The Big State League was a mid-level, Class B level circuit in American minor league baseball that played for 11 seasons, from 1947 through 1957. Its member clubs were exclusively based in

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. The

Corpus Christi Clippers The Corpus Christi Clippers was a primary name of the minor league baseball teams based in Corpus Christi, Texas between 1910 and 1959. Corpus Christi teams played as members of the Southwest Texas League (1910–1911), Gulf Coast League (1926), ...

(1955-1956), Texarkana Bears (1947, 1950) and

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(1949, 1953) each won two league championships.

History

It saw much change in its 11-year lifetime, with no team serving as a member in every single season. Waco came the closest, serving from 1947 to 1956. The league was known as an offense-oriented circuit. The league debuted at the height of the short-lived

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minor league baseball boom, in

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...

, with eight clubs, all unaffiliated with

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s. Original teams were the: Austin Pioneers, Gainesville Owls, Greenville Majors,

Paris Red Peppers The Paris Red Peppers Minor League Baseball team played in the East Texas League in 1946 and the Big State League In 1947. The Peppers were based in the United States city of Paris, Texas, and were affiliated with the St. Louis Browns of the Ameri ...

, Sherman–Denison Twins, Texarkana Bears, Waco Dons and

. Two clubs, Texarkana and Greenville, won more than 100 games in 1947, and four league members exceeded 100,000 in attendance. But beginning in

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, the Big State League's teams struggled to reach six figures in that category. Only Corpus Christi drew over the 100,000 mark during the league's final five seasons, doing so on two occasions. The league was further weakened when a traditionally strong member,

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, moved up to the AA

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. The league began the

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campaign with only six clubs: the

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Abilene Blue Sox The Abilene Blue Sox were a minor league baseball team that operated in the West Texas–New Mexico League from 1946 to 1955 and the Big State League from 1956 to 1957. They were an affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers (1946–48) and the Kansas City ...

, Port Arthur Redlegs and

. Its ranks were reduced to four when

Wichita Falls Wichita Falls ( ) is a city in and the seat of government of Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay, and Wichita counties. Accordin ...

disbanded in May, while the Port Arthur team moved to

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that same month before folding in August. Of the surviving teams,

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, a

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farm team, outlasted Corpus Christi,

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and Abilene to win the league's last pennant and playoff championship. J.

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served as League President from 1947 through 1950, Howard Green, took over from 1951 through 1955 and Hal Sayles was in charge the final two years, 1956–57.

Cities represented

Abilene, Texas Abilene ( ) is a city in Taylor and Jones Counties in Texas, United States. Its population was 125,182 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the state of Texas. It is the principal city of the Abilene metropolitan statis ...

1956–1957, moved from

West Texas–New Mexico League The West Texas–New Mexico League was a minor league baseball league that operated from 1937 through 1955, with a hiatus from 1943 to 1945 during World War II. The league started as a Class D level league, upgraded to Class C in 1946 and then ...

1946–1955 *

Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...

: Austin Pioneers 1947–1955 *

Beaumont, Texas Beaumont is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat, seat of government of Jefferson County, Texas, Jefferson County, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur, Texas, Port Arthur Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area, metropo ...

Beaumont Exporters The Beaumont Exporters was the predominant name of a minor league baseball team located in Beaumont, Texas that played between 1920 and 1957 in the Texas League and the Big State League. Beaumont rejoined the Class AA Texas League (1983-1986) and ...

or Beaumont Shippers (depending on source) 1956;

1957 *

Bryan, Texas Bryan is a city and the county seat of Brazos County, Texas, United States. It is located in the heart of the Brazos Valley (East and Central Texas). As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 83,980. Bryan borders the city of College ...

: Bryan Majors 1953;

Bryan Indians Bryan may refer to: Places United States * Bryan, Arkansas * Bryan, Kentucky * Bryan, Ohio * Bryan, Texas * Bryan, Wyoming, a ghost town in Sweetwater County in the U.S. state of Wyoming * Bryan Township (disambiguation) Facilities and structur ...

1954 *

Corpus Christi, Texas Corpus Christi (; Ecclesiastical Latin: "'' Body of Christ"'') is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patrici ...

