The Cairo Egyptians were a Minor League Baseball

Minor league baseball

Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...

 team that played in the KITTY League

Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League

The Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League was a Class D minor league baseball circuit that went through six different lives. The first KITTY League played from 1903 through 1906. The next one ran from 1910 through 1914. The third try played a single season . The circuit was revived in 1922 and lasted...

 on and off from 1903-1950.

The team, based in Cairo, Illinois

Cairo, Illinois

Cairo is the southernmost city in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the county seat of Alexander County. Cairo is located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. The rivers converge at Fort Defiance State Park, an American Civil War fort that was commanded by General Ulysses S. Grant...

 played in the first Kitty League from 1903-1906 as the Egyptians (1903), Champions (1904) and Giants (1905-1906). It resurfaced as the Egyptians from 1911-1914 in the second Kitty League, then returned from 1922-1924 in another incarnation of the league.

For the final Kitty league, the team played from 1946-1950 before folding for good. In 1949, they were a Brooklyn Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...

affiliate known as the Cairo Dodgers.

External links

Kitty league history