Oak Ridge Bombers | |
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Minor league affiliations | |
Class | Class D |
League | Mountain States League |
Major league affiliations | |
Team | Unaffiliated |
Minor league titles | |
League titles (0) | None |
Team data | |
Ballpark | Ridgeview Park |
The Oak Ridge Bombers were a Minor League Baseball team that played in the Class D Mountain States League in 1948. [1] The Bombers were located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and were named for the city's association with the Manhattan Project and the development of the first atomic bomb. [1] [2] They played their home games at Ridgeview Park. [1]
Poor fan support caused the Bombers to operate at a loss from Opening Day. [3] By the second week of June, the team had the league's lowest attendance despite having the league's best record. [4] On June 10, in first place with a 24–11 (.686) record, owner Bob Broome relocated the team to Hazard, Kentucky, where they became the Hazard Bombers. [1] [5]
Across both Oak Ridge and Hazard, the Bombers accumulated a 65–43 (.602) record, placing second. [6] They defeated the Pennington Gap Miners in the semifinals, three games to none, but lost the playoff championship finals to the Morristown Red Sox, three games to two. [6]