Salina Blue Jays

Salina hosted home minor league games at Oakdale Park from 1922 to 1926 and Kenwood Field from 1938 to 1952.

Managed by John McCloskey and Chester Olson, the Millers ended the season in eighth place in the eight–team league with a 45–88 record.

[16][2][17][18] Salina's Bill Diester led the Southwestern League with a .444 batting average, 110 runs scored and 190 total hits.

Teammate Dick Wykoff led the league with 28 home runs as a hitter and 25 wins as a pitcher.

[2] In 1938, the Salina Millers resumed minor league play, as the team joined the Western Association, which was expanding from six–teams to eight–teams.

The Millers finished eighth (47–87) under manager Harry Suter,[21] seventh (55–79) under Riley Parker[22] and sixth (60–75)[23] in their first three seasons of playing in the Western Association.

[24] After the 1941 season, the Carthage Browns and the Salina Millers franchises both folded, as the Western Association reduced to a six–team league in 1942.

Salina joined the Fort Smith Giants, Hutchinson Cubs, Joplin Miners, Leavenworth Braves, Muskogee Reds, St. Joseph Cardinals and Topeka Owls teams in the reformed 1946 Western League.

[29][30][31][2] Under manager Vance Dinges, the 1948 Blue Jays placed seventh in the Western Association, with a 58–80 regular season record.

[32][33][34][2] The 1949 Salina Blue Jays finished with a 69–69 overall record with manager Joe Gantenbein, ending 27.0 games behind the first place St. Joseph Cardinals.

[41] With a record of 63–58, the Blue Jays finished 12.5 games behind the first place Topeka Owls, as the post season was cancelled due to flooding.

[47] The Salina Millers first played minor league home games at Oakdale Park in the baseball seasons from 1922 to 1926.

[49] Beginning in 1938, the Salina Millers and Blue Jays minor league teams hosted home games at Kenwood Field through 1952.