Tonopah Mollycoddlers - Nevada - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex T-Shirt
PRINTED IN & SHIPPED FROM USA
T-Shirts come in two premium styles. Deluxe: 100% ring-spun cotton. Luxury: ultra soft vintage heather blend of combed ring-spun cotton & polyester.
Tonopah was a high-desert silver-mining boomtown in 1907, the kind of place where a strike could make a man rich overnight and a saloon brawl could turn deadly just as fast. The Mollycoddlers (turn-of-the-century slang for someone considered overly soft or pampered, almost certainly chosen as a tongue-in-cheek jab at rival mining towns) took the field as a charter member of the four-team Nevada State League, alongside Carson City, Goldfield, and Reno. Under board director Thomas Kendall (the local mine owner and town founder) the club finished 3-6 in a heavily shortened campaign. The Nevada State League folded after that single 1907 season, and Tonopah never again hosted affiliated pro baseball.
Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of yesteryear.
The Details:
Red and white two-color print on deep maroon, built around an illustration of a smiling, clean-cut player in a ballcap, his bat cocked and ready, framed inside a five-pointed-star badge with stars dotted along both sides. The full inscription reads "TONOPAH, NEVADA," "Mollycoddlers," "NEVADA STATE LEAGUE," and "1907," with the team name in a sweeping red script and the year in heavy serif type. The print carries a clean vintage finish.
Fit & Fabric:
- Deluxe (Solid Colors): 100% Ring-Spun Cotton. Soft and breathable.
- Luxury (Heather Colors): Ultra-soft Airlume Cotton/Poly blend. Features side-seamed construction for a premium feel.
- Fit: Standard unisex fit. Please refer to the size chart.
- Origin: Printed and shipped from the USA.