Evansville Evas
The Evansville Evas was a primary nickname of an early minor league baseball teams in Evansville, Indiana between 1877 and 1931. Early Evansville teams played as members of the League Alliance (1887), Central Interstate League (1889-1890), Interstate League (1891), Northwestern League (1891), Illinois-Indiana League (1892), Southern Association (1895), Central League (1897), Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (1901–1902), Central League (1903–1911), Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League (1912), Central League (1913–1917) and Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (1919–1931). Evansville was a minor league affiliate of the Detroit Tigers from 1928 to 1931.
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| Previous classes | Class B (1895, 1902–1911; 1913–1917; 1919–1931) Class C (1897) Class D(1901, 1912) |
Previous leagues | League Alliance (1887) Central Interstate League (1889-1890) Interstate League (1891) Northwestern League (1891) Illinois-Indiana League (1892) Southern Association (1895) Central League (1897) Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (1901–1902) Central League (1903–1911) Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League(1912) Central League (1913–1917) Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (1919–1931) |
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| League titles | 2 1908, 1915 |
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Previous names | Evansville Red (1887) Evansville Hoosiers (1889–1892) Evansville Blackbirds (1895) Evansville Brewers (1897) Evansville River Rats (1901–1910) Evansville Strikers (1911) Evansville Yankees (1912) Evansville River Rats (1913–1915) Evansville Evas (1916–1920) Evansville Black Sox (1921) Evansville Evas (1922–1923) Evansville Little Evas (1924) Evansville Pocketeers (1925) Evansville Hubs (1926–1931) |
Previous parks | Louisiana Street Park (1895–1914) Bosse Field (1915–1931) |
Beginning in 1915, Evansville has hosted home games at Bosse Field, which is the third oldest baseball stadium in the United States, still in use today by the Evansville Otters of the Frontier League.
Baseball Hall of Fame members Hank Greenberg (1931), Chuck Klein (1927) and Edd Roush (1912–1913) played for Evansville during the early era, joining Warren Spahn as Evansville alumni inducted into the Hall of Fame.
The Evansville Evas and Hubs directly preceded the 1938 Evansville Bees, who rejoined the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League.