Chattanooga Choo-Choos

The Chattanooga Choo-Choos were a minor league Negro [league baseball] team based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The team was a member of the Negro [Southern League (1945–51)|Negro Southern League], which was considered a minor league for the duration of the Choo-Choos' affiliation, and fielded a team from until. The Choo-Choos played their home games at Engel Stadium. The team is noted as the first professional baseball organization for which National [Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Hall of Famer] Willie Mays played.
The Chattanooga chapter of the Society for [American Baseball Research] is named in honor of the team.