Category: Texas League

San Antonio Brewers Texas League

San Antonio Brewers

November 25, 2020

Fun fact: despite its misleading name, this five-season entry in the Class AA Texas League during the mid-1970’s was not really a farm club of the Milwaukee Brewers. OK, so that’s not quite 100% true.  San Antonio was a Milwaukee farm team for one season during the summer of 1972. To commemorate the new Player Development Contract with Milwaukee, San Antonio dropped its long-time local nickname – the ‘Missions’ – to become the Brewers that year. But Milwaukee pulled out after just one season and the team’s local owners didn’t bother to update the name … for the next four years!

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1991 Jackson Generals baseball program from the Texas League

Jackson Generals (1991-1999)

June 7, 2020

Not to be confused with the modern-day Jackson Generals minor league baseball team from Tennessee, the original Jackson Generals of 1991-1999 were a Mississippi-based entry in the Class AA Texas League. The Generals served as a farm club of the Houston Astros for their entire nine-year run, winning Texas League crowns in 1993 and 1996. After years of soft attendance, the club moved to Round Rock, Texas under new ownership after the 1999 season.

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1985 Beaumont Golden Gators baseball program from the Texas League

Beaumont Golden Gators

February 26, 2020

The Beaumont Golden Gators were a four-year entry in the Texas League from 1983 to 1986. Though a San Diego Padres farm club, the Gators wore an eye-popping Gold/Green/White color scheme more reminiscent of the Oakland Athletics, topped off by pillbox-style striped caps. The team played at Vincent-Beck Stadium on the campus of Lamar University. The Padres had a rich farm system at the time. Future Major League stars Ozzie Guillen, John Kruk, Shane Mack, Benito Santiago and Sandy Alomar, Jr. all spent time with the Golden Gators.

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Victoria Toros

December 22, 2019

The Victoria Toros were a minor league baseball team that existed for just one season during the summer of 1974. The Toros posted the best record in the eight-team Texas League that season (79-57). On September 8, 1974 the Toros completed a three-game sweep of the El Paso Diablos in a best-of-5 series to claim the Texas League championship.

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1985 San Antonio Dodgers baseball program from the Texas League

San Antonio Dodgers

July 6, 2019

The San Antonio Dodgers were the Class AA Texas League affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers for eleven years during an era when L.A. had one of the richest farm systems in the Major Leagues. Future stars who came up through V.J. Keefe Stadium during the Dodgers years included Fernando Valenzuela, Orel Hershiser, Bob Welch, Steve Sax and Dave Stewart.

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