orleans' 1938 team featured danvers, massachusetts native connie creeden, who batted over .400 for the season to lead the league, and went on to play for the major league boston braves. the team's ace pitcher in 1938 was somerville, massachusetts native al blanche. blanche was a cape league veteran who had led harwich's 1933 title club, then spent two seasons in the majors with the boston braves before returning to the cape league in 1938 to play for orleans. ccbl hall of famer bill enos played for orleans during this period, and would go on to be a longtime scout for the boston red sox, as well as the first-ever scouting liaison for the cape league to major league baseball.