The Three-I League folded after the 1961 season
joined the Georgia-Florida League in 1951 after competing in the Georgia State League for the prior two seasons
The nickname came from The Hubinger Company
going on to a nineteen-year career with the Cardinals and Yankees that included ten All-Star selections and a World Series championship
The Marion Oilworkers
Waycross Bears Crewneck Sweatshirt - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Georgia Color:Dark Chocolate The Three-I League folded afterThe Waycross Bears, based in Waycross, Georgia, were the Georgia Florida League's dominant franchise, winning five championships across their run from 1939 through 1955: 1940, 1942, 1948, 1949, and 1951. Waycross sat at the northern edge of the Okefenokee Swamp in southeastern Georgia, and the Bears drew the league's highest single season attendance in 1939 at 85,566 fans. Baseball in Waycross long predated the Bears. In the 1920s, Shoeless Joe