Crowley Millers Crewneck Sweatshirt - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Louisiana Size:3XL Kinston joined the Carolina League

Kinston joined the Carolina League for the first time in 1956

fielding teams in every version of the league from 1904 to 1954

Serving as an entry point for young players at baseball’s lowest classification

both Class D circuits serving small towns in Kentucky

Crowley Millers Crewneck Sweatshirt - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Louisiana Size:3XL Kinston joined the Carolina LeagueThe Crowley Millers, based in Crowley, Louisiana, joined the Evangeline League in 1951 and won the league championship in their second season. Crowley had long carried the nickname "Rice Capital of the World," and the Millers took their name from the rice processing mills that anchored the city's economy. The Crowley Millers arrived in the Evangeline League in 1951, having spent the previous season in the Gulf Coast League before that circuit folded.