Texas Colored League

Baseball league
Texas Colored League
TX–OK–LA League
Texas–Louisiana Negro League
ClassificationMinor league
SportBaseball
Founded1919
Ceased1931
CountryUnited States

The Texas Colored League was a minor league Negro baseball league organized in 1919 and lasted until 1926.[1] The league did not play a schedule in 1922.

The league was revived three years later in 1929 as the Texas–Oklahoma–Louisiana League[2][3] and renamed the Texas–Louisiana Negro League for the 1930 and 1931 seasons.[4]

Teams

1919–26

Teams listed alphabetically by city for the 1919–21 and 1923–26 seasons. Some teams may be the same franchise with a different name or location.

  • Austin (1919–20)
  • Austin Black Senators (1923–26)
  • Beaumont (1919)
  • Beaumont Black Oilers (1920–21, 1924)
  • Beaumont Black Exporters (1923)
  • Dallas Black Marines (1919, 1921)
  • Dallas Black Giants (1920, 1923–26)
  • Fort Worth (1919)
  • Fort Worth Black Panthers (1920–21, 1923–24)
  • Fort Worth Wonders (1923)
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Black Wonders (1925)
  • Fort Worth Monarchs (1926)
  • Galveston (1919)
  • Galveston Black Pirates (1920)
  • Galveston Black Sand Crabs (1921)
  • Houston (1919)
  • Houston Black Buffaloes (1920–21, 1924–26)
    • (a.k.a. Black Buffalos 1924–26)
  • Monroe Southern Giants (1923)
  • New Orleans Crescent Stars (1923)
  • New Orleans (1925)
  • Oklahoma City Black Indians (1925)
  • San Antonio Black Aces (1919–20)
  • San Antonio Black Bronchos (1923, 1925)
  • San Antonio Porters (1924)
  • San Antonio (1926)
  • Shreveport Giants (1923)
  • Shreveport Black Sports (1926)
  • Tulsa (OK) (1920)
  • Tulsa Black Oilers (1923)
  • Waco (1919)
  • Waco Black Navigators (1920)
  • Wichita Falls Black Spudders (1921)
  • Wichita Falls (1926)

1929–31

  • Dallas Black Giants (1929–31)
  • Fort Worth Black Panthers (1929)
  • Houston Black Buffaloes (1929–31) (a.k.a. Black Buffalos 1929)
  • Oklahoma City Black Indians (1929)
  • San Antonio Black Indians (1929–31)
  • Shreveport Black Sports (1929, 1931)
  • Tulsa Black Oilers (1929)
  • Wichita Falls (1929)
  • New Orleans Black Pelicans (1930–31)
  • Port Arthur (1930)
  • Waco (1930)
  • Monroe Monarchs (1931)
  • Galveston Black Buccaneers (1931)
  • Fort Worth Black Cats (1931)

Champions

  • 1919 San Antonio Black Aces
  • 1920 Austin
  • 1921 Houston Black Buffaloes
  • 1923 Austin Black Senators
  • 1924 Austin Black Senators
  • 1925 Austin Black Senators
  • 1926 Austin Black Senators
  • 1929 no information available
  • 1930 last half of season not reported; possibly Houston Black Buffaloes
  • 1931 Monroe Monarchs

References

  1. ^ "Texas Colored League 1919-1926" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  2. ^ Heaphy, Leslie A. (2003). The Negro League [1869-1960]. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 142. ISBN 0786413808. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  3. ^ "Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League (1929)" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  4. ^ "Texas–Louisiana League (1930-1931)" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Retrieved June 6, 2018.

External links

  • Center for Negro League Research
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