The Shreveport Pirates were a minor league baseball team based from

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. The team played from 1904 to 1910, first in the Southern Association from 1904 to 1907, and in the

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from 1908 to 1910. Major League Players such as Tom Fisher, Bill Grahame and

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have played for the team. Fisher has also managed the team during his time on the Pirates.

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