The Central Baseball League, formerly the Texas-Louisiana League, was a minor league

 whose member teams were independent of any Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 affiliations.

In 1991, potential owners, Dallas businessman Byron Pierce and U. S. Congressman John Bryant

, became frustrated that the Texas League

Texas League

The Texas League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the South Central United States. It is classified a Double-A league. The league was founded in 1888 and ran through 1892...

 had no plans to expand into other Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 locations, and formed The Texas-Louisiana League. The league began play in 1994. After further expansion into Missouri

Missouri

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 and Mississippi

Mississippi

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, the Texas-Louisiana League changed its name to the Central Baseball League. In 12 seasons, the league produced 10 different champions; Alexandria and Edinburg were the only teams to win a title twice.

After the 2005 season, the eight-team Central Baseball League disbanded. Five teams joined the American Association: Pensacola

, Shreveport, Fort Worth

Fort Worth Cats

The Fort Worth Cats are a professional baseball team based in Fort Worth, Texas, in the United States. The Cats are a member of the South Division of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. Since the 2002 season the Cats...

, Coastal Bend

Coastal Bend Aviators

The Coastal Bend Aviators were a minor league baseball team which played in Robstown, Texas, in the United States from 2003 to 2007. They were a member of the Central Baseball League, then the American Association and were not affiliated with any Major League Baseball team.The team played at...

 and El Paso

El Paso Diablos

The El Paso Diablos are a professional baseball team based in El Paso, Texas, in the United States. The Diablos are a member of the South Division of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. Since the 2005 season to the...

; and one joined the United League

United League Baseball

United League Baseball was an independent baseball league that operated in Texas. It later merged with the Northern League and the Golden Baseball League to form the North American League.- History :...

, San Angelo

San Angelo Colts

The San Angelo Colts are a professional baseball team based in San Angelo, Texas, in the United States. The Colts are a member of North American League, an independent professional league which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball...

. Edinburg

Edinburg Coyotes

The Edinburg Roadrunners are a professional baseball team based in Edinburg, Texas, in the United States. The Roadrunners are a member of the Eastern Division in the North American League, an independent professional league which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball or Minor League...

 also received a franchise in the United League

United League Baseball

United League Baseball was an independent baseball league that operated in Texas. It later merged with the Northern League and the Golden Baseball League to form the North American League.- History :...

, unrelated to the now-defunct Roadrunners of the Central League.

Teams

The following teams were, at one time, either a member of the Central Baseball League or the Texas-Louisiana League.

• Abilene Prairie Dogs
  Abilene Prairie Dogs
  The Abilene Prairie Dogs were a minor-league baseball team in the former Texas-Louisiana League. Beginning in 1995, the Prairie Dogs, , began play at Abilene Christian University's Crutcher Scott Field...
  
  
• Alexandria Aces
  Alexandria Aces
  This article is about the Alexandria Aces of the Texas Collegiate League, who are based in Alexandria, LA. For the Alexandria Aces of the Cal Ripken, Sr. Collegiate Baseball League, see Alexandria Aces ...
  
  
• Amarillo Dillas
  Amarillo Dillas
  The Amarillo Dillas were a professional baseball team based in Amarillo, Texas, in the United States. The Dillas were a member of United League Baseball, an independent professional league which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball...
  
  
• Beaumont Bullfrogs (also Bayou Bullfrogs, Lafayette Bullfrogs)
• Coastal Bend Aviators
  Coastal Bend Aviators
  The Coastal Bend Aviators were a minor league baseball team which played in Robstown, Texas, in the United States from 2003 to 2007. They were a member of the Central Baseball League, then the American Association and were not affiliated with any Major League Baseball team.The team played at...
  
  
• Corpus Christi Barracudas
• Edinburg Roadrunners
• El Paso Diablos
  El Paso Diablos
  The El Paso Diablos are a professional baseball team based in El Paso, Texas, in the United States. The Diablos are a member of the South Division of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. Since the 2005 season to the...
  
