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|allyears = 1887, 1894–1895, 1897–1898, 1901–1909, |
|allyears = 1887, 1894–1895, 1897–1898, 1901–1909, 1915–1958; 1960–1961 |
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|city = Little Rock, Arkansas |
|city = Little Rock, Arkansas |
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Minor league affiliations | |
Previous classes | Class A1 (1936–1945)
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Major league affiliations | |
Previous teams | Kansas City Athletics (1957–1958)
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Minor league titles | |
League titles | 1903, 1920, 1937 |
Team data | |
Previous names | Little Rock (1898)
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Previous parks | Kavanaugh Field (1895, 1901–1909, 1915–1931) |
The Little Rock Travelers were an American minor league baseball team located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and members (1902–1910, 1915–1958, 1960–1961) of the Southern Association, which as a Class A, A1 or AA circuit was typically two rungs below Major League Baseball. When farm systems came into being in the 1930s, the Travelers were at different times affiliated with the Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, and Baltimore Orioles. After attracting fewer than 68,000 paying customers over a 77-game home schedule in 1958, the Travelers moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1959, but they returned to the Southern Association in 1960 as the relocated New Orleans Pelicans franchise. But the Association was in its death throes, and the Travelers went down with the entire league after the 1961 season.
In 1963, organized baseball returned to Little Rock with the Arkansas Travelers of the AAA International League. In 1964–65, Arkansas played in the AAA Pacific Coast League before settling in the AA Texas League, where the Travelers have played since 1966. Currently, the Arkansas Travelers are the AA affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels.
The team's name derives from the old folk song, The Arkansas Traveler.
The team played at Travelers Field starting in 1932, a facility that would long outlast its original tenant. Previously the team had played at Kavanaugh Field.
External links
- Defunct Southwestern League teams
- Defunct Southern Association teams
- Defunct Arkansas State League teams
- Baltimore Orioles minor league affiliates
- Boston Red Sox minor league affiliates
- Detroit Tigers minor league affiliates
- Kansas City Athletics minor league affiliates
- Boston Braves minor league affiliates
- Chicago White Sox minor league affiliates
- Professional baseball teams in Arkansas