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Former Deering HS center fielder with the St Louis Cardinals organization.

From Portland, Joe was first Telegram Umpire in Chief and retired from James Bailey sporting goods company after his career 1919 to 1979. He organized amateur and semi pro baseball and founded the Portland Twilight League.

Tommy Catterson, a native Rhode Islander who settled in Portland, was an outfielder for the Brooklyn Nationals in 1908 and 1909 . From Baseball Reference Tom Catterson was born on Monday, August 25, 1884, in Warwick, Rhode Island. Catterson was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 19, 1908, with the Brooklyn Superbas.

John Casey One of the best batters in Telegram League history with a 450 average for Cheverus in 1931. shortstop John Casey passed up a tryout with the Boston Braves to further his education. Casey graduated from Coburn Classical Institute in 1933, after captaining the baseball, basketball and football teams to state prep school titles. Casey settled for the Twilight League, where he played for Magnate Haley's Green-Sox and hit an amazing .645 one season, sometimes taking home 50 cents for his efforts. He played many years in the Saco Valley League and two years for his uncle, Dr. Bill Casey, on the Portland Athletic Club Casey is now retired and lives In Kezar Falls.

Carr, who threw a fork ball long before it became fashionable, pitched for Manager Duffy Lewis' Portland team in the New England Leaguer in 1927. He also hurled for a classy Camden Club piloted by Ray (Lanky) Jordan, and worked for East Millinocket and the Easterns of Brewer. He pitched for a Portland Athletic club managed by brother Danny that won the state semi-pro crown. A couple of his PAC mound classics involved duels with Danny, a pitcher for the Oxfords.

Danny Carr, who so loved baseball that an eight-year stint as groundskeeper at Portland's storied Bayside Park was far more pleasure than work, will be at home in the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame's classy ranks. Carr saw most of the elite play, and for about 15 years fired his feared submarine fast ball in the general direction of the slugger who dared take a toe hold in the batter‘s box. The ball, which seemed to come from the area of third base, baffled most batters. Carr is the first member of "Portland's Finest" to be tapped for Hall membership. Brother Ray, also a pitcher, was selected in 1977. Patrolman Carr’s police career was studded with colorful incidents, including a best-forgotten shooting by a burglar at point-blank range Aug. 1, 1917. Carr's rugged physique, fashioned by years of intense baseball-football competition, enabled Danny to recover and complete a distinguished 30-year police career in 1954, Prior to World War I and for more than a decade later, Carr alternated baseball and football play with no letup in intenSity. His high, hard one gave many a catcher not fully protected by glove padding a sore hand, and no batter was blamed for "bailing out" when Carr appeared to have control problems. Keen analysts contended Carr could locate the plate were he so inclined, but the "wildness" gave Carr command of a much larger share of the plate. Carr had a tireless arm, neither gave nor accepted quarter from rivals, and had complete confidence in his ability to smother with speed any hitter who ever lived. A fiery adversary on the field, Carr could be very understanding in his “beat" dealings. Indeed, he has managed surprising compassion for Red Sox teams cursed with September swooning. Carr seems to lead the fan chorus of "Wait ‘Til Next Year, hardly in keeping with the realism dealt with as a widely-respected member of the police force. Carr attended Portland High and Westbrook seminary, with the accent on athletics. He managed the Portland Athletic Club baseball team, played semipro baseball throughout the state, and was a leading member of the local Wilson A. C. football team before tackling the toughest of jobs -- street COP. Carr wasn’t above tapping any diamond talent designed to give his Portland Police the upper hand. He “borrowed” Saco motorcycle policeman and star pitcher Joe Vachon for an invasion of Bangor and a game against that area's all-stars handled by famed Eastern Maine athlete Earl Heal. Carr also was one of Portland's two mounted patrolmen. The big bay knew who was in control, and they worked as an ideal team. The horse responded magnificently to the slightest touch from Carr. When not involved in crowd management, horse and rider were a striking sight on ceremonial occasions. Danny worked best in harness, though, with the former Kathleen MacDonald. Danny Carr Jr. and Kay will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary June 2, 1984.

The Late Bill "Sheriff" Buckland won 500 games in Maine.

Berry, from Portland’s East Deering section, was a standout pitcher for Grand Trunk Railroad and the Oxfords from the early 1900’s up to World War I.

Ovide "Putta" Aube, Westbrook, Maine His semi pro career spanned 22 years.

Ed “Bucka’’ Beaumier Bucka Beaumier set his course toward professional baseball when he was named to the AlI-Tele League team while only a freshman at Westbrook High School in 1940. The following spring, the left hander accepted a contract with the Boston Braves and was assigned to the Bradford, Penn., Pony League, where he was coached by Winthrop's Del Bissonnette. World War II interrupted Beaumlers career and nearly ended it, when he was wounded in his pitching arm. He recovered, he pitched for the Third Marine Division under Pee Wee Reese and posted an 18-2 record with 11 strikeouts per game. After discharge, Beaumier was 16-10 with Landis of the North Carolina State League, leading the league with 228 strikeouts. With Rome, N.Y.. of Can-Am League, he was 10-9 in helping the Colonels to the pennant. He split the 1949 season between Lynn, Mass., of the New England League and Liverpool of the Nova scotia League, finishing 10-4 Beaumier returned to play for the Portland Pilots under Fred Harlow. He is retired from the S.D. Warren Co.