Arkansas–Texas League

Arkansas–Texas League

Classification	Class D (1906)
Sport	Minor League Baseball
First season	1906
Ceased	1906
President	A. J. Kaiser (1906)
No. of teams	4
Country	United States of America
Most titles	1 Pine Bluff Barristers (1906)
Related competitions	Arkansas State League

The Arkansas–Texas League was a Minor League Baseball league which operated in three Arkansas and one Texas cities in 1906. The Class D level league had four teams in their lone season. A. J. Kaiser was the president of the league.

History

The Arkansas–Texas League began play in 1906 as a Class D level league with four teams. The Camden Ouachitas of Camden, Arkansas, Hot Springs Vapors of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Pine Bluff Barristers of Pine Bluff, Arkansas and Texarkana Shine-Oners of Texarkana, Texas were the charter members.[1]

On August 25, 1906, Texarkana folded. With three remaining teams, the league folded on August 26, 1906. The Pine Bluff Barristers were in 1st place when the league folded. With a 32-26 record, Pine Bluff was 2.5 games ahead on the 2nd place Camden Ouachitas. In a playoff, Pine Bluff defeated the Hot Springs Vapors 4 games to 1.[2][3]

Cities represented

• Camden Ouachitas (Camden, Arkansas)
• Hot Springs Vapors (Hot Springs, Arkansas)
• Pine Bluff Barristers (Pine Bluff, Arkansas)
• Texarkana Shine-Oners (Texarkana, Texas)

Standings

1906 Arkansas–Texas League schedule

Team standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Pine Bluff Barristers	32	26	.552	--	Sandy Reeves / Leroy Taylor / Lee Dawkins / James Drake
Camden Ouachitas	29	28	.509	2.5	Arthur Riggs / Cleve Turner
Texarkana Shine-Oners	29	30	.492	3.5	Robert Shelton
Hot Springs Vapors	25	32	.439	6.5	Wade Moore / Jack Love

Texarkana disbanded August 25.
The league disbanded August 26.
Playoff: Pine Bluff 4 games, Hot Springs 1.[2][3]

References

1. "1906 Arkansas-Texas League". Baseball-Reference.com.
2. Lloyd Johnson; Miles Wolff, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.
3. "1939 Panama City Pelicans Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.

External links

• Baseball-Reference (Minors)