The Mount Vernon Kings was the final moniker of the minor league baseball teams based in Mount Vernon, Illinois , U.S. between 1910 and 1954. Mount Vernon last played as members of the Mississippi–Ohio Valley League from 1949 to 1954, a league that evolved into today's Midwest League . Mount Vernon teams previously played as members of the Southern Illinois League in 1910 and Illinois State League in 1947 and 1948. The Mount Vernon franchise permanently folded after the 1954 season.
3-392: The Mount Vernon Kings were noted to have played their minor league home games at Veterans Park . Veterans Park hosted Mississippi-Ohio Valley League All-Star Games in 1949 and 1951. Veterans Park is still in existence as a public park without a ball field. The park is located at 800 South 27th Street, Mount Vernon, Illinois. On September 4, 1951, Stanley Burat threw a no-hitter against
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9-646: The Centralia Cubs , winning 10–0. This article about a baseball team in Illinois is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Veterans Park (Mount Vernon, Illinois) Veterans Park was a baseball ballpark in Mount Vernon, Illinois that served as the home field of the Mount Vernon Kings from 1947 to 1954. It was also known as Braves Field and Vernon Park. The park still exists without
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