Fargo-Moorhead Twins

The Fargo-Moorhead Twins were a minor league baseball team that existed from 1933 to 1942 and from 1946 to 1960. They played in the Northern League and were affiliated with the Cleveland Indians from 1934 to 1940 and from 1953 to 1957, the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1947 to 1948 and the New York Yankees from 1958 to 1960. They represented the cities of Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota.^[1] The previous Fargo-Moorhead team in the Northern League was the Fargo-Moorehead Graingrowers, who played from 1914-1917.^[2]

Ballparks

For the majority of their existence, they played their home games at Barnett Field in Fargo. It was located at 19th Avenue and Broadway and was torn down in 1963 to build North High School. ^[3] Prior to that, they played their home games at Moorhead Ballpark in Moorhead. ^[4][5]

1961 Roger Maris hits HR #58. He hit 61 Home runs in 1961

Notable alumni

Year-by-year record

(from Baseball Reference Bullpen)

1953 season

• On May 6, 1953, the Fargo-Moorhead Twins defeated Sioux Falls in their Opening Day game by a score of 12-3. A record crowd of 10,123 fans came to Barnett Field. In the game, Roger Maris got his first professional baseball hit. That season, Twins player Frank Gravino would hit 52 home runs. The Twins would host the Northern League All-Star game and defeat the Northern League All-Stars by a score of 8-4. The Twins finished with a record of 86-39 (improving from their record of 44-80 in 1952) and bested Duluth to win the Northern League championship. Roger Maris would be selected as the 1953 Northern League Rookie of the Year.^[6]

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