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The Independence Jewelers were a minor league baseball team that played during the 1908 season. Based in Independence, Kansas, the team played in the Oklahoma–Kansas League. They were managed by Harry Truby. The team was the best-drawing squad in the league, with Sporting Life calling the city of Independence "baseball mad."

The most notable player on the 1908 Jewelers team was pitcher Gene Packard. While pitching for Independence against Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 26, Packard had a single hit shutout victory. On August 8 Packard pitched a game against Bartlesville, Oklahoma in which no Bartlesville player reached first base. The headlines in the local newspaper described the perfect game as a world's record.

Timeline

Year(s) # Yrs. Team Level League Affiliate
1896 1 Independence Independent Kansas State League None
1906 1 Independence Coyotes Class D None
1907 1 Independence Champs Oklahoma-Arkansas-Kansas League None
1908 1 Independence Jewelers Oklahoma-Kansas League None
1911 1 Independence Packers Western Association None
1921 1 Independence Producers Southwestern League None
1922–1923 2 Class C None
1924 1 Class D None
1925, 1928–1932 6 Class C Western Association None
1947–1950 4 Independence Yankees Class D Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League New York Yankees
1952 1 Independence Browns St. Louis Browns

References

  1. BR Minors
  2. July 11, 1908 Sporting Life
  3. August 8, 1908 Sporting Life
  4. Lamb, Bill. "Gene Packard". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  5. "Packard Breaks World's Record". Independence Daily Reporter. August 10, 1908.


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