Dyersburg Deers

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The Dyersburg Deers were a small-town minor league baseball team from Dyersburg, Tennessee, that played three seasons—from 1923 to 1925. They spent 1923–1924 in the Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League (KITTY League) as the Dyersburg Forked Deers and moved to the Class D Tri-State League in 1925, when they were known simply as the Dyersburg Deers. Home games were played at Scot’s Field.

Season highlights
- 1923: The Forked Deers went 51–47, won the first half of the KITTY League season, and then beat the Mayfield Pantmakers four games to two in the championship series. Opening day on May 16 featured a 3–2, 10-inning win over the Fulton Railroaders at Scot’s Field, in front of about 1,200 fans. On August 24, pitcher June Greene threw a 10-inning no-hitter against Fulton in the second game of a doubleheader.
- 1924: They again won the first-half title and captured the KITTY League championship by sweeping the Paris Parisians in four straight games. The season record finished at 60–48.
- 1925: The KITTY League did not reorganize, so Dyersburg joined the Tri-State League and shortened their name to Deers. They finished 59–46 (.562) but did not win either half of the season. On August 17, William Cason threw a no-hitter, beating the Blytheville Tigers 4–0 at home.

Overall, in three seasons the team went 170–141 (.547). The Deers did not field another team in 1926. Three Dyersburg players went on to appear in Major League Baseball in at least one game.