For whatever reason, many of these Southwestern New Mexco and Texas based leagues
would change their names quite often in their history. The Longhorn League is
a perfect example having 3 seperate distinct names in its history… the Longhorn
League for 9 years… the Southwestern League for 2 years … and the Sophomore
League for an additional 4. This Class C Texas based organization finally went
defunct in 1961. The Longhorn League was famed for having tremendous offense
and horrible pitching. Jim Bauman would set the all time professional record
for home runs in a season with 72 HRs in 1954 and the league had plenty of .400
hitters. The quality of the pitching meanwhile was downright frightning with ERA’s
commonly between 5.00 and 8.00 |
Disch Field Austin Pioneers 1955-1947 |
TEMPLE Texas Legion Park Temple Eagles 1957 / 1954-1949 |
DEL RIO Texas Cowboys Park Del Rio Indians 1954 |
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GREENVILLE Texas Majors Stadium Greenville Majors 1953 / 1950-1947 |
Hubber Field Lubbock Hubers 1956 |
GAINESVILLE Texas Locke Field Gainesville Owls 1951-1950 |
ABILENE Texas Blue Sox Stadium Abilene Blue Sox 1957-1956 |
BRYAN Texas Travis Park / Bomber Pk Bryan Majors 1954-1953 |
BEAUMONT Texas Stuart Stadium Beaumont Exporters 1957-1956 |
CORPUS CHRISTI TX Schepps Palms Corpus Christi Clippers 1957-1954 |
GAINESVILLE Texas Fair Park Gainesville Owls 1949-1947 |
PARIS Texas Memorial Stadium Paris Red Peppers 1953-1952 |
TEXARKANA TX Burnett (Lee) Park Texarkana Bears 1948-1947 |
SHERMAN-DENISON Texas Twins Park Sherman Denison Twins 1951-1947 |
TEXAS CITY Texas Randolph Park Pueblo Braves 1957-1956 |
TYLER Texas Mike Carter Field San Angelo Colts 1957-1948 |
WICHITA FALLS TX Spudder Park Wichita Falls Spudders 1953-1947 |
Katy Park Waco Pirates 1952-1947 |
VICTORIA Texas Riverside Park Victoria Rosebuds 1957-1947 |
GALVESTON Texas White Cap Park Galveston White Caps 1955-1954 |
HARLINGEN Texas Historic Harlingen Stadium Harlingen Capitals 1955-1954 |
LONGVIEW Texas Legion Field Longview Cherokees 1953-1952 |
Stroud Pk / Seahawks St Port Arthur Sea Hawks 1957-1955 |
PARIS Texas City Park Paris Red Peppers 1948-1947 |
