Texas Association

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The Texas Association was a six-team minor league that ran from 1923-1926. It was rated as a class D league. In total there were nine teams, all from Texas, that played during the four year life of the league. Austin, Corsicana and Mexia fielded a team for each year. There was no successful effort made to organize the league in 1927.

Contents 1 Cities Represented 2 Teams & Statistics 2.1 1923 2.2 1924 2.3 1925 2.4 1926 3 Source

[edit] Cities Represented

• Austin, TX: Austin Rangers 1923-1924; Austin Senators 1925-1926
• Corsicana, TX: Corsicana Oilers 1923-1926
• Marlin, TX: Marlin Bathers 1923-1925
• Mexia, TX: Mexia Gushers 1923-1926
• Palestine, TX: Palestine Pals 1925-1926
• Sherman, TX: Sherman Twins 1923
• Temple, TX: Temple Surgeons 1924-1926
• Terrell, TX: Terrell Terrors 1925-1926
• Waco, TX: Waco Indians 1923-1924

[edit] Teams & Statistics

[edit] 1923

President: W. R. Davidson

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Mexia Gushers	80	60	.571	0	Hub Northen
Austin Rangers	72	66	.522	7	Rankin Johnson
Sherman Twins	72	67	.518	7.5	A. B. Sands / Otto McIvor
Corsicana Oilers	68	70	.493	11	Harvey Grubb
Marlin Bathers	65	73	.471	14	Walt Alexander
Waco Indians	59	80	.424	20.5	Falk / House / Reynolds / Comstock

Playoff: Austin 3 games, Sherman 3. The series was declared a tie
when the two clubs could not agree upon a site for the deciding game.

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Tom Pyle	Sherman	BA	.359		Clarence Tiner	Mexia	W	23
Tom Pyle	Sherman	Runs	94		Murray Richburg	Sherman	SO	197
Tom Pyle	Sherman	Hits	199		Harvey Muns	Sherman	Pct	.690; 20-9
Don Flynn	Waco/Austin	HR	22

[edit] 1924

President: A. B. Johnson

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Corsicana Oilers	83	42	.664	0	John Vann
Marlin Bathers	73	55	.570	11.5	Walt Alexander
Waco Indians	65	64	.504	20	Otto McIvor / Tom Carson
Mexia Gushers	60	68	.469	24.5	R. A. Fowlkes
Austin Rangers	54	72	.429	29.5	Art Griggs / Fats Fleharty / Otto McIvor
Temple Surgeons	48	82	.369	37.5	Rankin Johnson

Playoff: None

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Joe Munson	Carlson	BA	.346		Charles Gressett	Marlin	W	22
Bill Etheredge	Corsicana	Runs	106		G. M. Nugent	Temple	SO	176
Bill Etheredge	Corsicana	Hits	159		William Hollis	Corsicana	Pct	.789; 15-4
Stephen Barrett	Corsicana	HR	27

[edit] 1925

President: J. G. McIntosh & Charles L. Glover

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Corsicana Oilers	85	48	.639	0	John Vann
Mexia Gushers	76	57	.571	9	Wid Matthews
Temple Surgeons	74	59	.556	11	Roy Mitchell
Austin Senators	63	70	.474	22	Bennie Brownlow
Marlin Bathers / Palestine Pals #	58	75	.436	27	Fred Pipken / Tommy McMillan
Terrell Terrors	43	90	.323	42	Otto McIvor / Ed Fulton / Pete Adams

#Marlin moved to Palestine May 13.

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Tom Glass	Mexia	BA	.367		Guy Cantrell	Corsicana	W	22
Cotton Tucker	Temple	Runs	129		Dick Whitworth	Austin	SO	152
Smead Jolley	Corsicana	Hits	180		Bob Arnold	Mexia	Pct	.706; 12-5
Tom Glass	Mexia	Hits	180		Stan Keyes	Terrell	HR	28

[edit] 1926

President: Mark H. DeWitt

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Austin Senators	73	49	.598	0	Walt Alexander
Palestine Pals	72	53	.576	2.5	Jack Stansbury / Bob Countryman
Mexia Gushers	63	62	.504	11.5	Wid Matthews
Terrell Terrors	56	68	.452	18	Edgar Behrens
Temple Surgeons	56	69	.448	18.5	Roy Mitchell
Corsica Oilers	53	72	.424	21.5	John Vann

Playoff: Palestine 3 games, Austin 0.

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Tom Glass	Mexia	BA	.361		Dick Whitworth	Austin	W	24
Jimmie Long	Mexia	Runs	99		Dick Whitworth	Austin	SO	176
Jimmie Long	Mexia	Hits	164		Les Cox	Palestine	SO	176
Norman Peterson	Austin	HR	29		Carlisle Littlejohn	Austin	Pct	.824; 14-3

[edit] Source

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Second Edition