The Medford Nuggets were a professional Minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...

 team based in Melford

Medford, Oregon

Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the city had a total population of 74,907 and a metropolitan area population of 207,010, making the Medford MSA the 4th largest metro area in Oregon...

, Oregon

Oregon

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, and formed part of the Far West League

Far West League

The Far West League was a "Class C" league in Minor League Baseball that had eight teams and operated from 1948-1951.-Cities represented:*Eugene, OR – Eugene Larks *Klamath Falls, OR – Klamath Falls Gems...

 from 1948 through 1949. The team played their home games at Miles Field

Miles Field

Miles Field was a professional baseball stadium based in Medford, Oregon that played host to high school baseball, American Legion baseball and professional minor league baseball from 1948 to 2004...

 in Melford. They were a short-season single-A affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...

 in 1948 but were unaffiliated in 1949. Some sources list the team as the Medford Dodgers in the 1948 season.

Season-by-season Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1948	66-56	2nd	Larry Shepard Larry Shepard Lawrence William Shepard was a manager in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1968 to 1969. During his playing days, Shepard was a right-handed pitcher who played minor league baseball from 1941 through 1956, with time out for military service during World War II...	Lost 1st round
1949	39-84	6th	Dan Reagan

Other Medford teams

• Medford Rogues
  Medford Rogues
  The Medford Rogues were a professional minor league baseball team that played in the Class-C Far West League from 1950 to 1951...
  
   (1950-1951)
• Medford Dodgers
  Medford Dodgers
  The Medford Dodgers were a minor league baseball team based in Medford, Oregon, United States that played in the Northwest League as an affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers for three seasons. They operated from 1969-1971 and were managed by Bill Berrier...
  
   (1970-1971)
• Medford Athletics
  Southern Oregon Timberjacks
  The Southern Oregon Timberjacks were a minor league baseball team based in Medford, Oregon. The team played in the short-season single-A Northwest League from 1979 to 1999 and were an affiliate of the Oakland Athletics...
  
  (1979-1987)

Sources

• Baseball Reference – Far West League Encyclopedia and History