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The Columbia Baseball Association folded mid-season in 1923 and forfeited its franchise rights. The team was taken over by the league on July 1 and played the remaining home games of the season in Gastonia, NC.
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Columbia's first professional team was known as the Senators and played in the short-lived first South Atlantic League season in 1892. The city did not have a professional baseball team again until 1903 when the
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which was short for Commissioners. During their first year with the new name, the Comers won the second half of the South Atlantic League season before losing to the
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In 1911, the club was finally named the Comers, and would eventually win four league titles. They briefly played part of their 1923 season in
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played a non-league season. In 1904, the Skyscrapers joined the new South Atlantic League and changed their name to the
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midway through the season, playing under that moniker for three and a half years. The team played as the
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Langdon 'Bill' Clark / Ted McGrew / Herman 'Humpty' Badel
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Columbia, South Carolina
South Atlantic League
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Columbia, South Carolina
South Atlantic League
Columbus Foxes
Gastonia, North Carolina
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