Volume 13 , Issue 29

Texas League (Baseball)

According to Wikipedia, the Texas League was a minor league baseball league which operated in the South Central United States, classified as a Double-A league. It was founded in 1888 and ran through 1892. It was revived as a Class D league in 1902, moved to Class C in 1904 where it played through 1910. In 1906 it was a Class D again and played at class B until 1920, when it moved up to class A in 1921. The Texas League and other baseball teams shut down during World War II.

The South Division teams were based in Texas and the North Division teams were located in the surrounding states of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. It maintains it league headquarters in San Antonio. READ MORE about the Texas League.

My grandpa, Wm. J. McGill (a.k.a Parsons, Will or Bill) pitched for the Austin Senators (minor League team) in 1906, based in Austin, Texas, when they were with the South Texas League. The Austin Senators played in the Texas League (1888-1890, 1905, 1907-08, 1911-1914, 1956-1964), Texas-Southern League (1896), South Texas league (1906) and Texas Association (1925-1926). During 1956-1964 they were affiliated with the Milwaukee Braves.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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