The Jackson Senators was the name of at least two minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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 teams that played in Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...

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First team

The first known Jackson Senators club competed in the Cotton States League

Cotton States League

The Cotton States League name was used five different times in baseball history. The first Cotton States League ran from 1902 through 1908 as a class D league. After the league shut down, another Cotton States League was reformulated in 1910, with three of the six '08 members returning for the new...

 before 1953. This was a class C minor-league club, and was the last team to represent the city of Jackson before the arrival of the class AA Jackson Mets

Jackson Mets

The Jackson Mets were a professional baseball team based in Jackson, Mississippi, from 1975 through 1990. As of 2010, they are the longest-tenured club to be based in the Jackson metropolitan area...

 for the 1975 season.

Second Team

The second Jackson Senators team was a member of the independent Central Baseball League

Central Baseball League

The Central Baseball League, formerly the Texas-Louisiana League, was a minor league whose member teams were independent of any Major League Baseball affiliations.In 1991, potential owners, Dallas businessman Byron Pierce and U. S...

 from 2002

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 to 2005

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, a league that was not affiliated with Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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. The Senators won the CBL title in 2003. After the CBL disbanded, Jackson was left without a league for the 2006

2006 in baseball

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 season.

On January 24, 2006 officials with the team's ownership group, Mississippi Baseball Club LLC, announced that they would not be operating a professional independent team in Jackson for the 2006 season.

The team played at Smith-Wills Stadium.

Notable players

• Jack Mealey
  Jack Mealey
  Maurice F. "Jack" Mealey was a long-time minor league baseball catcher, who also managed in the minor leagues and served as president of the Sooner State League for five years.-Playing career:...
  
  (born 1899) -- minor league baseball catcher, who also managed in the minor leagues and served as president of the Sooner State League