1954–1957 *

Del Rio, Texas Del Rio is a city and the county seat of Val Verde County in southwestern Texas, United States. The city is 152 miles west of San Antonio. As of 2020, Del Rio had a population of 34,673. History The Spanish established a small settlement south o ...

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1954 *

Gainesville, Texas Gainesville is a city in and the county seat of Cooke County, Texas, United States. Its population was 16,002 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Texoma region and is an important Agri-business center. History Founded in 1850, the city of Gain ...

: Gainesville Owls 1947–1951 *

Galveston, Texas Galveston ( ) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of , with a population of 47,743 in 2010, is the county seat of surrounding Galvesto ...

: Galveston White Caps 1954–1955, moved from

Gulf Coast League The Florida Complex League (FCL) is a rookie-level Minor League Baseball league that operates in Florida, United States. Before 2021, it was known as the Gulf Coast League (GCL). Together with the Arizona Complex League (ACL), it forms the lo ...

1950–1953 *

Greenville, Texas Greenville is a city in Hunt County, Texas, United States, about northeast of Dallas. It is the county seat and largest city of Hunt County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 25,557, and in 2019, its estimated population was 28,827. ...

: Greenville Majors 1947–1950, moved from

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1946; Greenville Majors 1953 *

Harlingen, Texas Harlingen ( ) is a city in Cameron County in the central region of the Rio Grande Valley of the southern part of the U.S. state of Texas, about from the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The city covers more than and is the second-largest city in ...

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1954–1955, moved from

1951–1953 and

Rio Grande Valley League The Rio Grande Valley League was a minor league baseball league, with franchises based exclusively in Texas. The Rio Grande Valley League had two incarnations, playing in 1931 and 1949 to 1950. History In 1931, the league initially featured th ...

1950 *

Longview, Texas Longview is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and county seat of Gregg County, Texas, Gregg County; a small part of Longview extends into the western portion of neighboring Harrison County, Texas, Harrison County. Longview is located in East Tex ...

: Longview Cherokees 1952–1953 *

Lubbock, Texas Lubbock ( ) is the 10th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of government of Lubbock County. With a population of 260,993 in 2021, the city is also the 85th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the northw ...

: Lubbock Hubbers 1956, moved from

1938–1942, 1946–1955 *

Paris, Texas Paris is a city and county seat of Lamar County, Texas, United States. Located in Northeast Texas at the western edge of the Piney Woods, the population of the city was 24,171 in 2020. History Present-day Lamar County was part of Red River Co ...

1947, moved from

1946; Paris Panthers 1948; Paris Indians 1952–1953 *

Port Arthur, Texas Port Arthur is a city in Jefferson County within the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area of the U.S. state of Texas. A small, uninhabited portion extends into Orange County; it is east of Houston. The largest oil refinery in the United Sta ...

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1955–1956, moved from

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1954 and

1950–1953; Port Arthur Redlegs 1957 *

Sherman, Texas Sherman is a U.S. city in and the county seat of Grayson County, Texas. The city's population in 2020 was 43,645. It is one of the two principal cities in the Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area, and it is part of the Texoma region o ...

and

Denison, Texas Denison is a city in Grayson County, Texas, Grayson County, Texas, United States. It is south of the Texas–Oklahoma border. The population was 22,682 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Denison is part of the Texoma region and is one ...

: Sherman–Denison Twins 1947–1951 *

Temple, Texas Temple is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. As of 2020, the city has a population of 82,073 according to the U.S. census, and is one of the two principal cities in Bell County. Located near the county seat of Belton, Temple lies in t ...

: Temple Eagles 1949–1954; Temple Redlegs 1957 *

Texarkana, Texas Texarkana is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States, in the Ark-La-Tex region. Located approximately from Dallas, Texarkana is a twin city with neighboring Texarkana, Arkansas. The Texas city's population was 36,193 at the 2020 census. ...

: Texarkana Bears 1947–1953, moved from

1946 *

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: Texas City Texans 1955; Texas City Exporters 1956 *

Tyler, Texas Tyler is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the largest city and county seat of Smith County, Texas, Smith County. It is also the largest city in Northeast Texas. With a 2020 census population of 105,995, Tyler was the List of cities in Texa ...

