The Austin Pioneers were a minor league baseball team based in Austin, Texas from 1947 to 1955. The Pioneers were founding members of the Class B level Big State League , qualifying for the playoffs in five seasons and hosting home games at Disch Field .
11-765: The Pioneers were preceded by the 1915 Austin Representatives and succeeded by the 1956 Austin Senators . Preceded in Austin by the Austin Senators , the Austin Pioneers were founded, owned and operated by Edmund P. Knebel, a local bottler of 7-Up and Nu-Grape soft drinks. Knebel had Disch Field constructed for the Pioneers. Knebel sold the team after the 1955 season, when the franchise moved to
22-599: A no-hitter against the Mexico City Diablos Rojos . On the 50th anniversary of their championship season, members of the 1959 team reunited in Central Texas where they were honored during a Round Rock Express series and given championship rings . This article about a baseball team in Texas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to Austin, Texas
33-732: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Charlie Gorin Charles Perry Gorin (February 6, 1928 – February 21, 2021) was an American professional baseball player and left-handed pitcher who appeared in seven games —all in relief —in Major League Baseball during 1954 and 1955 with the Milwaukee Braves . Born in Waco, Texas , he was listed as 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 165 pounds (75 kg). Gorin attended
44-511: Is the name of various minor league baseball teams based in Austin, Texas , United States which played on-and-off between 1898 and 1964. Different incarnations of the Senators have played in the Texas League (1888–1890, 1905, 1907–1908, 1911–1914, 1956–1967), Texas-Southern League (1896), South Texas League (1906) Middle Texas League (1915) and Texas Association (1925–1926). In 1915,
55-610: The Colorado River , the ballpark was built for the beginning of the 1947 season, financed by Pioneers' owner Edmund Knebel. Named after collegiate coach Billy Disch , the original ballpark was demolished in 1975. Today, UFCU Disch–Falk Field is a collegiate field, located on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin . Austin Pioneers players Austin Representatives The " Austin Senators "
66-476: The San Antonio Bronchos in the second game of a doubleheader 44–0. During this game, Senators player Harry Short scored seven runs on five hits, stole four bases and hit a double and a triple. In 1911, the Senators won their third championship under manager Dale Gear . They won their final league championship in 1959 under the guidance of Ernie White . In that season, Charlie Gorin threw
77-547: The Texas League and renamed the Austin Senators . The Pioneers began play in the Big State League in 1947, joining the Gainesville Owls , Greenville Majors , Paris Red Peppers , Sherman–Denison Twins , Texarkana Bears , Waco Dons and Wichita Falls Spudders as charter members. The Pioneers never finished higher than 3rd place in the Big State League standings during their nine seasons of play in
88-546: The University of Texas at Austin and was signed by the Boston Braves in 1950. His professional career was interrupted by service in the Korean War , which caused him to miss the 1952 and 1953 seasons. During his two major league auditions, Gorin compiled a 0–1 record with no saves , and allowed six hits , four earned runs and nine bases on balls in ten full innings pitched . He struck out 12 and compiled
99-438: The 1967 season, the team relocated to Shreveport, Louisiana , depriving Austin of professional baseball for the rest of the 20th century. Over the course of their existence, they won multiple league championships. Their first came in 1906 under manager Warren Gill . They won their next in 1907 under Brooks Gordon ; during the same year, the Senators would post one of the most lopsided victories in baseball history, by defeating
110-830: The Senators moved to the Middle Texas League and won two games as the Austin Representatives before relocating to Taylor, Texas due to severe flooding. They were known as the Austin Rangers playing in the Texas Association from 1925 to 1926). From 1956 to 1967 they were affiliated with the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves . For the final three seasons of their existence, they were known as the " Austin Braves ." After
121-457: The league. Austin qualified for the playoffs in five Big State League seasons and advanced to the Finals in 1952. Minor league baseball began in Austin with the 1888 Austin Senators . The Pioneers were preceded in minor league play by the 1915 Austin Representatives and succeeded by the 1956 Austin Senators . The Austin Pioneers played minor league home games at Disch Field . Located next to
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