Superior Senators

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The Superior Senators were a Minor League Baseball team, based in Superior, Nebraska, that played from 1956 through 1958 in the short-season Class D Nebraska State League as an affiliate of the Washington Senators.^[1] Previously, the Superior Brickmakers had played in the Nebraska State League from 1910-1914. Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Dazzy Vance played for Superior in 1913.

History[]

Affiliated with the Washington Senators of the American League, the Superior Senators were a charter team in the newly resurrected Nebraska State League, which had been dormant for 18 years. The After the 1958 season, the league reduced its membership from eight to six teams as the Senators and Lexington Red Sox were disbanded. The Nebraska State League itself disbanded after the 1959 season.^[2]

With a city population of 3,000, the Superior Senatory played in, by far, the smallest city in the eight team Nebraska State league. The season ticket sales for the Superior Senators first season of 1956 was 559 and the average attendance at each home game was over 700.^[3]

Superior had previously hosted another Nebraska State League team, the Superior Brickmakers, who played from 1910-1914. The Brickmakers captured the league championship in 1911 and Hall of Fame pitcher Dazzy Vance played for Superior in 1913.^[4][5]

The ballpark[]

Their home field was Brodstone Field, which had a dirt infield.^[6] Built in 1948, with a seating capacity of 1,500, the field is still in use today and is located at 648 East 7th Street, Superior, Nebraska.^[7][8]

Year-by-year record[]

(from Superior Senators - BR Bullpen)

Notable alumni[]

Dazzy Vance, 1922

Baseball Hall of Fame alumni[]

• Dazzy Vance (1913); inducted, 1955

Notable alumni[]

• Eddie Brown (1913–1914)
• Bert Cueto (1956)
• Jimmie Hall (1956) 2 × MLB All-Star
• Jim Kaat (1957) 3 × MLB All-Star; 16 × Gold Glove; 283 lifetime wins
• Wild Bill Luhrsen (1911)
• Walt Meinert (1913)
• Ed Monroe (1914)

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