Waco Dons 1947

ID: 2364 ~ Source: Presswood, Mark. “Professional Baseball Had an Early Start in Small Towns.” The Minor League in Texas, Texas Almanac 2008-2009, texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/almanac-feature/Minor_League_in_Texas-TxAlm0809.pdf.
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Waco Dons 1947

The Waco Minor League team had used the name Dons before in the early 20th century, but this reincarnation of the Dons in 1947 lasted only one year before the Pittsburgh Pirates picked up the team and brought it into the franchise.

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By Anabel Burke
Waco and baseball went hand in glove for over five decades. The famous Katy Park (pinned on map below) was home to multiple minor league teams starting in 1899, one of the most famous being the Waco Pirates. The Pirates brought in two championship…