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Houma Indians
The Houma Indians was the primary moniker of the minor league baseball teams based in Houma, Louisiana between 1940 and 1952. Houma teams played as exclusively as members of the Evangeline League. The Houma Indians won the 1946 and 1948 Evangeline League Championships. In 1946, four Houma players were implicated in a baseball gambling scandal. History Evangeline League, 1940 The 1940 Houma Buccaneers became the first minor league baseball team based in Houma, Louisiana, but the team relocated during the season. The Houma Buccaneers began play as members of the Class D level Evangeline League. On June 27, 1940, the Houma Buccaneers had a 23–43 record when the franchise moved to Natchez, Mississippi, finishing the season as the Natchez Pilgrims. The Houma/Natchez team finished with a 51–79 overall record, placing 7th in the Evangeline League final standings, playing under manager Carlos Moore. Evangeline League, 1946 gambling scandal Minor league baseball returned to Houma i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Washburn (baseball Player)
George Edward Washburn (October 6, 1914 – January 5, 1979) was an American professional baseball player whose 18-season pro career (16 as a pitcher) included but one game in Major League Baseball on May 4, , as a member of the New York Yankees. Born in Solon, Maine, he threw right-handed, batted left-handed, and was listed as tall and . Washburn's Organized Baseball tenure stretched from 1935 to 1952, and included the World War II, war years of 1942–1945. He debuted in the Yankees' farm system and by 1938 he was pitching at the top level of the minor leagues. In 1940, he won 18 games, losing eight, for the Newark Bears (IL), Newark Bears of the International League.Minor league statistics for George Washburn Baseball Reference The following season, at age 26, he made wha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Minor League Baseball Teams
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''This is for players of the Houma Buccaneers minor league baseball team in the Evangeline Baseball League The Evangeline League began in 1934 as a six–team Class D level minor league with teams based in Louisiana, United States, later adding Mississippi and Texas based franchises. In 1935, the league was expanded to eight teams and ceased operatio ...''. Minor league baseball players by team Buccaneers players {{CatAutoTOC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lefty Scott
Marshall "Lefty" Scott (July 15, 1915 – March 3, 1964) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1945. The 29-year-old rookie was a native of Roswell, New Mexico. Scott is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. He made his major league debut on June 15, 1945 in a road game against the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds. His season and career totals include 8 games pitched, 2 starts, 0 complete games, a 0–2 record with 3 games finished, 11 earned runs allowed in 22 innings, and an ERA An era is a span of time defined for the purposes of chronology or historiography, as in the regnal eras in the history of a given monarchy, a calendar era used for a given calendar, or the geological eras defined for the history of Earth. Comp ... of 4.43. Scott died from a fractured skull sustained in an industrial accident on March 3, 1964, at the age of 48 in Houston, Texas. References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Roche
Armando Roche (December 7, 1926 – June 26, 1997) was a Cuban pitcher in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), .... He debuted as an 18 year old for the Washington Senators in its 1945 season.Career Statistics and History ''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved on December 19, 2011. References External links 1926 births 1997 deaths[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Bright
Harry James Bright (September 22, 1929 – March 13, 2000) was an American professional baseball first baseman, third baseman and utility player in Major League Baseball over all or parts of eight seasons, from to , for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Bright stood tall, weighed , and threw and batted right-handed. Versatile journeyman During his minor league playing career, Bright was known for his versatility in the field, his batting ability, and (during the era before free agency in baseball) his frequent changes of address. He played every infield position, caught and played the outfield. In a 12-year stretch, 1947 through 1958, he played for 14 different minor league teams and at least four different MLB organizations. At the plate, he led the Class C West Texas–New Mexico League in batting average in 1950 with a .413 mark. Two years later, as the 22-year-old playing manager of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholls State University
Nicholls State University is a public university in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Founded in 1948, Nicholls is part of the University of Louisiana System. Originally named Francis T. Nicholls Junior College, the university is named for Francis T. Nicholls, a former governor of Louisiana, member of the Louisiana Supreme Court, and general in the Confederate army during the civil war. The campus, once part of Acadia Plantation, fronts on Bayou Lafourche, about southwest of New Orleans and southeast of Baton Rouge. Its oldest structure, Elkins Hall, was completed in 1948 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Nicholls is located in the Acadiana region. It is also within the geographical bounds of the Mississippi River Delta, and close to the Mississippi River, its distributaries, Louisiana's wetlands, and the Gulf of Mexico. History Nicholls State opened on Sept. 23, 1948, as Francis T. Nicholls Junior College of Louisiana State University. In 1956, the Louisiana Legis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southeastern League
The Southeastern League was the name of four separate baseball leagues in minor league baseball which operated in the Southeastern and South Central United States in numerous seasons between 1897 and 2003. Two of these leagues were associated with organized baseball; the third and most recent incarnation was an independent league that operated for two seasons in 2002–03. History Class D league (1910–12) After playing a season in 1897, the Southeastern League reformed and lasted for three years, from through . At Class D, it was considered on the lowest rung of the minor league ladder, and had six clubs located in the American states of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. Stung by the midseason collapse of two of its six franchises, this league disbanded on August 2, 1912. Class B league (1926–50) In a new, Class B Southeastern League took the field, with six teams — representing Montgomery, Alabama; Jacksonville Jacksonville is a city locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houma Hawks
The Houma Hawks were a baseball team based in Houma, Louisiana. In 2003 they were expansion members of the Southeastern League of Professional Baseball. They played their home games in Houma, Louisiana at Southland Field. This was the second stint of a professional baseball team in Houma. From 1946 through 1952, the Houma Indians of the Evangeline League played as the communities first professional baseball team. History The team was officially announced to the public on October 24, 2002 at the Terrebonne Parish Courthouse Annex. The team was the brainchild of Gus Brown, Jr., the teams CEO and his son Gus Brown III, the teams’ general manager. For the inaugural season, the United Parcel Service was the teams’ primary sponsor. Locally, games were broadcast on KTIB 640-AM in Houma. In May 2003 the name of the mascot was released following an internet poll to determine the name. "Parrain" the Hawk received 52 percent of the votes, while "Homer" the Hawk was in second place. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
