Southwest Texas League

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The Southwest Texas League was a class D minor league that operated in 1910 and 1911 and never again. The league housed six teams.

1 Cities Represented
2 Teams and Statistics
- 2.1 1910-1911
3 Source

[edit] Cities Represented

Bay City, TX: Bay City Rice Eaters 1910-1911
Beeville, TX: Beeville Orange Growers 1910-1911
Brownsville, TX: Brownsville Brownies 1910-1911
Corpus Christi, TX: Corpus Christi Pelicans 1910-1911
Laredo, TX: Laredo Bermudas 1910-1911
Victoria, TX: Victoria Rose Buds 1910; Victoria Rosebuds 1911

[edit] Teams and Statistics

[edit] 1910-1911

1910 Southwest Texas League
President: B. S. Dickinson

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Victoria Rose Buds	72	45	.615	0	Jack Burke
Brownsville Brownies	68	47	.591	3	S.H.Bell / Leo Hellman / Kerr Price
Bay City Rice Eaters	59	56	.513	12	E. Haralson / John Blakeney / Louis Hamilton
Laredo Bermudas	54	61	.470	17	George Page / Tomlin
Beeville Orange Growers	52	64	.448	19.5	Trapper Longley / J.C. Woessner
Corpus Christi Pelicans	42	74	.362	29.5	Frank Murphy / Billy Page

Playoffs: Brownsville 3 games, Victoria 2; Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot	Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Jack Burke	Victoria	BA	.294	Larry Gilbert	Victoria	W	28
L.A. Hamilton	Bay City	Runs	75	Roy Morton	Brownsville	SO	173
Jack Burke	Victoria	Hits	125	Roy Morton	Brownsville	Pct	.850; 17-3
J.P. Sheffield	Victoria	SB	94

1911 Southwest Texas League
President: B. S. Dickinson

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Bay City Rice Eaters	67	51	.568	0	Louis Hamilton / E. Haralson
Brownsville Brownies	64	52	.552	2	O.H. Boston
Beeville Orange Growers	63	54	.538	3.5	Ted Schultz / George Disch
Laredo Bermudas	55	63	.466	12	John Blakeney / Lucky Wright
Victoria Rose Buds##	54	59	.478	NA	Harry McCormick / J. Linebaugh / Jack Burke
Corpus Christi Pelicans #	46	70	.397	NA	Henry Hunt

Playoffs: Beeville was awarded the Pennant when Bay City refused to play.
#Corpus Christi surrendered its franchise to the league July 17. The club was dropped
from the league August 13.
##Victoria withdrew August 11. Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot	Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Howard Wakefield	Victoria	BA	.338	Ezequiel Ramos	Larado	W	20
Jack Harper	Corpus Christi	Runs	66	Buddy Napier	Brownsville	SO	213
Lou Vetter	Beeville	Hits	121	Raymond Stubbs	Beeville	Pct	.750; 15-5
Harry Hogan	Bay City	HR	9