Big Spring, Texas was home to several minor league baseball teams between 1928 and 1955. The Hamlin Pied Pipers moved from Hamlin, Texas to Big Spring during the 1928 season and became the Big Spring Springers , who finished 6th in the West Texas League that season, 21 games out of first place under manager Armistead "Army" Magness.
9-765: The team changed its name to the Big Spring Cowboys the following year and were at one point during the season managed by Nick Carter . They dissolved following the season. In 1938, the Big Spring Barons joined the West Texas–New Mexico League , before they moved to Odessa, Texas during the 1940 season and became the Odessa Oilers . They were replaced the following season by the Big Spring Bombers , an affiliate of
18-677: A pitcher in 1908 for the Philadelphia Athletics . Carter attended the University of Virginia . Carter was drafted by Athletics' owner and manager Connie Mack in 1907 after playing minor league baseball for the Syracuse Stars of the New York State League from 1903 to 1907. He was considered the best pitcher in the league that season by New York State League team managers. Carter pitched
27-528: A win–loss record of 2–5 and an earned run average of 2.97. He had 17 walks and 17 strikeouts . The Cameron County Press described Carter as "a big husky chap" who has "great speed, good curves and an excellent spitter ." On June 8, 1908, Carter gave up 7 runs in less than 4 innings in a 10–0 loss to the St. Louis Browns . A few days later Carter was sold to the Kansas City Blues of
36-742: A late 1908 spring training game against the Athletics' cross-town rivals the Philadelphia Phillies and his performance was praised by the Philadelphia newspapers. Although he had never played in the majors prior to 1908, he was the Athletics' Opening Day starting pitcher on April 14, 1908, against the New York Yankees at Hilltop Park . The Athletics lost that game. For the 1908 season, and his career, he pitched in 14 games, with 5 starts and 2 complete games . He had
45-684: The Brooklyn Dodgers , but that team only lasted one season. The Wichita Falls Spudders moved to town in 1942 and took on the name of the Big Spring Pirates but only lasted for part of the month of June and only played road games till the league shut them down on June 20. In 1947, the Big Spring Broncs started playing in the Longhorn League . They were the most successful team from Big Spring as they won
54-792: The Colonels in 1911. In 1913, he pitched for the Newport News Shipbuilders of the Virginia League . There he posted a 12–10 won-lost record in 28 games and 216 innings. Virginia League The Virginia League was a minor league baseball affiliation which operated in Virginia and North Carolina from 1906 to 1928. It was classified as a "C" league from 1906 to 1919 and as a "B" league from 1920 to 1928, folding in June. The most famous alumni to come out of
63-673: The championship in 1949. They became the Big Spring Cosden Cops in 1955, named after the 1929 eviction of Native Americans from oil land purchased by James Cosden . This article about a baseball team in Texas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nick Carter (baseball) Conrad Powell " Nick " Carter (May 19, 1879 – November 23, 1961), was a professional baseball player. He played one season in Major League Baseball as
72-417: The league were World War II hero, General Frank A. Armstrong (the highest-ranking military officer to have played professional baseball), and Hall of Fame members Rick Ferrell , Sam Rice , Chief Bender , Pie Traynor , and Hack Wilson . Chief Bender , Art Devlin , Gabby Street and Zinn Beck served as managers in the league. † Playoffs were not held at the end of most seasons. In those cases,
81-533: The minor league American Association . Carter pitched in 26 games for the Blues in 1908, pitching 208 innings and posting a 10–13 won-lost record. In 1909 he spent the entire season with the Blues, pitching in 32 games and 229 innings, posting a 15–12 record. By 1911 he was back in the New York State League , pitching for the Elmira Colonels . He had a 10–13 won-lost record in 34 games for
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