Mary's College product who had begun his professional career with the Alameda Grays in 1907
when the roster proved thin at catcher early on
with one season and one unforgettable name in the old California League
when the papers used Jobbers
The franchise folded after winning that 1951 championship
Merced Bears Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California wilson tobs Mary's College product who hadThe Merced Bears, based in Merced, California, were a charter member of the California League, founded in 1941 as a Class C circuit, and were fittingly a farm club of the Boston Bees, as the Boston Braves were then briefly known. Merced was the smallest market among the eight founding cities, and the Bears struggled accordingly, finishing last at 50 86, a full 38 games behind pennant winning Fresno. That one season was the whole story. When World War