The West Texas League was a Class D level minor league baseball league that existed from 1920 to 1922 and from 1928 to 1929.

1920-1922

The following teams played in 1920: Abilene Eagles, Ranger Nitros, Mineral Wells Resorters, Cisco Scouts,

Gorman Buddies The Gorman Buddies were a West Texas League baseball team based in Gorman, Texas, United States that played for part of the 1920 season. Before the season ended, they moved to Sweetwater, Texas to become the Sweetwater Swatters. They are the onl ...

/ Sweetwater Swatters and Eastland Judges. The Abilene Eagles beat the Ranger Nitros in the playoffs to win the league championship. For the 1921 season, the Swatters, Eagles, Resorters, Nitros and Scouts returned to the league. The Resorters moved to Ballinger to become the Ballinger Bearcats. The Cisco Scouts changed their name to the Cisco Orphans. The Eastland Judges left the league and a new team, the San Angelo Bronchos, joined. The Abilene Eagles won their second championship in a row, beating the Swatters. There were multiple new teams in 1922: the Amarillo Gassers, Lubbock Hubbers, Clovis Buzzers and Stamford Colonels. No team represented Ballinger,

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or Mineral Wells. Amarillo won the league championship, beating the Buzzers. The league ceased play following the 1922 season.

1928-1929

The league began play again in 1928, lasting until 1929. The following teams played in 1928: San Angelo Red Snappers, Coleman Bobcats, Abilene Aces, Midland Colts, Lubbock Hubbers and Hamlin Pied Pipers/ Big Spring Springers. The Lubbock Hubbers were the only returning team from the 1922 season. The Red Snappers beat the Aces to take the league championship. New teams for the 1929 season included the San Angelo Sheep Herders and Big Spring Cowboys. The Ballinger Bearcats returned to the league. Coleman won the league championship.

Cities represented

* Abilene, TX: Abilene Eagles 1920–1922; Abilene Aces 1928–1929 *

Amarillo, TX Amarillo ( ; Spanish for "yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Potter County. It is the 14th-most populous city in Texas and the largest city in the Texas Panhandle. A portion of the city extends into Randall Count ...

: Amarillo Gassers 1922 * Ballinger, TX: Ballinger Bearcats 1921, 1929 * Big Spring, TX: Big Spring Springers 1928; Big Spring Cowboys 1929 *

Cisco, TX Cisco is a city in Eastland County, Texas, Eastland County, Texas. The population was 3,899 at the time of the 2010 census. History Cisco, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 183 and Interstate 20 in northwestern Eastland County, traces its his ...

: Cisco Scouts 1920–1921 * Clovis, NM: Clovis Buzzers 1922 * Coleman, TX: Coleman Bobcats 1928–1929 *

Eastland, TX Eastland is a city in Eastland County, Texas, United States. Its population was 3,960 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Eastland County. History During the 1920s, Eastland, like nearby Cisco, Ranger, and Desdemona, was a petroleum boom ...

: Eastland Judges 1920 * Gorman, TX:

1920 * Hamlin, TX: Hamlin Pied Pipers 1928 *

Lubbock, TX 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 north ...

: Lubbock Hubbers 1922, 1928 *

Midland, TX Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Texas, United States. A small part of Midland is in Martin County. At the 2020 census, Midland's population was 132,524. It is the principal city of the Midland, Texas metropolitan ...

: Midland Colts 1928–1929 *

Mineral Wells, TX Mineral Wells is a city in Palo Pinto and Parker Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 16,788 at the 2010 census (14,644 in Palo Pinto and 2144 in Parker). The city is named for mineral wells in the area, which were highly pop ...

: Mineral Wells Resorters 1920–1921 * Ranger, TX: Ranger Nitros 1920–1922 *

San Angelo, TX San Angelo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States. Its location is in the Concho Valley, a region of West Texas between the Permian Basin to the northwest, Chihuahuan Desert to the southwest, Osage Plai ...

: San Angelo Bronchos 1921–1922; San Angelo Red Snappers 1928; San Angelo Sheep Herders 1929 * Stamford, TX: Stamford Colonels 1922 * Sweetwater, TX: Sweetwater Swatters 1920–1922

Standings & statistics

1920 West Texas League''
schedule
Gorman (36–44) moved to Sweetwater August 7, first home game August 15.
Playoff: Abilene 4 games, Ranger 3. 1921 West Texas League''
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Mineral Wells moved to Ballinger May 20; Cisco disbanded July 6; Ranger disbanded July 9
Playoffs: Sweetwater defeated San Angelo in a one game playoff for the first half title
Finals: Abilene 4 games, Sweetwater 2. 1922 West Texas League''
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Playoff: Amarillo 5 games, Clovis 1. 1928 West Texas League''
schedule 1st half

2nd half
Hamlin moved to Big Spring July 3.
Playoff: San Angelo 3 games, Abilene 2. 1929 West Texas League''
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Playoff: Coleman 3 games, Midland 3. Coleman won the title when Midland failed to appear for the seventh game.

References

{{reflist Baseball leagues in Texas Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States Sports leagues established in 1920 1920 establishments in Texas 1929 disestablishments in Texas Sports leagues disestablished in 1929