page_title: Union City Dodgers
section_title: First run (1935–1942)
hierarchical_section_title: Union City Dodgers / History / First run (1935–1942)
caption_attribution_description: English: St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Red Schoendienst.
context_page_description: The Union City Dodgers were a Minor League Baseball team that played in the Class D Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League from 1935 to 1942 and 1946 to 1955. They were located in Union City, Tennessee, and played their home games at Turner Memorial Field. Originally known as the Union City Greyhounds, the team had affiliations with the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and Cleveland Indians. They changed their name to the Union City Dodgers upon becoming a Brooklyn Dodgers affiliate in 1953.
  Over 19 seasons of competition, Union City played in 2,106 regular season games and compiled an all-time win–loss record of 1,002–1,104. They won three KITTY League championships and had a postseason record of 15–12.
context_section_description: The Union City Greyhounds became members of the Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League in 1935. Their home games were played at Turner Memorial Field in Union City, Tennessee. They lost their inaugural Opening Day game on May 22 to the Portageville Pirates, 3–2, on the road. The Greyhounds got their first win two games later on May 24, defeating the Pirates, 4–2. They ended their first season in second place with a 49–43 (.533) record but missed the playoffs having not won either half the league's split season.
  In 1936, the Greyhounds became an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. They succeeded in winning the second half and posting a full-season record of 73–45 (.619), tied with the Paducah Indians for first place. They then met the first-half champion Indians in the playoffs. After Union City won the first game, 6–2, on September 15, Paducah refused to continue the series, claiming the Greyhounds had two ineligible players on their roster. The championship was subsequently awarded to Union City, and Paducah's manager and seven players who refused to play were banned from professional baseball.
  Finishing the 1937 season in first place at 73–46 (.613), Union City again qualified for the playoffs, but they were eliminated in the semifinals, 3–0, by the Mayfield Clothiers. Union City left the St. Louis organization after 1937 and became and affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds in 1938. In contrast to the previous campaign, the 1938 team finished last of eight teams at 45–85 (.346).
  They returned to the Cardinals organization in 1939, but the team again placed last with a record of 44–82 (.349). Slightly improved teams placed sixth at 60–65 (.480) in 1940 and fifth at 62–64 (.492) in 1941. Having lost some US$3,500 due to low attendance brought on by poor play, Union City announced it would drop out of the KITTY League after their game on June 19, 1942. The Bowling Green Barons were also forced to withdraw, and the remaining clubs voted to discontinue the circuit on June 19. The Greyhounds dedcided against playing their final game after receiving word from St. Louis that their players would not be compensated for the game. The club was last of six teams with a 9–35 (.205) record in the abandoned season. Over eight seasons of competition, the Greyhounds accumulated a regular season record of 415–495 (.456).
caption: Red Schoendienst of the 1942 Greyhounds was inducted in National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989.[10]
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