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Johnson City Doughboys
Information
LeagueAppalachian League
LocationJohnson City, Tennessee
BallparkTVA Credit Union Ballpark
Founded2021
ColorsBlack, gold, white
     
OwnershipBoyd Sports, LLC
General ManagerKiva Fuller[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

The Johnson City Doughboys are a summer collegiate baseball team of the Appalachian League. They are located in Johnson City, Tennessee, and play their home games at TVA Credit Union Ballpark.

History[edit]

From 1975 to 2020, Johnson City, Tennessee, was home to the Johnson City Cardinals, a Rookie affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals playing in the Appalachian League.[2] In conjunction with a contraction of Minor League Baseball beginning with the 2021 season, the Appalachian League was reorganized as a collegiate summer baseball league, and the Johnson City Cardinals were replaced by a new franchise in the revamped league designed for rising college freshmen and sophomores.[3]

The new team became known as the Johnson City Doughboys.[4] The nickname is in reference to a statue behind their home stadium, TVA Credit Union Ballpark, named Spirit of the American Doughboy.[5] The statue honors U.S. infantrymen who died during World War I. Doughboys was a nickname for American soldiers during World War I until about the 1940s.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Johnson City Front Office". Johnson City Doughboys. Major League Baseball. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  • ^ "Johnson City, Tennessee Register City Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  • ^ "MLB, USA Baseball Announce New Format for Appalachian League". Major League Baseball. September 29, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  • ^ "New for 2021: Johnson City Doughboys". Ballpark Digest. February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  • ^ Avento, Joe (February 2, 2021). "Doughboys Announced as Name for Johnson City's New Appy League Team". Johnson City Press. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  • ^ "Johnson City's Appy League Team to Be Known as the Doughboys". WJHL. February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
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