Reidsville Luckies T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Size:XS Baton Rouge infielder John Radulovich

Baton Rouge infielder John Radulovich led the league in batting that year at

and hailed from Kilgore

and Kaws of the 1910s through 1930s) and departing just before the franchise renamed itself the Hawks for the Western League in 1956

following the Oklahoma State League Poncans in the 1920s and the Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League Dodgers from 1947 to 1952

Illinois and become the Moline Plowboys

Reidsville Luckies T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Size:XS Baton Rouge infielder John RadulovichThe Reidsville Luckies took their name from Lucky Strike cigarettes, manufactured locally by the American Tobacco Company, and even played their home games at a ballpark called Lucky Strike Park. The franchise first played in the Bi State League from 1935 to 1940, returned for one season in the Tri State League in 1947, and then joined the Carolina League in 1948, where they remained through 1954 as the Luckies. Pitcher Steve Ridzik made his