Tarboro Tars

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Tarboro Tars
(1937–1941, 1946–1952)
Tarboro, North Carolina
Minor league affiliations
ClassClass D
LeagueCoastal Plain League
Major league affiliations
Team
Minor league titles
League titles 1940, 1948
Team data
Name
  • Tarboro Tars (1940, 1946–1948, 1950, 1952)
  • Tarboro A's (1951)
  • Tarboro Athletics (1949)
  • Tarboro Orioles (1941)
  • Tarboro Serpents / Goobers (1939)
  • Tarboro Serpents (1938)
  • Tarboro Combs (1937)
Ballpark
  • Municipal Park (1946–1952)[1]
  • Bryan Park (1937–1941)[2]

Tarboro Tars was the primary name of a minor league baseball team based in Tarboro, North Carolina. The team competed in the Coastal Plain League from 1937 to 1941 and from 1946 to 1952. The team used several other nicknames during its history, and had brief affiliations with the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics of Major League Baseball.

In the team's 12 seasons of play, it qualified for the postseason five times, advanced to the league championship series three times (1937, 1940, and 1948), and won the championship twice (1940 and 1948).[3][4]

Tarboro had previously fielded minor league teams in 1900 and 1901,[5]: 94  and for part of the 1921 season when the Petersburg Goobers relocated to Tarboro from Petersburg, Virginia, in early August.[5]: 281 

Notable players[]

Several players with Tarboro also made appearances in Major League Baseball:

Results by season[]

Season Nicknamedagger Affiliation Record (win %) Finish Manager Playoffs (games) Attendance Ref.
1937 Combs — 53–42 (.558) 3rd of 8 Snake Henry defeated Williamston Martins (3–0)
lost to (1–4)		 unknown [5]: 352 
1938 Serpents — 60–47 (.561) 2nd of 8 Snake Henry lost to Snow Hill Hill Billies (2–4) unknown [5]: 359 
1939 Serpents /
Goobers		 — 34–90 (.274) 8th of 8 Guy Shatzer
Fred Neisler
Larry Merville		 — unknown [5]: 366 
1940 Tars — 72–51 (.585) 2nd of 8 Arthur "Cowboy" McHenry
Bill Steinecke
Wes Ratteree		 defeated Goldsboro Goldbugs (4–1)
defeated Kinston Eagles (4–2)		 unknown [5]: 373 
1941 Orioles — 44–72 (.379) 7th of 8 Thomas "Poke" Whalen — unknown [5]: 381 
1942–1945 Coastal Plain League did not operate during World War II —  
1946 Tars Boston Red Sox 61–65 (.484) 5th of 8 Michael Kardish
F. L. "Bull" Hamons		 — 46,679 [18][5]: 405 
1947 Tars — 74–66 (.529) 3rd of 8 F. L. "Bull" Hamons lost to Kinston Eagles (2–4) 75,281 [5]: 413 
1948 Tars — 87–53 (.621) 1st of 8 F. L. "Bull" Hamons defeated Rocky Mount Leafs (4–2)
defeated Kinston Eagles (4–1)		 67,767 [5]: 422 
1949 Athletics — 68–68 (.500) 6th of 8 Joe Antolick — 41,212 [5]: 432 
1950 Tars Philadelphia Athletics 67–71 (.486) 7th of 8 Joe Antolick — 36,467 [5]: 443 
1951 A's Philadelphia Athletics 13–22 (.371) double-dagger Joe Rullo — 6,431 [5]: 453 
1952 Tars — 49–71 (.408) 7th of 8 Bill Long — 28,439 [5]: 463 

dagger Other sources list the team's 1937 nickname as Serpents,[6] 1940 nickname as Cubs,[9] and A's during 1948–1951.[13][14][15][16]
double-dagger In 1951, Tarboro and the Greenville Robins withdrew from the league in early June.[19]

References[]

  1. ^ "Municipal Park (Field) in Tarboro, NC". StatsCrew.com. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  2. ^ "Bryan Park in Tarboro, NC". StatsCrew.com. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "Tarboro Annexes Coastal's Finals". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. September 15, 1940. p. 14. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Standings". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. September 22, 1948. p. 22. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson & Miles Wolff, editors (Third ed.). Baseball America. 2007. ISBN 978-1932391176.CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ a b "1937 Tarboro Serpents Statistics".
  7. ^ "1938 Tarboro Serpents Statistics".
  8. ^ "1939 Tarboro Serpents/Goobers Statistics".
  9. ^ a b "1940 Tarboro Cubs Statistics".
  10. ^ "1941 Tarboro Orioles Statistics".
  11. ^ "1946 Tarboro Tars Statistics".
  12. ^ "1947 Tarboro Tars Statistics".
  13. ^ a b "1948 Tarboro A's Statistics".
  14. ^ a b "1949 Tarboro A's Statistics".
  15. ^ a b "1950 Tarboro A's Statistics".
  16. ^ a b "1951 Tarboro A's Statistics".
  17. ^ "1952 Tarboro Tars Statistics".
  18. ^ "1946 Coastal Plain League". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  19. ^ "League Drops Robins & A's". The News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. June 8, 1951. p. 19. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
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