El Dorado Oilers
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The El Dorado Oilers Cotton States League
baseball team based in El Dorado, Arkansas
that played in 1941 and from 1947 to 1955. They also played as the El Dorado Lions from 1936 to 1940. They were affiliated with the New York Giants
in 1951.
In 1954, under manager Bill Adair
, they won their only league championship.
Cotton States League
The Cotton States League name was used five different times in baseball history. The first Cotton States League ran from 1902 through 1908 as a class D league. After the league shut down, another Cotton States League was reformulated in 1910, with three of the six '08 members returning for the new...
baseball team based in El Dorado, Arkansas
El Dorado, Arkansas
El Dorado , a multi-cultural arts center: South Arkansas Arts Center , an award-winning renovated downtown, and numerous sporting, shopping, and dining opportunities. El Dorado is the population, cultural, and business center of the 7,300 mi² regional area...
that played in 1941 and from 1947 to 1955. They also played as the El Dorado Lions from 1936 to 1940. They were affiliated with the New York Giants
San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
in 1951.
In 1954, under manager Bill Adair
Bill Adair
Marion Danne "Bill" Adair was an American coach and interim manager in Major League Baseball. A second baseman, he was a career minor-league player who never rose about the Class AA level but who spent 21 years as a manager in the minors.-History:Born in Mobile, Alabama, Adair was a skipper in the...
, they won their only league championship.