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Beaumont Exporters

August 17, 2023

The Beaumont Exporters was the predominant name of a minor league baseball team located in Beaumont, Texas that played between 1920 and 1957 in the Texas League and the Big State League. Beaumont rejoined the Class AA Texas League (1983-1986) and evolved into today's Northwest Arkansas Naturals.

Beaumont Exporters
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes
  • Class B (1920, 1956-1957)
  • Class A (1921-1942,1946-1955)
Previous leagues
Major league affiliations
Previous teams
Minor league titles
League titles (2)
  • 1932
  • 1938
Team data
Previous names
  • Beaumount Pirates (1957)
  • Beaumont Exporters (1953-1956)
  • Beaumont Roughnecks (1950-1952)
  • Beaumont Exporters (1920-1942,1946-1949)
Previous parks

Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Hank Greenberg (1931-1932), Whitey Herzog (1952), Carl Hubbell (1928), and Hal Newhouser (1939) played for the Exporters and Rogers Hornsby was the Manager in 1950.

Baseball history in Beaumont

The city of Beaumont was first represented between 1903 and 1905 by the Beaumont Oil Gushers, later renamed the Beaumont Millionaires in the South Texas League. It was later represented in the Texas League from 1912–1917 and 1919 as the Beaumont Oilers. After the Exporters folded, the city was later represented again in the Texas league from 1983–1986 by the Beaumont Golden Gators and in 1994 by the Beaumont Bullfrogs of the Texas-Louisiana league.

The Exporters first formed in 1920 and played at Magnolia Ballpark through 1929 and at Stuart Stadium thereafter. The team was ranked near the bottom of the Texas League standings during the 1920s. However, when the Exporters became an affiliate of the Detroit Tigers in the 1930s, its fortunes changed.

The 1932 club, featuring future Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg, won 100 games and swept the Dallas Steers in the playoffs. Greenberg led the league with 39 home runs and 123 runs scored, while pitcher Schoolboy Rowe, who would star with Greenberg on the 1934–1935 Tiger pennant-winners, posted a league-best 2.34 earned run average. The Exporters won another championship in 1938, behind pitcher Dizzy Trout, the league's MVP. In 1942, the team won the regular-season pennant, but fell in seven games in the playoffs. Then the entire Texas League suspended operations during World War II.

 
Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg

After the war ended, the New York Yankees replaced Detroit as the Exporters' parent club in 1946. A series of last-place teams was followed in 1950 with a championship club managed by Rogers Hornsby — but it was known as the Beaumont Roughnecks that season.

The Exporters name was restored in 1953, but no more titles followed. As an affiliate of the Chicago Cubs (1954) and Milwaukee Braves (1955), it trailed the other seven Texas League teams in attendance. The Exporters then moved to Austin in 1956.

A revised club known as the Exporters then entered the Class B Big State League in 1956 as a St. Louis Cardinals' affiliate. It struggled on the field, finished last in the BSL in attendance, and briefly transferred to Texas City, Texas, playing as the Texas City Exporters, during July before returning to Beaumont. The following year, 1957, Beaumont remained in the Big State League as the Beaumont Pirates, a Pittsburgh Pirates' farm club. The league then folded as an organized baseball circuit at the end of the 1957.

Beaumont remained without a minor league club until 1983 when the Amarillo Gold Sox, the Class AA Texas League affiliate of the San Diego Padres, relocated to become the Beaumont Golden Gators. The Golden Gators played from 1983-1986 before the franchise moved to Wichita, Kansas and became the Wichita Pilots in 1987. The franchise relocated to Springdale, Arkansas in 2008 to become today's Northwest Arkansas Naturals.[1]

