- Little Rock Travelers
The Little Rock Travelers were an American
minor league baseball team located inLittle Rock, Arkansas and members (1902-1910, 1915-58, 1960-61) of theSouthern Association , which as a Class A, A1 or AA circuit was typically two rungs belowMajor League Baseball . When farm systems came into being in the 1930s, the Travelers were at different times affiliated with theBoston Red Sox ,Detroit Tigers ,Kansas City Athletics , andBaltimore Orioles . After attracting less than 68,000 paying customers over a 77-game home schedule in 1958, the Travelers moved toShreveport, Louisiana in 1959, but they returned to the Southern Association in 1960 as the relocatedNew Orleans Pelicans franchise. But the Association was in its death throes, and the Travelers went down with the entire league after the 1961 season.In 1963, organized baseball returned to Little Rock with the
Arkansas Travelers of the AAAInternational League . In 1964-65, Arkansas played in the AAAPacific Coast League before settling in the AATexas League , where the Travelers have played since 1966. Currently, the Arkansas Travelers are the AA affiliate of theLos Angeles Angels .The team's name derives from the old folk song, "The Arkansas Traveler".
The team played at Travelers Field starting in 1932, a facility that would long outlast its original tenant. Previously the team had played at
Kavanaugh Field .
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