The Tomcats brought baseball back to the city a year later as a fresh
from 1935 through 1938
They played the 1923 season in the East Texas League
Professional baseball came back to the city in pieces: the Hannibal Pilots (1947-48)
This combination helps designs come out looking fresh and beautiful
Austin Pioneers Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Texas Glassware The Tomcats brought baseball backThe 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