Marion Oilworkers Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Ohio Size:S Richmond's participation in the league

Richmond's participation in the league placed them alongside other small-town Kentucky teams like the Winchester Hustlers and Paris Bourbonites

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

and Halliburton bought the pro club's uniforms

The 1955 Kernels were ranked 30th on Minor League Baseball's all-time Top 100

Their unusual name likely came from a local home for disabled Union Civil War veterans

Marion Oilworkers Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Ohio Size:S Richmond's participation in the leagueThe Marion Oilworkers, based in Marion, Ohio, take their name from the oil drilling boom that was active in the region during the early 1900s. The club was a charter member of the Class B Central League, joining seven other founding teams including the Fort Wayne Railroaders and the Wheeling Stogies when play began on April 30, 1903, with home games at Webb Park. Marion had fielded a minor league team once before this, the short lived Glass Blowers,