Evangeline Baseball League

Evangeline Baseball League
Sport Minor League Baseball
Inaugural season 1934
Ceased 1957
No. of teams 17
Country United States
Classification D, C

The Evangeline Baseball League began in 1934 as a six-team Class-D minor league chiefly in Louisiana, United States. The following season, the league was expanded to eight teams and ceased operations in 1942, with six teams, during World War II. It resumed activities in 1946, getting promoted to Class-C in 1949, and lasted through 1957. The Alexandria Aces were the only team that played in all 21 regular seasons.[1]

List of teams (in alphabetical order)

  • Abbeville Athletics (1935–39, 1946–50, 1952)
  • Alexandria Aces (1934–42, 1946–57)
  • Baton Rouge Rebels (1956–57)
  • Baton Rouge Red Sticks (1946–55)
  • Crowley Millers (1951–57)
  • Hammond Berries (1946–51)
  • Houma Buccaneers/Natchez Pilgrims (1940)
  • Houma Indians (1946–52)
  • Jeanerette Blues (1935–39)
  • Lafayette Bulls (1948–53)
  • Lafayette Oilers (1954–57)
  • Lafayette White Sox (1934–42)
  • Lake Charles Skippers (1935–42)
  • Lake Charles Explorers (1934)
  • Lake Charles Giants (1956–57)
  • Lake Charles Lakers (1954–55)

Etymology

References

  1. ↑ "Evangeline League". Retrieved 2015-03-11.

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