The South Texas League was a Class C level minor league baseball league that played from 1903 to 1906. League teams were based in

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. Comprising four teams for its first three years, it expanded to six teams in its final season.

Cities represented

Austin, TX Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...

Austin Senators The "Austin Senators" is the name of various minor league baseball teams based in Austin, Texas, United States which played on-and-off between 1898 and 1964. Different incarnations of the Senators have played in the Texas League (1888–1890, 1905, ...

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Beaumont, TX Beaumont is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the seat of government of Jefferson County, within the Beaumont– Port Arthur metropolitan statistical area, located in Southeast Texas on the Neches River about east of Houston (c ...

: Beaumont Oil Gushers 1903;

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1904; Beaumont Oilers 1905–1906 *

Brenham, TX Brenham ( ) is a city in east-central Texas in Washington County, United States, with a population of 17,369 according to the 2020 U.S. census. It is the county seat of Washington County. Washington County is known as the "Birthplace of Texas, ...

: Brenham Cotton Pickers 1905 *

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Galveston Sand Crabs The Galveston Sand Crabs were a professional baseball team based in Texas. The team competed in the South Texas League and Texas League The Texas League is a Minor League Baseball league which has operated in the South Central United States sin ...

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Houston Buffaloes The Houston Buffaloes, Houston Buffalos, or Buffs were an American minor league baseball team, and were the first minor league team to be affiliated with a Major League Baseball, Major League franchise, which was the St. Louis Cardinals. The clu ...

1903; Houston Lambs 1904;

Houston Marvels Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 i ...

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: San Antonio Mustangs 1903–1904; San Antonio Warriors 1905;

San Antonio Bronchos The San Antonio Bronchos were a minor league baseball team based in San Antonio, Texas, that played in the South Texas League (1903–1906) and Texas League (1907–1919). The team was also known as the Mustangs (1903–04), Warriors (1905), and Ace ...

1906

Standings and statistics

1903–1904

1903 South Texas League Playoff: San Antonio 7 games, Galveston 2. 1904 South Texas League Playoff: Galveston 4 games, Houston 3.

1905–1906

1905 South Texas League Beaumont (40–68) moved to Brenham (1–6) August 21; Brenham became an orphan team August 27 playing in Austin and San Antonio (4–7). 1906 South Texas League Playoff: Austin 4 games, Houston 4; Austin was awarded the championship after Houston refused to stop using non–league players. An additional game was played after Austin had been awarded the title by forfeit.

Sources

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Second Edition.
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