Traverse City Resorters

The Resorters played at the Bowers Harbor Ball Park on Old Mission Peninsula.

[1][2] The Traverse City Resorters played five seasons of minor league baseball.

James Hamilton took over as manager for Traverse City in 1912, and the club finished 2nd with a 79–40 record.

The 1912 Resorters also featured Jim Riley and Ernie Krueger, both of whom would also reach the major leagues.

[6] The Resorters featured several players during their existence who would go on to Major League Baseball teams, including Bunny Brief, who played with the St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, and Pittsburgh Pirates;[7][8] Katsy Keifer, who advanced to the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the third major-league, the Federal League in 1914;[9] LaRue Kirby, who played for the New York Giants and St. Louis Terriers;[10] Ernie Krueger, who played for the Cleveland Naps, New York Yankees, New York Giants, Brooklyn Robins, and Cincinnati Reds;[11] and Jim Riley, who played for the Boston Doves.