Junction City Soldiers

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| name = Junction City Soldiers

| firstseason = 1909

| lastseason = 1913

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| city = Junction City, Kansas

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| past class level = Class D

| league = Kansas State League (1909–1912)
Central Kansas League (1913)

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The Junction City Soldiers were an American minor league baseball team founded in 1909 in the Central Kansas League.{{cn|date=January 2023}} After the 1912 season, the Central Kansas League was renamed the Kansas State League. The team ceased operations in 1913.

Notable former players include Al Bashang and Jimmy Whelan.

There is a longstanding controversy regarding whether former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower played professional baseball for the Soldiers.

The Junction City Soldiers were preceded by the 1897 Junction City Parrots, who played as members of the Kansas State League. {{Cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/stats/t-jp12285/y-1897|title=1897 Junction City Parrotts minor league baseball Statistics on StatsCrew.com|website=www.statscrew.com}}

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