Hutchinson Wheat Shockers

The Hutchinson Wheat Shockers were a minor league baseball team based in Hutchinson, Kansas, in the United States.^[1] It played from 1917 to 1918 in the Class A Western League, from 1922 to 1923 in the Class C Southwestern League, and from 1924 to 1932 in the Class C Western Association before a final season in the Western League in 1933.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} The team ultimately disbanded due to a combination of the Great Depression and dust storms.^[1]

Hutchinson Wheat Shockers
Information
League	Class A Western League 1917-1918 Class C Southwestern League (1922-23) Class C Western Association (1924-1932) Class A Western League (1933)
Location	Hutchinson, Kansas
Ballpark	Hobart–Detter Field (1932-1933)
Founded	1922
Folded	1932

Marty Purtell managed the team from 1923–24, and in 1933.^[6] Dusty Boggess managed the team in 1932.^[6]

Notable players

• Bill Bagwell (1895–1976), nicknamed "Big Bill", left fielder.^[4]
• Eddie Pick (1899–1967), third baseman.^[4]
• Mose Solomon (1900–1966), nicknamed the "Rabbi of Swat" and "the Jewish Babe Ruth," in 1923 hit 49 home runs (a new minor league record) and led the league with a .421 batting average, while he playing primarily first base and right field.

References

1. Worth, Richard (1 March 2013). Baseball Team Names: A Worldwide Dictionary, 1869–2011. McFarland. ISBN 9780786491247 – via Google Books.
2. Aton, Rusty D. (13 April 2005). Baseball in Springfield. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439615188 – via Google Books.
3. Kurlansky, Mark (28 March 2018). Hank Greenberg: The Hero who Didn't Want to be One. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300136609 – via Google Books.
4. Waldo, Ronald T. (20 April 2017). Baseball's Roaring Twenties: A Decade of Legends, Characters, and Diamond Adventures. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442274266 – via Google Books.
5. Foer, Franklin; Tracy, Marc (30 October 2012). Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 9781455516117 – via Google Books.
6. Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.