3-670: The Del Rio Cowboys were a Longhorn League (1948) and Rio Grande Valley League (1949-1950) baseball team based in Del Rio, Texas , United States. Dick Midkiff and Sam Harshaney played for them. In 1954, the Bryan Indians of the Big State League moved to Del Rio and finished the 1954 season as the Del Rio Indians. The team was 17-24 at the time of the move. They finished 53-93. The franchise folded after
6-676: The Sophomore League . Joe Bauman hit 72 home runs in 1954 to set the minor league record, while playing for the Roswell Rockets . The Longhorn League was a high–offense league that operated from 1947 through 1955. In 1956, it was renamed the Southwestern League . A league with only three teams ever affiliated with major league clubs, all for one year only, the league was home to veteran minor leaguers who were no longer of interest to major league teams. In two of
9-536: The season. This article about a baseball team in Texas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Longhorn League The Longhorn League was the name of a Minor league baseball circuit that operated from 1947 through 1955 in the Southwestern United States . In 1956 , it was renamed the Southwestern League and operated through 1957 before changing its name to
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