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Previous classes | Class D |
League | Florida State League |
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League titles | None |
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Sanford Greyhounds were a professionalminor league baseball team that played periodically from in 1959 and 1960. Throughout its entire existence the Sanford teams played in the then-Class D levelFlorida State League. Sanford was a charter member of the league in 1919.
Originally theSanford Celeryfeds, in honor of the city's dominant crop –celery,[1] the team's name changed several times over the years. The team was previously known also as theSanford Lookouts,Sanford Seminoles,Sanford Giants,Sanford Seminole BLues,Seminole Cardinals and theSanford Greyhounds.[2]
The 1939 Lookouts were recognized as one of the100 greatest minor league teams of all time.[3]