: Tyler East Texans 1951–1953;

Tyler Tigers The Tyler Tigers were a Big State League baseball team based in Tyler, Texas, USA that played from 1954 to 1955 as members of the Big State League. They were managed by future major league manager Salty Parker in their inaugural season, reaching the ...

1954–1955 *

Victoria, Texas Victoria is a small city in South Texas and county seat of Victoria County, Texas. The population was 65,534 as of the 2020 census. The three counties of the Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 111,163 as of the 2000 censu ...

: Victoria Eagles 1956;

1957, moved to

1958–1961 *

Waco, Texas Waco ( ) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a 2020 population of 138,486, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the ...

: Waco Dons 1947;

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1948–1953, 1954–1956 *

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1947–1953, moved to

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1954;

1956–1957

Standings & statistics

1947 to 1952

1947 Big State League
schedule
Season highlights
Playoffs: Texarkana Bears beat the

4 games to 0.;

over the Greenville Majors 4 games to 2.
Finals: Texarkana Bears 4 games to 2 over the

.
Vern Washington of the Texarkana Bears led all hitters with a .404 batting average.

Buck Frierson Robert Lawrence "Buck" Frierson (July 29, 1917 – June 26, 1996) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians. He is most famous for his minor league performance in 1947, when he hit 58 home runs with 197 runs batted in. ...

of the Sherman-Denison Twins led the league in four categories: 188 runs scored, 248 hits, 197 RBI and 58 home runs.

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, Texarkana Bears pitched his team to 25 wins and Nathaniel Love of the Greenville Majors struck out 192 opposing batters. Jim Walkup of the

led the league with a 3.72 ERA. 1948 Season Big State Leagueschedule
Season highlights
Playoffs: Sherman-Denison Twins 4 games Austin Pioneers 1 ;

4 games

0
Finals: Sherman-Denison Twins 4 wins

3 wins.
Vern Washington of the Texarkana Bears again led the league in hitting, this time with a .384 average. Donald Cena of the

scored 142 runs to lead that stat. The trio from

of Paul Brotherton with 218 hits, Jack Bradsher, with 152 RBI and Albert McCarty with 32 HR, led those departments. Thomas Finger of the

had 21 wins to lead all pitchers and Glenn Blackwood who split time with the Greenville Majors and the

led the league with 176 strikeouts. Rafael Rivas of the Sherman-Denison Twins had a 2.33 ERA. 1949 Big State Leagueschedule
Season highlights
Playoffs:

over the

4 games to 2; Texarkana Bears over the Austin Pioneers 4 games to 1.
Finals:

4 games to 1 over the Texarkana Bears.
Frank Saucier of the

led the league in hitting with an average of .446 and his teammate Al McCarty scored 132 runs. Frank Carswell of the Texarkana Bears had the most hits with 229 and also led in RBI with 145. Conklyn Meriwether of the Greenville Majors had 27 HR. 3 pitchers had an even 20 wins: Elwood Moore and

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of the Austin Pioneers and Sidney Peterson of

. William Pierro of the

struck out 275 batters and John Whitehead of the Sherman-Denison Twins led with an 2.73 ERA. 1950 Big State League Season highlights:
Playoffs: Texarkana Bears over Temple Eagles 4 to 2; Greenville Majors over

4 to 2.
Finals: Texarkana Bears over Greenville Majors 4 to 2.
Frank Carswell of the Texarkana Bears was the leading hitter with an even .400 average. His teammate Lou Fitzgerald scored 138 runs and their teammate Milan Vacelich had 144 RBI. The

slugger John Powers busted 39 four baggers. Junior Bunch had 19 wins for the Temple Eagles. The strikeout leader, Jodie Phipps of the Texarkana Bears struck out 173 batters. Carmen Ferullo of the

led the league with a 2.89 ERA. 1951 Big State Leagueschedule
Season highlights:
Playoffs:
Gainesville Owls 4 games, Austin Pioneers 2; Sherman-Denison Twins 4 games, Temple Eagles 1.
Finals: Gainesville Owls 4 games, Sherman-Denison Twins 1.
Les Goldstein of the Temple Eagles led all hitters with a .376 average and his teammate Frederick Bell had 216 hits. Bobby Phillips of the

scored 128 runs and Dean Stafford of the Sherman-Denison Twins led the league in both RBI, with 151 and home runs with 32. Lee Roy Jones of the Austin Pioneers and

