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Meridian White Ribbons
The Meridian White Ribbons were a minor league baseball team based in Meridian, Mississippi. From 1905 to 1913, Meridian teams played exclusively as a member of the Class D level Cotton States League. The team was known as the "White Ribbons" or the shortened "Ribboners" until 1912, when it played the first of two seasons as the "Metropolitans."
Meridian teams hosted minor league home games at a parcel called the "Meridian Base Ball Park" in the era.
Meridian first hosted minor league baseball in 1893, when the Meridian "Bluebirds" played the season as members of the independent Mississippi State League. No official records were known for the league in 1893. The Mississippi League folded after the 1894 season without a Meridian team. Meridian did not host a minor league team for another 21 seasons.
George Blackburn was a pitcher for the first Meridian team in 1893. On July 16, 1897, Cap Anson of the Chicago Cubs became the first player in major league history to record 3,000 total hits when he singled off Blackburn, pitching for the Baltimore Orioles.
After a 21-season hiatus, minor league baseball resumed in Meridian when the 1905 Meridian "White Ribbons" were formed and became members of the Class D Cotton States League. In 1905, the league expanded from a six-team league to an eight-team league, adding the Hattiesburg and Meridian franchises as expansion teams. Meridian joined the Baton Rouge Cajuns, Greenville Cotton Pickers, Hattiesburg Tar Heels, Jackson Senators, Natchez Indians, Pine Bluff Lumbermen and Vicksburg Hill Climbers teams in beginning Cotton State League play on April 20, 1905.
The Meridian "White Ribbons" nickname corresponds with regional recreation and fishing in the era. The White Ribbon Trout, were prevalent in the region in the era and this continues today.
The 1905 Cotton States League season was interrupted by an epidemic. Due to the Yellow Fever epidemic, the eight–team Cotton States League stopped play on July 31, 1905, with the approval of the National Association, which governed minor league teams and leagues in the era. When the league folded, Meridian White Ribbons had compiled a record of 49–35, which placed them second in the league final standings. In the final standings during the shortened season, the White Ribbons finished 5.5 games behind first place Greenville Cotton Pickers. The Meridian manager in their first Cotton State League season was Tom Stouch. In the shortened season, Meridian pitcher Slim Sallee led the Cotton States League with 10 wins while sporting a 10–4 record.
The 1905 White Ribbons' manager Tom Stouch came to Meridian after managing his 1904 Decatur team to the championship of the Tennessee-Alabama League, which folded after the season. Stouch did not return to manage Meridian in 1906. In 1907, Stouch became the manager of the Greenville Mountaineers of the South Carolina League. While managing for the Mountaineers, Stouch discovered Shoeless Joe Jackson while Jackson was playing semi-professional baseball for a textile mill team in Greenville. In 1908, Stouch signed Jackson to his first professional contract, and he began his professional career playing for Stouch with the Greenville Mountaineers.
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Meridian White Ribbons
The Meridian White Ribbons were a minor league baseball team based in Meridian, Mississippi. From 1905 to 1913, Meridian teams played exclusively as a member of the Class D level Cotton States League. The team was known as the "White Ribbons" or the shortened "Ribboners" until 1912, when it played the first of two seasons as the "Metropolitans."
Meridian teams hosted minor league home games at a parcel called the "Meridian Base Ball Park" in the era.
Meridian first hosted minor league baseball in 1893, when the Meridian "Bluebirds" played the season as members of the independent Mississippi State League. No official records were known for the league in 1893. The Mississippi League folded after the 1894 season without a Meridian team. Meridian did not host a minor league team for another 21 seasons.
George Blackburn was a pitcher for the first Meridian team in 1893. On July 16, 1897, Cap Anson of the Chicago Cubs became the first player in major league history to record 3,000 total hits when he singled off Blackburn, pitching for the Baltimore Orioles.
After a 21-season hiatus, minor league baseball resumed in Meridian when the 1905 Meridian "White Ribbons" were formed and became members of the Class D Cotton States League. In 1905, the league expanded from a six-team league to an eight-team league, adding the Hattiesburg and Meridian franchises as expansion teams. Meridian joined the Baton Rouge Cajuns, Greenville Cotton Pickers, Hattiesburg Tar Heels, Jackson Senators, Natchez Indians, Pine Bluff Lumbermen and Vicksburg Hill Climbers teams in beginning Cotton State League play on April 20, 1905.
The Meridian "White Ribbons" nickname corresponds with regional recreation and fishing in the era. The White Ribbon Trout, were prevalent in the region in the era and this continues today.
The 1905 Cotton States League season was interrupted by an epidemic. Due to the Yellow Fever epidemic, the eight–team Cotton States League stopped play on July 31, 1905, with the approval of the National Association, which governed minor league teams and leagues in the era. When the league folded, Meridian White Ribbons had compiled a record of 49–35, which placed them second in the league final standings. In the final standings during the shortened season, the White Ribbons finished 5.5 games behind first place Greenville Cotton Pickers. The Meridian manager in their first Cotton State League season was Tom Stouch. In the shortened season, Meridian pitcher Slim Sallee led the Cotton States League with 10 wins while sporting a 10–4 record.
The 1905 White Ribbons' manager Tom Stouch came to Meridian after managing his 1904 Decatur team to the championship of the Tennessee-Alabama League, which folded after the season. Stouch did not return to manage Meridian in 1906. In 1907, Stouch became the manager of the Greenville Mountaineers of the South Carolina League. While managing for the Mountaineers, Stouch discovered Shoeless Joe Jackson while Jackson was playing semi-professional baseball for a textile mill team in Greenville. In 1908, Stouch signed Jackson to his first professional contract, and he began his professional career playing for Stouch with the Greenville Mountaineers.