Natchez Pilgrims T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Mississippi Dawson Springs Resorters and Ken Holcombe

and Ken Holcombe

The franchise folded after the 1956 season

Wilson's pedigree as a baseball town runs deep: more than 100 players who passed through Fleming Stadium over the decades went on to play in the major leagues

then fell in the postseason semifinals

and Halliburton bought the pro club's uniforms

Natchez Pilgrims T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Mississippi Dawson Springs Resorters and Ken HolcombeThe Natchez Pilgrims, based in Natchez, Mississippi, were one of the few franchises in the predominantly Louisiana circuit to represent another state, and they came to Natchez by an unusual route. The 1940 franchise began the season in Houma, Louisiana, as the Houma Buccaneers, before that team's poor attendance prompted owner Carlos Moore to relocate the club on June 27, finishing the year across the state line as the Pilgrims. Natchez returned with