The Houston Buffaloes, Houston Buffalos, or Buffs were an American minor league baseball team, and were the first minor league team to be affiliated with a Major League franchise, which was the St. Louis Cardinals. The club was founded in 1888, and played in the Texas League at various levels throughout the majority of its existence. Most recently, from 1959 through 1961, the team played in the Triple-A American Association as the top affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. The Buffaloes derived their nickname from Buffalo Bayou, the principal waterway through Houston to the Houston Ship Channel, outlet to the Gulf of Mexico. The team's last home was Buffalo Stadium, built in 1928. Before that, they played at West End Park from 1905–1928, and at Herald Park prior to that.
The Houston Buffaloes were purchased by the Houston Sports Association in 1961 to obtain the Houston metropolitan-area territorial rights for the new expansion team in Major League baseball and the National League, Houston Colt .45s (known since 1965 as the Houston Astros named after their futuristic enclosed indoor domed stadium, the Astrodome - the first of its kind in America). Several of those associated with the Buffaloes continued with the Colt .45s major league team including manager Harry Craft. The Buffaloes organization then ended their relationship with the Cubs, and became a Triple-A affiliate of the Colt. 45s. For the following 1962 season, they were reorganized and later moved north to become the Oklahoma City 89ers, which are known today as the Oklahoma City Dodgers. The 1931 and 1941 Buffaloes teams were recognized as being among the 100 greatest minor league teams of all time.[1]
^"Top 100 Teams". MiLB.com. 2001. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
The HoustonBuffaloes, HoustonBuffalos, or Buffs were an American minor league baseball team, and were the first minor league team to be affiliated with...
rights from the HoustonBuffaloes in order to play in the Houston area, resulting in the HSA revisiting negotiations. Eventually, the Houston Sports Association...
Buffalo Stadium was a minor league stadium primarily used by the HoustonBuffaloes from 1928 through 1961 (except for 1943 to 1945 because of World War...
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sixth-round selections to Houston in exchange for a 2024 first- and seventh-round selections. Houston → Buffalo (PD). Houston traded Minnesota's second-round...
Houston (/ˈhjuːstən/ ; HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near...
Buffalo Bayou is a slow-moving body of water which flows through Houston in Harris County, Texas. Formed 18,000 years ago, it has its source in the prairie...
(1908–1909), the Class-A Louisville Colonels (1910) and the Class-B HoustonBuffaloes (1912–1916). During his minor league career, Allen compiled a .210...
Antonio were declared co-champions. b Dallas and Houston were declared co-champions. c Waco and Houston were declared co-champions. d Midland and Lafayette...
until 1961, Houston's professional baseball club was the minor league HoustonBuffaloes, but city residents chafed at the idea of Houston as just a minor...
Fort Smith Twins of the Western Association in 1923. He moved to the HoustonBuffaloes of the Texas League the next year, hitting .360 before being called...
spent most of the next two seasons with the HoustonBuffaloes of the Texas League. He played 161 games for Houston in 1931, hitting .305 with 19 home runs...
league HoustonBuffaloes beginning in 1950. When Houston was awarded a major league franchise, the Houston Colt .45s (later renamed the Houston Astros)...
after his brief MLB appearance. He split the 1937 season between the HoustonBuffaloes and Rochester Red Wings, hitting for a combined .229 batting average...
the midst of Murtaugh's second consecutive stellar season with the HoustonBuffaloes of the Texas League, the Phillies purchased his contract; he then...
retired from major league baseball in 1959. He was a player-manager for the Houston Buffs of the Texas League in 1960 and for Raleigh Capitals of the Carolina...
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