The franchise folded after winning that 1951 championship
based in Thomasville
playing at their new Bomber Field in sharp white uniforms with blue and red accents
following earlier short-lived teams like the Danville Browns (1888–1889) and Danville Champions (1900)
the very franchise that had left Santa Barbara for Nevada as the Channel Cities Oilers back in June 1955
Austin Pioneers T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Texas Color:Brown The franchise folded after winningThe 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