From 1947 to 1950, Red Springs fielded a professional minor league baseball team, the Red Springs Red Robins, that was a farm team of the Philadelphia Athletics. The team won the Tobacco State League championship in 1948. In 1949, led by pitcher Bill Harrington, who would go on to pitch for the big league parent club, the Red Robins won a second title. The 1950 team was led by player/manager Ducky Detweiler, who had played for the Boston Braves.Holaday, Chris (2016). . Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. .
From 1947 to 1950, Red Springs fielded a professional minor league baseball team, the Red Springs Red Robins, that was a farm .team of the Philadelphia Athletics. The team won the Tobacco State League championship in 1948. In 1949, led by pitcher Bill Harrington, who would go on to pitch for the big league parent club, the Red Robins won a second title. The 1950 team was led by player/manager Ducky Detweiler, who had played for the Boston Braves.Holaday, Chris (2016). . Jefferson, N.C: McFarland. .