The Beaumont Exporters was the predominant name of a minor league baseball team located in

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that played between 1920 and 1957 in the

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and the

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. Beaumont rejoined the Class AA Texas League (1983-1986) and evolved into today's

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inductees

Hank Greenberg Henry Benjamin Greenberg (born Hyman Greenberg; January 1, 1911 – September 4, 1986), nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank", "Hankus Pankus", or "The Hebrew Hammer", was an American professional baseball player and team executive. He played in Major Leagu ...

(1931-1932),

Whitey Herzog Dorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog (; born November 9, 1931) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and manager, most notable for his Major League Baseball (MLB) managerial career. He made his MLB debut as a player in 1956 ...

(1952),

Carl Hubbell Carl Owen Hubbell (June 22, 1903 – November 21, 1988), nicknamed "the Meal Ticket" and "King Carl", was an American Major League Baseball player. He was a pitcher for the New York Giants of the National League from 1928 to 1943, and remained o ...

(1928), and

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(1939) played for the Exporters and

Rogers Hornsby Rogers Hornsby Sr. (April 27, 1896 – January 5, 1963), nicknamed "The Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1915–1926, 193 ...

was the Manager in 1950.

Baseball history in Beaumont

The city of Beaumont was first represented between 1903 and 1905 by the Beaumont Oil Gushers, later renamed the

Beaumont Millionaires The Beaumont Millionaires was the predominant name of a minor league baseball team located in Beaumont, Texas that existed between 1903 and 1906. The club was first formed on 1903 as the Beaumont Oil Gushers, before being renamed the Millionaires ...

in the South Texas League. It was later represented in the Texas League from 1912–1917 and 1919 as the Beaumont Oilers. After the Exporters folded, the city was later represented again in the Texas league from 1983–1986 by the Beaumont Golden Gators and in 1994 by the Beaumont Bullfrogs of the Texas-Louisiana league. The Exporters first formed in 1920 and played at Magnolia Ballpark through 1929 and at

Stuart Stadium Stuart Stadium was a ballpark located in Beaumont, Texas and home to the Texas League Beaumont Exporters from 1929 to 1955 except for 1943–1945 when the Texas League ceased operations during World War II. The Lamar Cardinals baseball team also ...

thereafter. The team was ranked near the bottom of the Texas League standings during the 1920s. However, when the Exporters became an affiliate of the

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in the 1930s, its fortunes changed. The 1932 club, featuring future Hall of Famer

, won 100 games and swept the

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in the playoffs. Greenberg led the league with 39

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and 123

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, while

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, who would star with Greenberg on the

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–

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Tiger pennant-winners, posted a league-best 2.34

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. The Exporters won another championship in 1938, behind pitcher

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, the league's MVP. In 1942, the team won the regular-season pennant, but fell in seven games in the playoffs. Then the entire Texas League suspended operations during

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After the war ended, the

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replaced Detroit as the Exporters' parent club in 1946. A series of last-place teams was followed in 1950 with a championship club managed by

— but it was known as the Beaumont Roughnecks that season. The Exporters name was restored in 1953, but no more titles followed. As an affiliate of the

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(1954) and

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(1955), it trailed the other seven Texas League teams in attendance. The Exporters then moved to Austin in 1956. A revised club known as the Exporters then entered the Class B

in 1956 as a St. Louis Cardinals' affiliate. It struggled on the field, finished last in the BSL in attendance, and briefly transferred to

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, playing as the

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, during July before returning to Beaumont. The following year, 1957, Beaumont remained in the Big State League as the Beaumont Pirates, a

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' farm club. The league then folded as an organized baseball circuit at the end of the 1957. Beaumont remained without a minor league club until 1983 when the Amarillo Gold Sox, the Class AA

affiliate of the

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, relocated to become the Beaumont Golden Gators. The Golden Gators played from 1983-1986 before the franchise moved to

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and became the Wichita Pilots in 1987. The franchise relocated to

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in 2008 to become today's

Notable alumni

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alumni

(1931-1932) Inducted, 1956 *

(1952) Inducted, 2010 *

(1950, MGR) Inducted, 1942 *

(1928) Inducted, 1947 *

(1939) Inducted, 1992

Notable alumni

* Sandy Alomar Jr. (1986) 6x MLB All-Star; 1990 AL Rookie of the Year * Elden Auker (1933) *

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(1906, 1919-1921) * Russ Bauers (1954) *

Jim Brosnan James Patrick Brosnan (October 24, 1929 – June 28, 2014) was an American baseball player and author who played in Major League Baseball in 1954 and from 1956 through 1963. A right-handed pitcher, he appeared in 385 games, largely in relief, f ...

(1954) *

Bill Brubaker Wilbur Lee "Bill" Brubaker (November 7, 1910 – April 2, 1978) was a professional American baseball player from 1932 to 1943, although he did not play the 1941 or 1942 seasons. Of his ten years of play, Brubaker played nine with the Pittsburgh ...

