The Tyler Tigers were a Big State League baseball team based in Tyler, Texas, USA that played from 1954 to 1955 as members of the Big State League. [1] They were managed by future major league manager Salty Parker in their inaugural season, reaching the playoffs only to lose in the first round. [2] Other highlights from the 1954 season include a perfect game tossed by pitcher Gale Pringle against the Temple Eagles. [3]
They did not complete the 1955 season, as they dropped out of the League – the second squad to do so that season, following the Galveston White Caps. They played their final game of the season on June 29. Team owner J. C. Stroud cited poor attendance, personal ailing health and external pressure from other clubs to shut down the Tyler ball club as the impetuses for the team's dropping out. [4]
Major league pitcher Lou Lombardo spent part of the 1954 season with the team, going 1–2 in six games. He appeared in the big leagues in 1948, pitching for the New York Giants. [5] [6]
The team's games were announced by KTBB. [7]
References
- ^ Baseball-Reference.com Minors
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Second Edition. Baseball America. ISBN 0-9637189-8-3.
- ^ Jeremy Heath (June 20, 2004). "Fore-Ever Young: Golfing Buddies Remain Competitive Into Their 80s". Amarillo.com. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
- ^ "Tyler Tigers Drop from Big State". The Bonham Daily Favorite. June 29, 1955. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ Lou Lombardo Minor League Statistics
- ^ Lou Lombardo Major League Statistics
- ^ Broadcasting: Volume 46. Broadcasting Publications. 1954. p. 102. Retrieved December 10, 2011.