Mattoon-Charleston Canaries T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams Owingsville Merchants Professional baseball came back to

Professional baseball came back to the city in pieces: the Hannibal Pilots (1947-48)

finishing last that season before rebranding as the Ironton Forgers in 1912

then returned as the Red Hawks in 1938

who famously debuted in MLB at age 15 and later became a beloved Reds broadcaster

Tommy Harper won the league MVP that year and went on to a long major league career

Mattoon-Charleston Canaries T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams Owingsville Merchants Professional baseball came back toThe Mattoon Charleston Canaries played only the 1906 season in the Kitty League, owned by the Mattoon City Railway Company, which also built their ballpark at a local amusement park. Despite their short life, the team produced major leaguer Larry Doyle, who went on to star for the New York Giants, winning the 1912 Chalmers Trophy, the 1915 batting title, and four NL pennants during his 14 year career. After the Kitty League folded in 1906, Charleston