the road against the Gadsden Steel Makers on June 6.

[5] Morristown ended their first season in second place with a record of 46–37 (.554), 5+1⁄2 games behind the champion Knoxville Appalachians.

[11] On August 21, Cliff Markle tossed a no-hitter against the Knoxville Reds, winning 3–0.

[18] In 1924, the club improved to 55–52 (.514), placing second, but missed the playoffs having not won either half of the split season.

[21] The Roosters won both games of a doubleheader against the Greeneville Burley Cubs, 3–2 and 10–4, on July 15.

[22] Over their second stint of three seasons in the Appalachian League, the team had accumulated a record of 122–134 (.477).

The city went without another team for 23 years until the Morristown Red Sox became charter members of the Mountain States League in 1948.

A black and white portrait photograph of a baseball player in a white uniform with "Sox" written on the chest
Lefty Williams of the 1912 team was involved in the 1919 World Series fix, known as the Black Sox Scandal . [ 23 ]