Notable alumni

Baseball Hall of Fame alumni

Notable alumni

Season-by-season

Year Record Finish Manager Playoffs
1920 81-70 4th Joe Mathes
1921 64-93 7th Pat Newnam
1922 65-88 6th Joe Mathes
1923 71-77 6th Frank Edington (23-19) / Frank Kitchens (48-58)
1924 77-73 3rd Albert Bernsen
1925 42-108 8th Albert Bernsen / Andy Woehr
1926 76-80 5th Jim Galloway
1927 56-97 8th Jim Galloway / Claude Robertson
1928 50-106 8th Claude Robertson
1929 72-87 7th Claude Robertson
1930 68-84 6th Del Baker
1931 94-65 2nd Del Baker Lost playoff for 1st half title
1932 100-51 1st Del Baker League Champs
1933 73-79 5th Bob Coleman
1934 81-69 3rd Dutch Lorbeer Lost in 1st round
1935 90-69 2nd Dutch Lorbeer Lost League Finals
1936 69-80 7th Dutch Lorbeer
1937 82-77 5th Al Vincent
1938 99-57 1st Al Vincent League Champs
1939 58-103 8th Al Vincent
1940 88-72 3rd Al Vincent Lost League Finals
1941 58-94 7th Gordie Hinkle
1942 89-58 1st Steve O'Neill Lost League Finals
1946 70-83 5th Jim Turner
1947 60-94 7th (t) Goldie Holt
1948 61-90 8th Chick Autry
1949 55-97 8th Chick Autry
1950 91-52 1st Rogers Hornsby Lost in 1st round
1951 84-77 4th (t) Harry Craft Lost in 1st round
1952 77-84 7th Harry Craft
1953 65-89 8th Al Vincent
1954 77-84 7th Les Fleming (36-42) / Mickey Livingston (41-42)
1955 51-110 8th Mickey Livingston
1956* 57-83 7th Ford Garrison
1957 61-63 3rd Monty Basgall

* Team operated in Texas City, TX from July 2 to July 7, 1956 [2]

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd, ed., The Minor League Register. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1994.
  • Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 1997 edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America.
  1. ^ "Beaumont, Texas Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com.
  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)

