Raleigh Capitals T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Color:Royal The Paris Bourbonites were a

The Paris Bourbonites were a minor league baseball team from Paris

they produced notable alumni like nine-time all-star and 1940 MVP Frank McCormick and pitcher Lee Grissom

the Hoppers folded when the KITTY League shut down in 1955

who played in Paducah in 1904 before a major league career with Cleveland and the Federal League’s Brooklyn Tip-Tops

finishing second in the league standings three times before folding after the 1923 season

Raleigh Capitals T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Color:Royal The Paris Bourbonites were aOn April 22, 1959, a nineteen year old infielder making his professional debut went 1 for 4 with a run scoring single for the Raleigh Capitals. His name was barely known to sportswriters at the time, who occasionally got it wrong in print, but Carl Yastrzemski would go on to a 23 year Hall of Fame career with the Boston Red Sox, winning the Triple Crown in 1967. Yastrzemski hit . 377 for the Capitals in 1959, leading the Carolina League in hits,