(1932) *

Buzz Clarkson James Buster Clarkson (March 13, 1915 – January 18, 1989) was an American baseball player who played briefly in Major League Baseball and had a long career in the Negro leagues, the minor leagues, and the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball ...

(1954) *

Joe Collins Joseph Edward Collins (born Joseph Edward Kollonige; December 3, 1922 – August 30, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball player born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. On September 25, he began his major league career playing for the New Yor ...

(1946) *

Clint Courtney Clinton Dawson Courtney (March 16, 1927 – June 16, 1975), nicknamed Scrap Iron, was an American professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (1951), St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles (1952 ...

(1947, 1950) *

Mark Christman Marquette Joseph "Mark" Christman (October 21, 1913 – October 9, 1976) was an American professional baseball third baseman and shortstop who appeared in 911 games in Major League Baseball ( MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns and Was ...

(1936-1937) * Joey Cora (1986) MLB All-Star * Harry Craft (1951-1952, MGR) *

Roy Cullenbine Roy Joseph Cullenbine (October 18, 1913 – May 28, 1991) was an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Browns, Washin ...

(1936) 2x MLB All-Star * Jim Delahanty (1916) * Cedric Durst (1921) * Ted Easterly (1920) *

Hoot Evers Walter Arthur "Hoot" Evers (February 8, 1921 – January 25, 1991) was an American baseball outfielder, scout, coach, and executive. Evers played professional baseball from 1941 to 1942 and 1946 to 1956, including 12 seasons in Major League ...

(1942) 2x MLB All-Star * Dana Fillingim (1925) *

Pete Fox Ervin "Pete" Fox (March 8, 1909 – July 5, 1966) was an American professional baseball player from 1930 to 1946. He played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball, principally as a right fielder, for the Detroit Tigers from 1933 to 1940 and the ...

(1932) MLB All-Star *

Johnny Gorsica John Joseph Perry Gorsica, born ''Gorczyca'' (March 29, 1915 – December 16, 1998), was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who worked in 204 Major League games over seven seasons (1940–1944; 1946–1947) for the ...

(1939) * Sam Gray (1923) * Bob Grim (1951) MLB All-Star; 1954 AL Rookie of the Year * Ozzie Guillen (1983) 3x MLB All-Star; 1985 AL Rookie of the Year; MGR: 2005 World Series Champion - Chicago White Sox * Luke Hamlin (1932) * Dave Hillman (1954) *

Ralph Houk Ralph George Houk (; August 9, 1919 – July 21, 2010), nicknamed The Major, was an American catcher, coach, manager, and front office executive in Major League Baseball. He is best known as the successor of Casey Stengel as manager of the New Yor ...

(1946) MGR: 1961-1962 World Series Champion - NY Yankees * Tom Hughes (1926) *

Bill James George William James (born October 5, 1949) is an American baseball writer, historian, and statistician whose work has been widely influential. Since 1977, James has written more than two dozen books devoted to baseball history and statistics ...

(1919) *

Vern Kennedy Lloyd Vernon Kennedy (March 20, 1907 – January 28, 1993) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies and Cincin ...

(1954-1955) 2x MLB All-Star * John Kruk (1983) 3x MLB All-Star *

Max Lanier Hubert Max Lanier (August 18, 1915 – January 30, 2007) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who spent most of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals. He led the National League in earned run average in 1943, and was th ...

(1954) 2x MLB All-Star *

Freddy Leach Frederick Leach (November 23, 1897 in Springfield, Missouri – December 10, 1981 in Hagerman, Idaho) was a professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1923 to 1932. He would play for the Philadelphia Phillies, Ne ...

(1925) * Mickey Livingston (1954-1955, MGR) *

Johnny Lipon John Joseph Lipon (November 10, 1922 – August 17, 1998) was an American Major League Baseball shortstop for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns and Cincinnati Redlegs over the course of nine seasons (1942; 1946; 1948–1954). Th ...

(1942) * Slim Love (1922) *

Denny Lyons Dennis Patrick Aloysius Lyons (March 12, 1866 – January 2, 1929) was an American Major League Baseball player. He played third base for the Providence Grays (1885), Philadelphia Athletics (1886–90), St. Louis Browns (1891), New York G ...

(1903) * Barney McCosky (1938) *

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(1919) *

Gil McDougald Gilbert James McDougald (May 19, 1928 – November 28, 2010) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) infielder who spent ten major league seasons playing for the New York Yankees from 1951 through 1960. McDougald was the 1951 American ...

