Hutchinson Wheat Shockers

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Location Hutchinson, Kansas
Ballpark Hobart–Detter Field (1932-1933)
Founded1922
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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]

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

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