The Lone Star League was the name of three American minor professional baseball leagues located in the state of Texas during the 20th century. The leagues operated from 1927–1929 (as a Class D circuit), 1947–1948 (Class C) and 1977 (Class A).
5-544: The Marshall Comets were a Lone Star League minor league baseball team based in Marshall, Texas that played in 1947. Paul Kardow managed the team for part of the year. In its lone year of existence, the team was 76-63, finishing third in the standings and losing the league finals. This article about a baseball team in Texas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lone Star League Each of
10-742: The LSL, the East Texas League was revived for the 1949–1950 seasons. The 1977 Lone Star League was the successor of the failed Gulf States League of 1976 , inheriting Texas-based GSL franchises in Beeville , Corpus Christi , Harlingen and Victoria . Like the GSL, it was an official Class A minor league, not an " independent league ," although its six teams were not affiliated with Major League Baseball farm systems . The 1977 Lone Star League played an 80-game regular season schedule from June 10 to
15-550: The end of August. The defending Gulf States League champion Corpus Christi Seagulls , managed by future Major League pitching coach Leo Mazzone , dominated the Lone Star League, winning 53 of its 80 games and the South Division title. No championship playoff was held and the league folded after the 1977 campaign. 1927 Lone Star League schedule Longview withdrew May 21. Marshall folded to even
20-696: The number of teams. Both teams were disbanded May 22. Finals : Tyler 4 games, Mexia 2. 1928 Lone Star League schedule Finals : Palestine 4 games, Texarkana 1. 1927 Lone Star League schedule Texarkana disbanded May 16. The league disbanded on the same date. 1947 Lone Star League schedule Playoffs: Kilgore 4 games, Tyler 0;Marshall 4 games, Longview 1. Finals : Kilgore 4 games, Marshall 2. 1948 Lone Star League schedule Playoffs: Kilgore 4 games, Henderson 3; Longview 4 games, Tyler 3. Finals : Kilgore 4 games, Longview 0. 1977 Lone Star League Playoffs: None. Corpus Christi refused to play. Victoria and Texas City cancelled their series for
25-597: The three leagues was the result of a reorganization of a previous circuit. The Lone Star League of the 1920s was created by merging two Class D loops, the East Texas League and the Texas Association ; it disbanded on May 16, 1929. The eight-member postwar Lone Star circuit of 1947–1948 was formed from a foundation of four teams that had played in the Class C East Texas League of 1946. After the demise of
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