Claim: Vito Tamulis was with the Newark Bears from 1936 to 1937, which is an Atlantic League team that has been recognized as the 100 greatest minor league teams of all. time before, before being traded to the St. Louis Browns in 1937.
Evidence: The Newark Bears were an American professional baseball team based in Newark, New Jersey. They were a member of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and, later, the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball. Newark Bears Newark Bears (2) Newark Bears The original Newark Bears were a team in the International League from 1926 to 1949. Vito Tamulis After the 1935 season, Tamulis was weakened by a prolonged bout of pleurisy, and as a result spent the 1936 and 1937 seasons with the Newark Bears of the International League.