External links

  • Baseball Reference

August 17, 2023
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The Beaumont Exporters was the predominant name of a minor league baseball team located in Beaumont Texas that played between 1920 and 1957 in the Texas League and the Big State League Beaumont rejoined the Class AA Texas League 1983 1986 and evolved into today s Northwest Arkansas Naturals Beaumont Exporters1920 1957 1920 1942 1946 1957 Beaumont TexasMinor league affiliationsPrevious classesClass B 1920 1956 1957 Class A 1921 1942 1946 1955 Previous leaguesBig State League 1956 1957 Texas League 1920 1942 1946 1955 Major league affiliationsPrevious teamsPittsburgh Pirates 1957 St Louis Cardinals 1956 Milwaukee Braves 1955 Chicago Cubs 1954 New York Yankees 1946 1952 Detroit Tigers 1930 1942 Philadelphia Phillies 1925 Chicago White Sox 1924 Minor league titlesLeague titles 2 19321938Team dataPrevious namesBeaumount Pirates 1957 Beaumont Exporters 1953 1956 Beaumont Roughnecks 1950 1952 Beaumont Exporters 1920 1942 1946 1949 Previous parksStuart Stadium 1930 1956 Magnolia Ballpark 1920 1929 Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Hank Greenberg 1931 1932 Whitey Herzog 1952 Carl Hubbell 1928 and Hal Newhouser 1939 played for the Exporters and Rogers Hornsby was the Manager in 1950 Contents 1 Baseball history in Beaumont 2 Notable alumni 2 1 Baseball Hall of Fame alumni 2 2 Notable alumni 3 Season by season 4 References 5 External linksBaseball history in Beaumont EditThe city of Beaumont was first represented between 1903 and 1905 by the Beaumont Oil Gushers later renamed the Beaumont Millionaires in the South Texas League It was later represented in the Texas League from 1912 1917 and 1919 as the Beaumont Oilers After the Exporters folded the city was later represented again in the Texas league from 1983 1986 by the Beaumont Golden Gators and in 1994 by the Beaumont Bullfrogs of the Texas Louisiana league The Exporters first formed in 1920 and played at Magnolia Ballpark through 1929 and at Stuart Stadium thereafter The team was ranked near the bottom of the Texas League standings during the 1920s However when the Exporters became an affiliate of the Detroit Tigers in the 1930s its fortunes changed The 1932 club featuring future Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg won 100 games and swept the Dallas Steers in the playoffs Greenberg led the league with 39 home runs and 123 runs scored while pitcher Schoolboy Rowe who would star with Greenberg on the 1934 1935 Tiger pennant winners posted a league best 2 34 earned run average The Exporters won another championship in 1938 behind pitcher Dizzy Trout the league s MVP In 1942 the team won the regular season pennant but fell in seven games in the playoffs Then the entire Texas League suspended operations during World War II Hall of Famer Hank GreenbergAfter the war ended the New York Yankees replaced Detroit as the Exporters parent club in 1946 A series of last place teams was followed in 1950 with a championship club managed by Rogers Hornsby but it was known as the Beaumont Roughnecks that season The Exporters name was restored in 1953 but no more titles followed As an affiliate of the Chicago Cubs 1954 and Milwaukee Braves 1955 it trailed the other seven Texas League teams in attendance The Exporters then moved to Austin in 1956 A revised club known as the Exporters then entered the Class B Big State League in 1956 as a St Louis Cardinals affiliate It struggled on the field finished last in the BSL in attendance and briefly transferred to Texas City Texas playing as the Texas City Exporters during July before returning to Beaumont The following year 1957 Beaumont remained in the Big State League as the Beaumont Pirates a Pittsburgh Pirates farm club The league then folded as an organized baseball circuit at the end of the 1957 Beaumont remained without a minor league club until 1983 when the Amarillo Gold Sox the Class AA Texas League affiliate of the San Diego Padres relocated to become the Beaumont Golden Gators The Golden Gators played from 1983 1986 before the franchise moved to Wichita Kansas and became the Wichita Pilots in 1987 The franchise relocated to Springdale Arkansas in 2008 to become today s Northwest Arkansas Naturals 1 Notable alumni EditBaseball Hall of Fame alumni Edit Hank Greenberg 1931 1932 Inducted 1956 Whitey