  
• Fort Worth Cats
  Fort Worth Cats
  The Fort Worth Cats are a professional baseball team based in Fort Worth, Texas, in the United States. The Cats are a member of the South Division of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. Since the 2002 season the Cats...
  
  
• Greenville Bluesmen
  Greenville Bluesmen
  The Greenville Bluesmen were a minor league baseball team that played in Greenville, Mississippi. The team was a member of the independent Big South League from 1996-1997 and the independent Texas-Louisiana League from 1998-2001...
  
  
• Jackson Senators
  Jackson Senators
  The Jackson Senators was the name of at least two minor league baseball teams that played in Jackson, Mississippi.-First team:The first known Jackson Senators club competed in the Cotton States League before 1953...
  
   (also Jackson DiamondKats
  Jackson DiamondKats
  The Jackson DiamondKats played one year in the independent Texas-Louisiana League, struggling to a last place finish in 2000 and finishing 6th of 8 teams in attendance . Managed by Steve Dillard, they had no All-Stars. Ryan Creek was third in the league in ERA...
  
  )
• Kansas Kingfishers (also Arkansas City/Ponca City Duet)
• Lafayette Bullfrogs (also Beaumont Bullfrogs and Bayou Bullfrogs)
• Laredo Apaches
  Laredo Apaches
  The Laredo Apaches were a Texas-Louisiana League baseball team that played in the Veterans Field in Laredo, Texas during the 1995 season. They were transferred from the San Antonio Tejanos. During 1949-1950 the Laredo Apaches were a Rio Grande Valley League baseball team that ranked second in the...
  
  
• Lubbock Crickets
  Lubbock Crickets
  The Lubbock Crickets were a minor league baseball team that played in Lubbock, Texas from 1995 to 1998. The team was named after Buddy Holly's band, The Crickets. The Crickets played their home games at Dan Law Field on the campus of Texas Tech University...
  
  
• Mobile BaySharks
• Pensacola Pelicans
  Pensacola Pelicans
  The Pensacola Pelicans were a minor league baseball team based in Pensacola, Florida. In various incarnations, they played in three different independent baseball leagues from 2002–2010...
  
  
• Pueblo Bighorns
  Pueblo Bighorns
  The Pueblo Bighorns were a minor league baseball team which played in Pueblo, Colorado. They were a member of the Texas-Louisiana League, an expansion team owned and organized by the league's investors, and brought professional baseball back to Pueblo...
  
  
• Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings
• San Antonio Tejanos
  San Antonio Tejanos
  The San Antonio Tejanos are a now-defunct baseball team which belonged to the Texas-Louisiana Baseball League, which later became the Central League. The team lasted for one year, and in 1995 moved to Laredo, Texas, becoming the Laredo Apaches....
  
   (also Victoria Tejano)
• San Angelo Colts
  San Angelo Colts
  The San Angelo Colts are a professional baseball team based in San Angelo, Texas, in the United States. The Colts are a member of North American League, an independent professional league which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball...
  
  
• Shreveport Sports
• Springfield/Ozark Mountain Ducks
• Tyler Wildcatters
  Tyler Wildcatters
  The Tyler WildCatters were a minor league baseball team located in Tyler, Texas. The team, which existed from 1994 to 1997, played in the independent Texas-Louisiana League, and was un-affiliated with any major league baseball team...
  
  
• West Texas Big Fish (also the Big Lake, Texas
  Big Lake, Texas
  Big Lake is a small rural city in Reagan County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 2,885. It is the county seat of Reagan County....
  
  Baseball Club)

Texas-Louisiana League champions

• 1994 Corpus Christi
• 1995 Lubbock
• 1996 Abilene
• 1997 Alexandria
• 1998 Alexandria
• 1999 Amarillo
• 2000 Rio Grande Valley
• 2001 Edinburg

Central Baseball League champions

• 2002 San Angelo
• 2003 Jackson
• 2004 Edinburg
• 2005 Fort Worth