Sport | Baseball |
---|---|
Founded | 2016 |
Ceased | 2019 |
No. of teams | 4 |
Country | USA |
The Southwest League of Professional Baseball was a planned independent professional baseball league. [1] The first two announced teams were the Waco BlueCats and the Royse City Griffins followed by the Joplin Miners. [2] In July 2018, it was announced that the Southwest League planned to play a 112-game schedule in 2019. [1] However, the 2019 season was canceled.
As late as July 2018 the league continued to say it would begin operations with six teams, but only four teams were ever announced. [3] The Joplin franchise defaulted on their lease with Joplin, Missouri for non-payment in January 2019. [4] The league's contract with Joplin called for a schedule of play and disclosure of the leagues' two other teams by October 15, 2018. The league said in January 2019 that this had been done privately pending final details. [5]
Team | First Season | City/Area | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|---|
Joplin Miners | 2019 | Joplin, Missouri | Joe Becker Stadium | 4,200 |
Royse City Griffins | 2019 | Royse City, Texas | Royse City Ballpark | |
Waco BlueCats | 2019 | Bellmead, Texas | Bellmead Ballpark | |
Dallas | 2019 | Dallas, Texas | Reverchon Park |
Sport | Baseball |
---|---|
Founded | 2016 |
Ceased | 2019 |
No. of teams | 4 |
Country | USA |
The Southwest League of Professional Baseball was a planned independent professional baseball league. [1] The first two announced teams were the Waco BlueCats and the Royse City Griffins followed by the Joplin Miners. [2] In July 2018, it was announced that the Southwest League planned to play a 112-game schedule in 2019. [1] However, the 2019 season was canceled.
As late as July 2018 the league continued to say it would begin operations with six teams, but only four teams were ever announced. [3] The Joplin franchise defaulted on their lease with Joplin, Missouri for non-payment in January 2019. [4] The league's contract with Joplin called for a schedule of play and disclosure of the leagues' two other teams by October 15, 2018. The league said in January 2019 that this had been done privately pending final details. [5]
Team | First Season | City/Area | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|---|
Joplin Miners | 2019 | Joplin, Missouri | Joe Becker Stadium | 4,200 |
Royse City Griffins | 2019 | Royse City, Texas | Royse City Ballpark | |
Waco BlueCats | 2019 | Bellmead, Texas | Bellmead Ballpark | |
Dallas | 2019 | Dallas, Texas | Reverchon Park |