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of the

had 22 wins each and Robert Upton of the Gainesville Owls led in strikeouts with 209 and also with an ERA of 2.54. 1952 Big State Leagueschedule
Season highlights:
Playoffs: Austin Pioneers 4 games, Temple Eagles 1; Tyler East Texans 4 games, Texarkana Bears 2.
Finals: Tyler East Texans 4 games, Austin Pioneers 0.
Bob Van Enman of the

led in hitting with a .387 average. His teammate Billy Queen scored 157 runs while

of the Paris Indians had 222 base hits. Roy Sanner of the Texarkana Bears had 165 RBI and Dean Stafford of the Paris Indians / Tyler East Texans busted 47 home runs.

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of the Austin Pioneers led the league with 25 wins and Gale Pringle of the Tyler East Texans had 164 strikeouts and a 2.93 ERA.

1953 to 1957

1953 Big State League
schedule
Season highlights:
Waco moved to Longview, May 22; Greenville moved to Bryan, June25.
Playoffs:

4 games, Longview Cherokees 0; Tyler East Texans 4 games, Texarkana Bears 1.
Finals:

4 games, Tyler East Texans 3.
Albert Neil of the

led five different offensive categories: .356 BA, 185 hits, 126 runs, 137 RBI and 39 home runs. Pat Scantlebury of the Texarkana Bears won 24 games and struck out 177. Jodie Phipps of the Bryan Majors had a 2.19 ERA. 1954 Big State Leagueschedule
Season highlights:
Bryan moved to Del Rio, July 28.
Playoffs:

4 games, Austin Pioneers 2;

4 games,

1.
Finals:

4 games,

3.
Dean Stafford of the Galveston White Caps and the

led the league in hitting with a .362 average, hits with 212, had 171 RBI to go with 38 home runs. John Wilkinson of the Temple Eagles and

scored 151 runs. James Vitter of the

had 23 wins, while Gayle Pringle of the

struck out 212 with a 2.58 ERA. 1955 Big State League
schedule
Season highlights:
Galveston withdrew June 12; Tyler withdrew July 1.
Playoffs:

4 games,

4 games, Texas City Texans 3.
Finals:

4 games,

0.
Lynn Vandehey of the Texas City Texans led the league with a batting average of .377 and also led in total hits with 195. The

trio of

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with 135 runs scored, Dean Stafford with 159 RBI and Keith Little hit 47 home runs to lead those categories. Rene Vega of the

had 28 wins and a 2.69 ERA.

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of the

had 226 strikeouts. 1956 Big State Leagueschedule
br /> Season Highlights:
Lubbock transferred to Texas City July 8; Beaumont moved to Texas City July 2, and returned, July 8.
Playoffs:

4 games,

1.;

4 games,

3.
Finals:

4 games,

3.
James Kirby of the

was the league's leading hitter with a .358 average and 190 hits. Joe Christian of the

scored 119 runs with 142 RBI.

Danny Ozark Daniel Leonard Ozark, born ''Orzechowski'' (November 26, 1923 – May 7, 2009), was an American coach and manager in Major League Baseball. As manager of the Philadelphia Phillies (1973–August 31, 1979), Ozark led the Phils to three consecutive ...

of the

homered 32 times and tied with Rudolph Mayling of the

in the home run category. Leverette Spencer of the

had 21 pitching victories and a league best 2.37 ERA. Ramon Salgado with the

and Herman Greene of the

also had 21 pitching wins.

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of the

had 236 Strikeouts to lead the league. 1957 Big State Leagueschedule
Season Highlights:
Playoffs: In a shortened format, the

beat the

4 games to 1.
Wichita Falls withdrew May 23.
Port Arthur (20-15) moved to Temple May 30. Temple withdrew August 20.
Tony Washington of the

led the last year of the league in hitting with a .356 average. He also led with 179 hits. Nate Peeples of the

scored 116 runs and had 99 RBI to lead those categories. Don Miles of the

hit 28 home runs. In the pitching finalie, Chris Niclosi of the

had 21 wins and 208 strikeouts and

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of the

had a 1.95 ERA to lead the league.

References

*Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, editors: ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball.'' Durham, North Carolina:

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, 1997.

External links

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