Herzog 1952 Inducted 2010 Rogers Hornsby 1950 MGR Inducted 1942 Carl Hubbell 1928 Inducted 1947 Hal Newhouser 1939 Inducted 1992Notable alumni Edit Sandy Alomar Jr 1986 6x MLB All Star 1990 AL Rookie of the Year Elden Auker 1933 Bill Bailey 1906 1919 1921 Russ Bauers 1954 Jim Brosnan 1954 Bill Brubaker 1932 Buzz Clarkson 1954 Joe Collins 1946 Clint Courtney 1947 1950 Mark Christman 1936 1937 Joey Cora 1986 MLB All Star Harry Craft 1951 1952 MGR Roy Cullenbine 1936 2x MLB All Star Jim Delahanty 1916 Cedric Durst 1921 Ted Easterly 1920 Hoot Evers 1942 2x MLB All Star Dana Fillingim 1925 Pete Fox 1932 MLB All Star Johnny Gorsica 1939 Sam Gray 1923 Bob Grim 1951 MLB All Star 1954 AL Rookie of the Year Ozzie Guillen 1983 3x MLB All Star 1985 AL Rookie of the Year MGR 2005 World Series Champion Chicago White Sox Luke Hamlin 1932 Dave Hillman 1954 Ralph Houk 1946 MGR 1961 1962 World Series Champion NY Yankees Tom Hughes 1926 Bill James 1919 Vern Kennedy 1954 1955 2x MLB All Star John Kruk 1983 3x MLB All Star Max Lanier 1954 2x MLB All Star Freddy Leach 1925 Mickey Livingston 1954 1955 MGR Johnny Lipon 1942 Slim Love 1922 Denny Lyons 1903 Barney McCosky 1938 John McCloskey 1919 Gil McDougald 1950 6x MLB All Star 1951 AL Rookie of the Year Shane Mack 1985 1986 Pat Malone 1924 Jakie May 1921 Heinie Meine 1921 Earl Moseley 1919 MLB ERA Title Pat Mullin 1937 1939 2x MLB All Star Kid Nance 1912 Al Newman 1984 Skeeter Newsome 1933 Al Nixon 1913 1916 1919 1920 Steve O Neill 1942 Stubby Overmire 1942 Mark Parent 1983 1984 Claude Passeau 1933 5x MLB All Star Willie Ramsdell 1954 Schoolboy Rowe 1932 1938 3x MLB All Star Benito Santiago 1985 5x MLB All Star 1987 NL Rookie of the Year Pete Schneider 1920 Rip Sewell 1932 4x MLB All Star Bob Smith 1921 Hal Smith 1952 Elmer Steele 1914 Birdie Tebbetts 1936 4x MLB All Star Bobby Tolan MGR 1984 1985 Mike Tresh 1933 MLB All Star Gus Triandos 1951 4x MLB All Star Bill Trotter 1947 Dizzy Trout 1938 2x MLB All Star AL ERA TitleVirgil Trucks 1940 2x MLB All StarDick Wakefield 1942 MLB All Star George Watkins 1927 Jo Jo White 1931 Dave Wickersham 1957 Hal Wiltse 1923 Whit Wyatt 1931 4x MLB All StarRudy York 1933 7x MLB All StarSeason by season EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed June 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Year Record Finish Manager Playoffs1920 81 70 4th Joe Mathes1921 64 93 7th Pat Newnam1922 65 88 6th Joe Mathes1923 71 77 6th Frank Edington 23 19 Frank Kitchens 48 58 1924 77 73 3rd Albert Bernsen1925 42 108 8th Albert Bernsen Andy Woehr1926 76 80 5th Jim Galloway1927 56 97 8th Jim Galloway Claude Robertson1928 50 106 8th Claude Robertson1929 72 87 7th Claude Robertson1930 68 84 6th Del Baker1931 94 65 2nd Del Baker Lost playoff for 1st half title1932 100 51 1st Del Baker League Champs1933 73 79 5th Bob Coleman1934 81 69 3rd Dutch Lorbeer Lost in 1st round1935 90 69 2nd Dutch Lorbeer Lost League Finals1936 69 80 7th Dutch Lorbeer1937 82 77 5th Al Vincent1938 99 57 1st Al Vincent League Champs1939 58 103 8th Al Vincent1940 88 72 3rd Al Vincent Lost League Finals1941 58 94 7th Gordie Hinkle1942 89 58 1st Steve O Neill Lost League Finals1946 70 83 5th Jim Turner1947 60 94 7th t Goldie Holt1948 61 90 8th Chick Autry1949 55 97 8th Chick Autry1950 91 52 1st Rogers Hornsby Lost in 1st round1951 84 77 4th t Harry Craft Lost in 1st round1952 77 84 7th Harry Craft1953 65 89 8th Al Vincent1954 77 84 7th Les Fleming 36 42 Mickey Livingston 41 42 1955 51 110 8th Mickey Livingston1956 57 83 7th Ford Garrison1957 61 63 3rd Monty Basgall Team operated in Texas City TX from July 2 to July 7 1956 2 References EditJohnson Lloyd ed The Minor League Register Durham North Carolina Baseball America 1994 Johnson Lloyd and Wolff Miles ed The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 1997 edition Durham North Carolina Baseball America Beaumont Texas Encyclopedia Baseball Reference com The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball Lloyd Johnson amp Miles Wolff editors Third ed Baseball America 2007 ISBN 978 1932391176 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint others link External links EditWebCite query result Baseball Reference Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Beaumont Exporters amp oldid 1093516811, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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