Greensboro Patriots T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Paducah Chiefs was remarkably stable until it

was remarkably stable until it shut down due to World War II

part of the collegiate summer Appalachian League

then affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1959-60) and Cleveland Indians (1961-66)

a Class D league for three years and Class C for its final three

Greensboro Patriots T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Paducah Chiefs was remarkably stable until itGreensboro's baseball teams have carried the Patriots name on and off since 1908, a reference to the Revolutionary War's Battle of Guilford Courthouse, fought just outside the city in 1781. The Patriots won Piedmont League championships in 1920 and 1926, and back to back titles in 1932 and 1933 with a young Johnny Mize, later a Hall of Fame first baseman, in the lineup. The Patriots joined the Carolina League at its founding in 1945. The 1945 squad