Leesburg Dodgers
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The Leesburg Dodgers were a Florida State League
baseball team based in Leesburg, Florida
, USA that played during the 1949 season. They used four different managers and went 37-97. 44-year-old Luke Hamlin
, who managed for them, also pitched in eight games for them.
Florida State League
The Florida State League is a Class A-Advanced minor league baseball league operating in the state of Florida. They are one of three leagues currently operating in Class A-Advanced, the third highest of six classifications of minor leagues...
baseball team based in Leesburg, Florida
Leesburg, Florida
Leesburg is a city in Lake County, Florida, United States. The population was 15,956 at the 2000 census. As of 2005, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 19,086.. Leesburg is located in central Florida, between Lake Harris and Lake Griffin, at the head of the Oklawaha River system....
, USA that played during the 1949 season. They used four different managers and went 37-97. 44-year-old Luke Hamlin
Luke Hamlin
Luke Daniel Hamlin , nicknamed "Hot Potato," was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for 9 years with the Detroit Tigers , Brooklyn Dodgers , Pittsburgh Pirates , and Philadelphia Athletics .Born in Ferris Center, Michigan, Hamlin won the nickname "Hot Potato" because of his tendency to...
, who managed for them, also pitched in eight games for them.