Hattiesburg Pinetoppers
minor league baseball team
The Hattiesburg Pinetoppers were a minor league baseball team based in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Between 1905 and 1929, the "Pinetoppers" and other Hattiesburg teams played as members of the Class D level Cotton States League, winning league championships in 1924 and 1926.
Hattiesburg first hosted minor league baseball in 1904, playing the season in the four-team Class D level Delta League.
The Hattiesburg Cotton States Leagues teams hosted home minor league games at Kamper Park. Still in use today as a public park, Kamper Park hosts the Hattiesburg Zoo.
History
1904: Delta League
The 1904 "Hattiesburg" team was the first minor league team based in Hattiesburg, playing the 1904 season as charter members of the Class D level Delta League. The Delta League began the season with four charter teams, as the Brookhaven, MS (Brookhaven), Clarksdale, MS (Clarksdale), Jackson Senators and the Yazoo City Zoos began league play. One week into the season, on May 16, 1904, the league expanded to six teams, with two new teams from Canton, MS ("Canton") and Hattiesburg, MS ("Hattiesburg") joining the league.
In their first season of play, the "Hattiesburg" team finished in fifth place when the season ended on September 3, 1904. The Hattiesburg manager was Conrad Best.
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