On April 5, 1888 the Texas League marked its first opening day as a fully professional baseball league. The six clubs in line on opening day were the Austin Senators, Dallas Hams, Fort Worth Panthers, Galveston Giants, Houston Red Stockings and the San Antonio Missionaries. The first break in the league came on June 8 when the Missionaries folded. Over the course of the next three months the Red Stockings, the panthers and the Giants all folded. The Senators moved to San Antonio and New Orleans Club moved over from the Southern League, after that league folded. On September 2, the league finally gave up the ghost and folded.
The league had similar seasons in both 1889 and 1890, before taking the 1891 season off. The league would take 4 more seasons off, playing off and on before the 1902 season. With the 1902 season the league got on firm footing losing only 3 seasons due to World War II before today. On Thursday the league will open yet another season. Today the eight clubs in the league are the Arkansas (Little Rock) Travelers, Corpus Christi Hooks, Frisco RoughRiders, Midland RockHounds, Northwest Arkansas (Springdale) Naturals, San Antonio Missions, Springfield (Missouri) Cardinals and the Tulsa Drillers. The league has since the very begining had 205 games where a pitcher threw a no-hitter. This is a record for most no-hitters in one league. The first league no-hitter was pitched on June 24, 1889 by Jesse Derrick of Waco, a 3-0 gem over Austin.
The answer to yesterdays trivia question is the nickname of the Oakland Club of the 1967 National Professional Soccer League was the Clippers. Todays trivia question is How many no-hitters were pitched in professional baseball during the 1910 season? The answer in tomorrows daily blog about some high scoring baseball games.
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