| Blytheville Giants | |
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| Minor league affiliations | |
| Previous classes | Class D |
| League | Northeast Arkansas League (1937–1938) |
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| Major league affiliations | |
| Previous teams | New York Giants (1937–1938) |
| Minor league titles | |
| League titles | 1937, 1938 |
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Previous names |
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Previous parks | Municipal Park |
The Blytheville Giants, based in Blytheville, Arkansas played in the Northeast Arkansas League in 1937 and 1938 as an affiliate of the New York Giants. They won the league title both years with a 62–45 record in 1937 and 70–35 record in 1938.
Previously a Blytheville team played in the same league in 1910–1911 and the Blytheville Tigers played in the Tri-State League in 1925 and 1926.
A 1938 article in The Democrat-Argus newspaper referenced the team's manager Bobo switching a game's opening pitcher to Harry Feldman.[1]
It is possible that the team name was inspired by the Chickasawba Mound in Blytheville, Arkansas, where an 1870 newspaper article claimed that a giants' remains were found there.[2]