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Shawnee (96-44)
They played in the Appalachian League from 1937–42 and the Mountain States League from 1948–50
with ballgrounds sitting near the waterfront where coastal winds off Monterey Bay played havoc with fly balls
though neither of those seasons produced a championship
Austin Pioneers T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Texas Mobile Baysharks Shawnee (96-44)The 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