The Tyler East Texans were a minor league baseball team that played in the

Big State League 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 Texas. The Corpus Christi Clippers (1955-1956), Texark ...

from 1951 to 1953. It was based in the

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city of

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. Under manager Bill Capps in 1952, the team won the league championship. It reached the league finals in 1953, but lost the series.

Major league players

Numerous players with major league experience played for the club.

1951

* Merv Connors * Hal Epps * Joe Kracher (also managed the club) * Tony Ordenana *

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1952

*Hal Epps *

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1953

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References

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