▁team ▁being ▁called ▁the ▁" W or c ester ▁Brown ▁Stock ings ", ▁" B rown ies ", ▁and ▁" R uby ▁Leg s ". ▁However , ▁the ▁Wor c ester ▁Tele gram ▁sport sw riter ▁Bill ▁Ball ou , ▁in ▁conduct ing ▁thorough ▁research ▁on ▁the ▁team ▁for ▁years , ▁has ▁found ▁no ▁contemporary ▁reference ▁to ▁any ▁of ▁those ▁nick names .) ▁The ▁team ' s ▁home ▁field , ▁the ▁Wor c ester ▁Agricult ural ▁Fair ground s ▁was ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁recorded ▁perfect ▁game ▁in ▁professional ▁baseball . ▁P itch er ▁Lee ▁Richmond ▁achieved ▁this ▁fe at ▁on ▁June ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 8 8 0 , ▁against ▁the ▁Cleveland ▁Blues . ▁▁▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁Wor c ester ' s ▁J esse ▁Bur k ett ▁Little ▁League ▁baseball ▁team ▁competed ▁in ▁the ▁Little ▁League ▁World ▁Series ' s ▁U . S . ▁Final . ▁Though ▁the ▁Bur k ett ▁team ▁lost ▁to ▁the ▁Little ▁League ▁All - St ars ▁from ▁Louis ville , ▁Kentucky , ▁its ▁second - place ▁finish ▁was ▁the ▁best ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Massachusetts ▁Little ▁League ▁baseball . ▁▁▁ ▁Professional ▁baseball ▁in ▁Wor c ester ▁was ▁represented ▁by ▁the ▁Wor c ester ▁T orn ado es ▁baseball ▁team , ▁which ▁played ▁its ▁first ▁season ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁Though ▁not ▁affili ated ▁with ▁any ▁Major ▁League ▁Baseball ▁team , ▁the ▁T orn ado es ▁ ▁played ▁their ▁games ▁at ▁Han over ▁In sur ance ▁Park