The franchise arrived when former big league third baseman Ken McMullen led a group
The San Francisco Mission Reds played in the Pacific Coast League from 1926 through 1937
The franchise had a longer presence in the league under other names: the Cordele Reds ran from 1936 through 1938 and again from 1941 through 1942
captured the spirit of that era as well as any team that ever played in it
the franchise relocated to Lincoln
Austin Pioneers T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Texas 15 oz The franchise arrived when formerThe 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