Thomasville had hosted a separate GFL franchise since the league's founding in 1935
where it became the Austin Senators and later the Braves
The Twins went 21-22 and finished in fifth
and Jim Kaat
after the Wichita Oilers were evicted from their home park in Kansas and relocated mid-season to Muskogee
Austin Pioneers Crewneck Sweatshirt - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Texas Size:L Thomasville had hosted a separateThe Austin Pioneers, based in Austin, Texas, were one of eight founding franchises of the Big State League in 1947, and their name came from a fan. Owner Edmund P. Knebel, a Seven Up bottling magnate, held a naming contest drawing nearly five hundred submissions, with fans voting "Pioneers" the winner. Knebel spent $200,000 of his own money in nine weeks to build Disch Field on a city owned tract, and the Pioneers opened on April 27, 1947, defeating