Eastern Shore League
Cities represented Teams Year ( s )
Cambridge , Maryland Cambridge Canners 1922-1928 , 1940-1941
Cambridge , Maryland Cambridge Cardinals 1937-1939
Cambridge , Maryland Cambridge Dodgers 1946-1949
Centreville , Maryland Centreville Colts 1937-1939
Centreville , Maryland Centreville Red Sox 1940-1941
Centreville , Maryland Centreville Orioles 1946
Crisfield , Maryland Crisfield Crabbers 1922-1928 , 1937
Dover , Delaware Dover Senators 1923-1924 , 1926
Dover , Delaware Dover Dobbins 1925
Dover , Delaware Dover Orioles 1937-1940
Dover , Delaware Dover Phillies 1946-1948
Easton , Maryland Easton Farmers 1924-1928
Easton , Maryland Easton Browns 1937
Easton , Maryland Easton Cubs 1938
Easton , Maryland Easton Yankees 1939-1941 , 1946-1949
Federalsburg , Maryland Federalsburg Little A 's 1937-1941
Federalsburg , Maryland Federalsburg A 's 1946-1948
Federalsburg , Maryland Federalsburg Feds 1949
Laurel , Delaware Laurel Blue Hens 1922-1923
Milford , Delaware Milford Sandpipers 1923
Host cities , teams and years
The Eastern Shore Baseball League was a class D minor league baseball league that operated on the Delmarva Peninsula for parts of three different decades. The league's first season was in 1922 and the last was in 1949, although the years were not consecutive, and featured teams from Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. The first incarnation lasted from 1922 to mid-1928 (disbanded in July), the second from 1937-41, and the third from 1946-49. Though the level of play was competitive and many future major leaguers gained experience in the ESBL, funding the league remained a constant problem for the rural franchises. Future major leaguers who played in the ESBL include notables such as: Frank Home Run Baker, Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Vernon, and Don Zimmer. The Eastern Shore Baseball Hall of Fame at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium in Salisbury, Maryland, pays homage to ESBL players and locals who made the major leagues. Perdue Stadium is the home of the class A Delmarva Shorebirds, an Orioles farm team.