(1950) 6x MLB All-Star; 1951 AL Rookie of the Year * Shane Mack (1985-1986) *

Pat Malone Perce Leigh "Pat" Malone (September 25, 1902 – May 13, 1943) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from for the Chicago Cubs (–) and New York Yankees (–). Listed at and , Malone batted left-handed and threw right-han ...

(1924) * Jakie May (1921) *

Heinie Meine Henry William "Heine" Meine (May 1, 1896 – March 18, 1968), sometimes "Heinie" Meine, was a professional baseball player. Meine was a right-handed pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1922 and for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1929 to 1 ...

(1921) *

Earl Moseley Earl Victor Moseley (September 7, 1887 – July 1, 1963) was a pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox (1913), Indianapolis Hoosiers / Newark Pepper (1914–1915) and Cincinnati Reds (1916). Moseley batted and threw right-handed. He was born ...

(1919) MLB ERA Title * Pat Mullin (1937-1939) 2x MLB All-Star *

Kid Nance William Gideon Nance (August 2, 1876 – May 28, 1958) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played with the Louisville Colonels of the National League from 1897–1898, and then for the Detroit Tigers of the American League in 1901. ...

(1912) *

Al Newman Albert Dwayne Newman (born June 30, 1960) is a former infielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Montreal Expos (1985–1986), Minnesota Twins (1987–1991) and Texas Rangers (1992). Newman was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. ...

(1984) *

Skeeter Newsome Lamar Ashby "Skeeter" Newsome (October 18, 1910 — August 31, 1989) was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1935–39), Boston Red Sox (1941–45) and Philadelphia Phillies (1946–47). B ...

(1933) *

Al Nixon Albert Richard Nixon (April 11, 1886 – November 9, 1960) was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn Robins, Boston Braves, and Philadelphia Phillies between 1915 and 1928.

(1913-1916, 1919-1920) *

Steve O'Neill Stephen Francis O'Neill (July 6, 1891 – January 26, 1962) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher, most notably with the Cleveland Indians. As a manager, he led the Detroit Tig ...

(1942) *

Stubby Overmire Frank W. Overmire (May 16, 1919 – March 3, 1977) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played ten seasons for the Detroit Tigers (1943–1949), St. Louis Browns (1950–1952), and New York Yankees (1951). In ten seasons, Overmire won 58 game ...

(1942) * Mark Parent (1983-1984) *

Claude Passeau Claude William Passeau (April 9, 1909 – August 30, 2003) was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1935 through 1947, Passeau played with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1935), Philadelphia Phillies (1936–39) and Chicago Cubs ( ...

(1933) 5x MLB All-Star * Willie Ramsdell (1954) *

(1932, 1938) 3x MLB All-Star *

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(1985) 5x MLB All-Star; 1987 NL Rookie of the Year *

Pete Schneider Peter Joseph Schneider (August 20, 1895 – June 1, 1957) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds (1914–1918) and New York Yankees (1919). Schneider batted and threw right-handed. Career Born i ...

(1920) *

Rip Sewell Truett Banks "Rip" Sewell (May 11, 1907 – September 3, 1989) was a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played 13 years in the major leagues with the Detroit Tigers (1932) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1938–1949). Sewell was ...

(1932) 4x MLB All-Star * Bob Smith (1921) * Hal Smith (1952) *

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(1914) *

Birdie Tebbetts George Robert "Birdie" Tebbetts (November 10, 1912 – March 24, 1999) was an American professional baseball player, manager, scout and front office executive. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for the Detroit Tigers, Bos ...

(1936) 4x MLB All-Star * Bobby Tolan (MGR, 1984-1985) *

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(1933) MLB All-Star *

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(1951) 4x MLB All-Star * Bill Trotter (1947) *

(1938) 2x MLB All-Star; AL ERA Title *

Virgil Trucks Virgil Oliver "Fire" Trucks (April 26, 1917 – March 23, 2013) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees between 1941 and 1958. He batte ...

(1940 2x MLB All-Star * Dick Wakefield (1942) MLB All-Star * George Watkins (1927) * Jo-Jo White (1931) *

Dave Wickersham David Clifford Wickersham (September 27, 1935 – June 18, 2022) was an American baseball pitcher who played ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Kan ...

(1957) *

Hal Wiltse Harold James Wiltse (August 6, 1903 – November 2, 1983) nicknamed "Whitey", was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball between 1926 and 1931 for the Boston Red Sox (1926–28), St. Louis B ...

(1923) *

Whit Wyatt John Whitlow Wyatt (September 27, 1907 – July 16, 1999) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers (1929–33), Chicago White Sox (1933–36), Cle ...

(1931) 4x MLB All-Star * Rudy York (1933) 7x MLB All-Star

Season-by-season

* Team operated in Texas City, TX from July 2 to July 7, 1956

References

*Johnson, Lloyd, ed., ''The Minor League Register.'' Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1994. *Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 1997 edition. Durham, North Carolina:

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