Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Dizzy Dean and Earl Weaver played for St. Joseph teams.
St. Joseph was a member of the Western Association (1889, 1893-1897, 1906, 1927, 1939-1941, 1946-1951, 1953-1954) and Western League (1886-1887, 1898, 1900-1905, 1910–1926, 1930-1935), They were an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals (1930, 1946-1951, 1953), the Chicago Cubs (1939-1940), St. Louis Browns (1941) and the New York Yankees (1954).
They won the fourth league championship in 1940 under Keith Frazier the last two under Robert Stanton and Harold Olt.
[citation needed] In 1939, Dizzy Dean debuted his professional career with St. Joseph, going 17-8 in 32 games with a 3.69 ERA.
[citation needed] Later St. Joseph teams played at Phil Welch Stadium beginning in 1939.