The Kalamazoo Celery Pickers were a minor league baseball team based in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
(1945) Celery Fields of Kalamazoo, Michigan - Postcard
(1916) Wally Pipp, New York Yankees. Pipp played for the Kalamazoo Celery Pickers in 1911 and 1912.
(1980) Allied Paper Mill constructed in 1921 and demolished in 2004. Kalamazoo, Michigan.
The Saginaw Ducks were a minor league baseball team based in Saginaw, Michigan. Saginaw teams played as members of the Class B level Southern Michigan League in 1906 and from 1908 to 1915, winning lea
Kalamazoo Celery Pickers
…also called the "Southern Michigan Association" was formed for the 1906 season. The Battle Creek Crickets, Jackson Convicts, Mount Clemens Bathers, Saginaw and Tecumseh Indians teams joined the Kalamazoo "White Sox" as charter members. Just before the 1906 season, E.J. Ryan, who had earlier been appointed…
(1908) Donie Bush, Detroit Tigers. At age 18, Bush played for Saginaw in 1906. Bush was a long-time major league player and manager.
(1898) Malachi Kittridge. Nicknamed in his honor, Kittridge managed the Saginaw "Krazy Kats" in 1911.
(1917) Archie Yelle, Detroit Tigers. A Saginaw native, Yelle played for Saginaw in 1911 and 1912 after his graduation from Saginaw High School.
(1924) St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jesse Haines. A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Haines pitched for Saginaw in his first two professional seasons. Haines led the Ducks to the 1914 championship, pitching a complete came in their clinching win in the playoff series.