The 1955 Kernels were ranked 30th on Minor League Baseball's all-time Top 100
and Halliburton bought the pro club's uniforms
joined the Sooner State League in 1948 as an expansion team and played at Wacker Park
Serving as an entry point for young players at baseball’s lowest classification
primarily in the Three-I League and later the Mississippi Valley League
Marion Oilworkers Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Ohio Size:S The 1955 Kernels were rankedThe Marion Oilworkers, based in Marion, Ohio, take their name from the oil drilling boom that was active in the region during the early 1900s. The club was a charter member of the Class B Central League, joining seven other founding teams including the Fort Wayne Railroaders and the Wheeling Stogies when play began on April 30, 1903, with home games at Webb Park. Marion had fielded a minor league team once before this, the short lived Glass Blowers,