Texas_Colored_League References

Texas Colored League
TX–OK–LA League
Texas–Louisiana Negro League
Classification	Minor league
Sport	Baseball
Founded	1919
Ceased	1931
Country	United States

The Texas Colored League was a minor league Negro baseball league organized in 1919 and lasted until 1926.^[1] The league did not play a schedule in 1922.

The league was revived three years later in 1929 as the Texas–Oklahoma–Louisiana League^[2]^[3] and renamed the Texas–Louisiana Negro League for the 1930 and 1931 seasons.^[4]

Teams

1919–26

Teams listed alphabetically by city for the 1919–21 and 1923–26 seasons. Some teams may be the same franchise with a different name or location.

Austin (1919–20)
Austin Black Senators (1923–26)
Beaumont (1919)
Beaumont Black Oilers (1920–21, 1924)
Beaumont Black Exporters (1923)
Dallas Black Marines (1919, 1921)
Dallas Black Giants (1920, 1923–26)
Fort Worth (1919)
Fort Worth Black Panthers (1920–21, 1923–24)
Fort Worth Wonders (1923)
Dallas-Fort Worth Black Wonders (1925)
Fort Worth Monarchs (1926)
Galveston (1919)
Galveston Black Pirates (1920)
Galveston Black Sand Crabs (1921)
Houston (1919)
Houston Black Buffaloes (1920–21, 1924–26)
- (a.k.a. Black Buffalos 1924–26)

Monroe Southern Giants (1923)
New Orleans Crescent Stars (1923)
New Orleans (1925)
Oklahoma City Black Indians (1925)
San Antonio Black Aces (1919–20)
San Antonio Black Bronchos (1923, 1925)
San Antonio Porters (1924)
San Antonio (1926)
Shreveport Giants (1923)
Shreveport Black Sports (1926)
Tulsa (OK) (1920)
Tulsa Black Oilers (1923)
Waco (1919)
Waco Black Navigators (1920)
Wichita Falls Black Spudders (1921)
Wichita Falls (1926)

1929–31

Dallas Black Giants (1929–31)
Fort Worth Black Panthers (1929)
Houston Black Buffaloes (1929–31) (a.k.a. Black Buffalos 1929)
Oklahoma City Black Indians (1929)
San Antonio Black Indians (1929–31)
Shreveport Black Sports (1929, 1931)
Tulsa Black Oilers (1929)
Wichita Falls (1929)
New Orleans Black Pelicans (1930–31)
Port Arthur (1930)
Waco (1930)
Monroe Monarchs (1931)
Galveston Black Buccaneers (1931)
Fort Worth Black Cats (1931)

Champions

1919 San Antonio Black Aces
1920 Austin
1921 Houston Black Buffaloes
1923 Austin Black Senators
1924 Austin Black Senators
1925 Austin Black Senators
1926 Austin Black Senators
1929 no information available
1930 last half of season not reported; possibly Houston Black Buffaloes
1931 Monroe Monarchs

References

^ "Texas Colored League 1919-1926" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
^ Heaphy, Leslie A. (2003). The Negro League [1869-1960]. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 142. ISBN 0786413808. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
^ "Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League (1929)" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
^ "Texas–Louisiana League (1930-1931)" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Retrieved June 6, 2018.

External links

Center for Negro League Research

[1] "Texas Colored League 1919-1926" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Retrieved 2015-04-26.

[2] Heaphy, Leslie A. (2003). The Negro League [1869-1960]. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 142. ISBN 0786413808. Retrieved April 8, 2015.

[Shreveport,_Louisiana_Teams_History-3] "Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League (1929)" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Retrieved June 6, 2018.

[4] "Texas–Louisiana League (1930-1931)" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Retrieved June 6, 2018.

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