High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Size:4XL after the Wichita Oilers were

after the Wichita Oilers were evicted from their home park in Kansas and relocated mid-season to Muskogee

" a visual tie between the East Texas port city and one of the American League's most recognizable clubs

the team struggled with attendance

with teams across Kentucky

• Fabric weight: 8

High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Size:4XL after the Wichita Oilers wereThomasville fielded its first professional team, the Chair Makers, in 1937, a direct nod to the city's furniture manufacturing economy. After stints as the Tommies and the Thomasville Dodgers, the franchise was renamed in 1948 at the suggestion of longtime player manager Jimmy Grudzis, who worked with High Point Enterprise sports editor Bill Curry to come up with a name that would represent both High Point and Thomasville. The result, Hi Toms, stuck.