Arkansas–Texas League
ClassificationClass D (1906)
SportMinor League Baseball
Inaugural season1906
Ceased1906
PresidentA. J. Kaiser (1906)
No. of teams4
CountryUnited States of America
Most titles1
Pine Bluff Barristers (1906)
Related
competitions
Arkansas State League

The Arkansas–Texas League was a Minor League Baseball league which operated in three Arkansas and one Texas cities in 1906. The Class D level league had four teams in their lone season. A. J. Kaiser was the president of the league.

History

The Arkansas–Texas League began play in 1906 as a Class D level league with four teams. The Camden Ouachitas of Camden, Arkansas, Hot Springs Vapors of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Pine Bluff Barristers of Pine Bluff, Arkansas and Texarkana Shine-Oners of Texarkana, Texas were the charter members.[1]

On August 25, 1906, Texarkana folded. With three remaining teams, the league folded on August 26, 1906. The Pine Bluff Barristers were in 1st place when the league folded. With a 32-26 record, Pine Bluff was 2.5 games ahead on the 2nd place Camden Ouachitas. In a playoff, Pine Bluff defeated the Hot Springs Vapors 4 games to 1.[2][3]

Cities represented

Standings

1906 Arkansas-Texas League schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Pine Bluff Barristers3226.552--Sandy Reeves / Leroy Taylor /
Lee Dawkins / James Drake
Camden Ouachitas2928.5092.5Arthur Riggs / Cleve Turner
Texarkana Shine-Oners2930.4923.5Robert Shelton
Hot Springs Vapors2532.4396.5Wade Moore / Jack Love

Texarkana disbanded August 25.
The league disbanded August 26.
Playoff: Pine Bluff 4 games, Hot Springs 1.[2][3]

References

  1. "1906 Arkansas-Texas League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. 1 2 The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson & Miles Wolff, editors (Third ed.). Baseball America. 2007. ISBN 978-1932391176.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. 1 2 "1939 Panama City Pelicans Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.


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