Texas League
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| Texas League | |
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| Sport | Baseball |
| Founded | 1902 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country |  United States |
| Current champions | Corpus Christi Hooks |
| Official website | Official Website |
The Texas League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the South Central United States. It is classified a AA (double-A) league. The league was founded in 1888 and ran through 1890. It was revived as a class D league in 1902, moved to class C in 1904 where it played through 1910 (except for 1906 as class D again), played at class B until 1920, and finally moved up to class A in 1921. The Texas League, like so many others, shut down during World War II. From 1959 to 1961 the Texas League and the Mexican League formed the Pan American Association. The two leagues played a limited interlocking schedule and post-season championship. In 1971, the Texas League and the Southern League were both down to seven teams. They played an interlocking schedule with the SL known as the Dixie Association. The two league played separate playoffs.
Member teams are located in several of the surrounding states, including Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kansas, Mississippi, New Mexico, and most recently Missouri. The league is divided into a North Division and a South Division. The South Division is made up entirely of teams from Texas.
The League's name is well known due to its association with a particular aspect of the game. A bloop single that drops between the infielders and outfielders has been called a Texas Leaguer since the 1890s, despite no evidence that it originated in the Texas League, or was any more common there than elsewhere.[1]
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[edit] Current Member Teams and Stadiums
[edit] Complete list of Texas League teams (1902-)
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[edit] See also
- List of sports attendance figures — the Texas League in the context of leagues all over the world
