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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 Texas League of Minor League Baseball is a Double-A baseball league in the United States. The circuit was founded in 1888 and ran through 1892. After two years of dormancy, it was revived as the Texas Association in 1895, the Texas-Southern League in 1896, and the Texas League from 1897 to 1899.
Double-A (officially Class AA [1]) is the second-highest level of play in Minor League Baseball in the United States since 1946, below only Triple-A. There are currently 30 teams classified at the Double-A level, one for each team in Major League Baseball, organized into three leagues: the Eastern League, the Southern League, and the Texas League.
The Texas League has primarily operated in the South Central United States since its founding in 1902, with a hiatus from 1943 to 1945 during World War II.For the 2021 season, the league was named the Double-A Central before reverting to its original name in 2022.
The team, which plays in the Texas League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Athletics major league club. The RockHounds play in Momentum Bank Ballpark, which opened in 2002 and seats 4,709 fans. They have won seven Texas League championships: in 1975 (co-champions with the Lafayette Drillers), 2005, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
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.
League City, which carried a 27-3 record into the World Series, is a 17-time Texas state champion but was the first from the Lone Star State last year to actually capture a national championship ...
During the season, the team hosted the 75th Annual Texas League All-Star Game on June 29, 2011. [5] Nate Freiman. In 2012, Nate Freiman played for the Missions and led the league in RBIs (105) and hits (154). [6] [7] He was both a Texas League Mid-Season and Post-Season All-Star, and an MILB.com San Diego Padres All-Star.