page_title: Elizabethton Phils
section_title: Betsy Cubs (1945–1948)
hierarchical_section_title: Elizabethton Phils / History / Betsy Cubs (1945–1948)
caption_attribution_description: English: Professional baseball player Don Elston
context_page_description: The Elizabethton Phils were a Minor League Baseball team that played in the Class D Appalachian League from 1937 to 1942 and 1945 to 1951. They were located in Elizabethton, Tennessee, and played their home games at Cherokee Park.
  The team was originally known as the Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox for their affiliation with the Boston Red Sox. They retained the moniker in 1941 when they served as a farm club for the Brooklyn Dodgers and in 1942 with no Major League Baseball affiliate. After two years of inactivity due to World War II, the team was revived as the Elizabethton Betsy Cubs for their affiliation with the Chicago Cubs, the Elizabethton Betsy Local during two years as an independent club, and the Phils in affiliation with the Philadelphia Phillies.
  Over 13 seasons, Elizabethton compiled an all-time regular season record of 811–702. The Red Sox qualified for postseason playoffs on nine occasions and won the Appalachian League championship in 1939 and 1941. Their all-time postseason record was 24–24.
context_section_description: The Elizabethton Appalachian League franchise was revived in 1945 as the Elizabethton Betsy Cubs, an affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. Though they finished last of four teams with a 38–68 (.358) record, every team participated in the postseason playoffs. The Cubs lost to the Bristol Twins, 3–1, in the semifinals. Elizabethton improved to third of eight clubs in 1946 with a 68–57 (.544) mark. They swept Bristol in the semifinals, 3–0, but lost the AL title to the New River Rebels, 4–2, in the finals.
  On May 25, 1947, Robert Knaub and Jack Bunger pitched a combined no-hitter against the Kingsport Indians. Kingsport managed to score three runs in the first inning, which were charged to Bunger, who started the game and walked five batters before being relieved by Knaub in the first. Knaub held the Indians hitless until the game was called on account of rain after six innings with the Cubs ahead, 5–3. Elizabethton just missed the playoffs in 1947 (62–64; .492) and 1948 (64–61; .512) with fifth-place finishes.
caption: Don Elston of the 1948 team went on to be selected as an MLB All-Star in 1959.[16]
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