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  Little Rock
Mike Cvengros

Southern League (1895)
Southern Association (1901–1961)

Nicknames

Travelers (1895–1961)

Where They Played

Clinton Park (1892–1900)
Kavanaugh Field (1901–1930)
Travelers Field (1932–1961)

Pennant-Winning Teams

Year Won Lost Pct Manager
1920 88 59 .599 Norman Elberfield
1937 97 55 .638 Tommy Prothro
1942 87 59 .596 Willis Hudson
1951 93 60 .608 Gene Desautels

Where They Finished

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
4
6
4
5
7.1% of the time in 1st place
10.7% of the time in 2nd place
7.1% of the time in 3rd place
8.9% of the time in 4th place
    33.8% in the top half 
5th
6th
7th
8th
4
8
9
16
7.1% of the time in 5th place
14.3% of the time in 6th place
16.1% of the time in 7th place
28.6% of the time in 8th place
    66.2% in the bottom half 

              1956
              1955
              1950
              1947
              1946
              1945
              1934
              1933
            1957 1927
          1958 1953 1926
          1954 1952 1925
  1931       1949 1948 1924
  1919   1944   1941 1940 1923
1951 1918 1961 1922 1938 1939 1936 1915
1942 1903 1960 1921 1936 1935 1917 1906
1937 1902 1943 1916 1930 1929 1909 1905
1920 1901 1932 1907 1928 1904 1908 1895
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Notable Managers

Name Years Won Lost Pct Pennants
Michael Finn 1901–1904,
1907–1909 
469 440 .516
Norman Elberfield 1918–1924 629 500 .557 1
Tommy Prothro 1935–1938 324 285 .532 1

Notable Players

19th Century

None  

1900 – 1909

Jim Delahanty
Phil Douglass
John Gilbert
Tris Speaker
 

1910 - 1919

Tex Covington
William "Baby Doll" Jacobson
Rube Robinson
Buzzy Wares
 

1920 – 1929


Joe Connolly
Bill Dickey
Kid Elberfeld
Harry Harper
William Hughes
Claude Jonnard
Bing Miller
Tom Oliver
Rube Robinson
Dutch Schleibner
Wallace Warmoth

1930 – 1939


Al Brazle
Paul Campbell
Walter French
Leo Moon
Bobo Newsom
Leo Nonenkamp
Jennings Poindexter
Harry Strohm
Clarence Struss

1940 – 1949


Wayne Blackburn
Robert Fauselt
Lew Flick
Ed Lopat
Al Treichel
Jim Tyack

1950 – 1960


Ralph Atkins
Robert Davis
Kent Hadley
Pat Haggerty
Gene Host
Robert McCall
Adolph Regelsky
Bill Reynolds
Hal Simpson
Al Yaylian


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