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Old 11-21-2016, 10:35 PM   #42
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Originally Posted by Spritze View Post
Getting back to the "where did they go" question IRL the Pirates loaned out 22 players (those who eventually made the majors with them) in 1931. They all played with Independent teams that year. 13 different ones. Since those players came back to the Pirates I have to assume they were funded by the Pirates even though they played elsewhere.
Either that, or they were sold to various minor leagues clubs with the proviso that the Pirates had first rights to buying them back.
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