Sumter Chicks


The Sumter Chicks were a minor league baseball team based in Sumter, South Carolina, United States that played in the Tri-State League in 1949 and 1950.

History

The Chicks played at Riley Park.
Tony Daniels and Wes Livengood played for them.
The 1949, season attendance was 55,309, last in the 8-team Tri-State League. In 1950, attendance dropped to
30,324, again lowest in the league. In 1952, the Chicks and the Florence Steelers were replaced by the Greenwood Tigers and Greenville Spinners in the Tri-State League.

The ballpark

Sumner teams played at Riley Park. Located at Church Street & DuBose Street, 29150. It is still in use today as home to the University of South Carolina Sumter Fire Ants and Morris College Hornet baseball teams. The Sumter Chicks of the Tri-State League, Sumter Indians and Sumter Astros of the Western Carolinas League and the Sumter Braves and Sumter Flyers of the South Atlantic League all played at Riley Park.

Notable alumni

Year Record Finish

1949 65-80 6th
1950 53-91 8th