Chattanooga Choo-Choos
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The Chattanooga Choo-Choos were a minor league Negro league baseball team based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The team was a member of the Negro Southern League, which was considered a minor league for the duration of the Choo-Choos' affiliation, and fielded a team from 1940 until 1946. The Choo-Choos played their home games at Engel Stadium.[1] The team is noted as the first professional baseball organization for which Hall of Famer Willie Mays played.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Charlie's Ballparks". Archived from the original on 2007-01-24. Retrieved 2007-05-28.
- ^ Willie Mays at the SABR Baseball Biography Project, by John Saccoman, Retrieved October 17, 2013.
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