Winston-Salem Red Birds T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Size:M based in Lafayette

based in Lafayette

spent six seasons in the Class C Cotton States League from 1950 through 1955

and Denny McLain

Big State League

North Carolina

Winston-Salem Red Birds T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Size:M based in LafayetteWinston Salem's minor league teams had been known as the Twins since 1905, a reference to the formerly separate towns of Winston and Salem. The team became a St. Louis Cardinals farm club in 1957, taking the name Red Birds, a nod to the parent club's own nickname without using it outright. The Red Birds played four seasons in the Carolina League, from 1957 through 1960, calling Ernie Shore Field home. The 1958 club went 69 68 under manager Vern Benson