Classification | Class D (1916, 1923–1926) Class C (1936–1940, 1946, 1949–1950) |
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Sport | Minor League Baseball |
First season | 1916 |
Ceased | 1950 |
Replaced by | Lone Star League |
President | Lawrence Jordan (1916) Ike Hockwald (1923) T. Lamar Denman (1924) H.E. Crosby (1925) T.H. Fisher (1926) Harry Wanderling (1931) J. Walter Morris (1936–1937) C.P. Mosley (1938–1940) J. Walter Morris (1946, 1949–1950) |
No. of teams | 10 |
Country | United States of America |
Most titles | 3 Tyler Trojans (1924, 1936,–1937) Henderson Oilers (1931, 1939, 1946) |
Related competitions | Big State League |
The East Texas League was a Texas–based minor league baseball league that existed between 1916 and 1950. The East Texas League played as a Class D level league in 1916 and from 1923 to 1926. The league became a Class C level league from 1936 to 1940, 1946 and 1949 to 1950. The Tyler Trojans and Henderson Oilers each won three league championships.