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Minor league baseball team
Milan-Trenton Twins
Minor league affiliations
ClassClass D
LeagueKentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League
Major league affiliations
TeamUnaffiliated
Minor league titles
League titles (0)None
Team data
NameMilan-Trenton Twins
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The Milan-Trenton Twins were a Minor League Baseball team that played in the Class D Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League (KITTY League) in 1923. The team was shared between the cities of Milan and Trenton, Tennessee. Thus, the Twins were named for their twin cities. Home games were alternated between Milan City Park and an unknown ballpark in Trenton.

In 1922, Trenton was home to the Trenton Reds of the KITTY League, but the city fielded no team at the start of the 1923 season. The KITTY League's Springfield Blanket Makers of Springfield, Tennessee, dropped out of the league at the start of that season's second half. The franchise was subsequently taken over by Milan and Trenton as the Milan-Trenton Twins.

The Twins began competition on July 19, approximately 10 games into the second half, with a 10–0 road loss to the Paris Parisians. They won their first game on July 25, defeating the Hopkinsville Hoppers, 3–1, at Milan. The season ended on September 3, with the Twins losing the morning game of a doubleheader to Hopkinsville, 6–0, and the afternoon game being called due to rain after six scoreless innings. The Twins placed fifth out of eight teams at 21–22 (.488).

References

  1. ^ "1923 Milan-Trenton Twins Roster". Stats Crew. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  2. "Two Towns Take a Kitty Berth". The Leaf-Chronicle. Clarksville. July 20, 1923. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Sports in Trenton, Tennessee". Stats Crew. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  4. ^ "Hoppers Unable to Collect Hits with Runners On". News-Democrat. Paducah. July 20, 1923. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "1923 Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League". Stats Crew. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  6. "Baseball Results". News-Democrat. Paducah. July 20, 1923. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Twins Win One". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. Paducah. July 26, 1923. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Hoppers Trim Twins". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. Paducah. September 4, 1923. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "KITTY League (Final Standings)". News Democrat. Paducah. September 4, 1923. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.

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