the club was skippered by herb fuller in 1947 and 1948, and featured ccbl hall of famers roy bruninghaus, who was a cape league all-star pitcher for three decades for orleans, and had been playing with the team since the 1930s, and allen "buzzy" wilcox, another three-decade player, who was an infielder for orleans for 17 years from the 1940s to the 1960s. orleans won the league title in its inaugural 1947 campaign, defeating the upper cape champion mashpee warriors in that year's championship series, which was played as a labor day home-and-home doubleheader. in game 1 at eldredge park, orleans got an 11-strikeout performance by bruninghaus, and slugger dave bremner went 5-for-5 with a homer in the 12-7 win. facing mashpee's ccbl hall of fame ace hurler donald hicks in game 2, bremner continued his torrid pace, going 4-for-6, but orleans trailed by two going to the final frame. in the top of the ninth, orleans exploded for seven runs, then brought in bruninghaus to close out the 15-10 win and clinch the club's first cape league crown.