The Kilgore Rangers were a minor league baseball team that played in the

East Texas League The East Texas League was a Texas–based minor league baseball league that existed between 1916 to 1950. The East Texas League played as a Class D level league in 1916 and from 1923 to 1926. The league became a Class C level league from 1936 ...

from 1937 to 1938. It was based in

Kilgore, Texas Kilgore is a city in Gregg and Rusk counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United Sta ...

and replaced the

Kilgore Braves The Kilgore Braves were an East Texas League baseball team based in Kilgore, Texas that existed in 1936. They went 45-106 in their only year of existence, finishing in eighth place in the standings. Notable players include Harry Boyles, Ray Cunnin ...

. Pitcher

Eddie Lopat Edmund Walter Lopat (originally Lopatynski) (June 21, 1918 – June 15, 1992) was a Major League Baseball pitcher, coach (baseball), coach, manager (baseball), manager, front office executive, and scout (sport), scout. He was sometimes known a ...

, who won 166 games in a 12-year major league career, and Dave Short, who played in the major leagues briefly in the early 1940s, played for the team in 1938.Short minor league log
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