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The Texas League is a Minor League Baseball league which has operated in the South Central United States since 1902. It is classified as a Double-A league. Despite the league's name, only its five South Division teams are actually based in the state of Texas; the five North Division teams are located in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
The 1981 Dukes were recognized as the eleventh best minor league baseball team of all time, and the only team in the top 20 to play after 1943. [1] During that season, KTLA, a Los Angeles-area television station, broadcast several games live from Albuquerque Sports Stadium during the players' strike that disrupted the season.
Their newest affiliate is the Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League, which became the Dodgers' Double-A club in 2015. Geographically, Los Angeles' closest domestic affiliate is the Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League, which are approximately 40 miles (64 km) away. Los Angeles' furthest domestic affiliate is the Great Lakes ...
Each of the 10 teams of Minor League Baseball's Texas League carry a 28-man active roster. [1] Only these players are eligible to play. Teams may have any number of inactive players on their rosters at a given time who do not count toward active roster limits. Injured players may be placed on the injured list (7-day or 60-day). [2]
For the 2021 season, the league was named the Double-A Central before reverting to its original name in 2022. Over that 124-season span, its teams have relocated, changed names, transferred to different leagues, or ceased operations altogether. This list documents all teams which played in the league.
Prior to the 1963 season, Major League Baseball (MLB) initiated a reorganization of Minor League Baseball that resulted in a reduction from six classes to four (Triple-A, Double-A, Class A, and Rookie) in response to the general decline of the minors throughout the 1950s and early-1960s when leagues and teams folded due to shrinking attendance caused by baseball fans' preference for staying at ...
Sun Valley Poly, North Hollywood and Chavez are moving to the Valley Mission League, with Panorama, Reseda and Van Nuys moving to the East Valley League.
In conjunction with Major League Baseball's restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Drillers were organized into the Double-A Central. [7] In 2022, the Double-A Central became known as the Texas League, the name historically used by the regional circuit prior to the 2021 reorganization.