The Jacksonville Jax were a minor league baseball team based at Ragsdale Park in Jacksonville, Texas

Jacksonville, Texas

Jacksonville is located in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,868 at the 2000 census. It is the principal city of the Jacksonville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Cherokee County and part of the larger Tyler-Jacksonville Combined Statistical...

, USA. They played in the West Dixie League from 1934-1935, the East Texas League

East Texas League

The East Texas League was a Texas-based league in minor league baseball that existed on-and-off from 1916 to 1950.-1916:In 1916, the first East Texas League began play. A Class-D league, it folded on July 19 of that season. The "league champions," by default, were the Palestine Athletics and Lufkin...

 from 1936-1940, and again in 1946, the Lone Star League

Lone Star League

The Lone Star League was the name of three American minor professional baseball leagues located in the state of Texas during the 20th century. The leagues operated from 1927–1929 , 1947–1948 and 1977 ....

 in 1947 and the Gulf Coast League

Gulf Coast League

The Gulf Coast League is a minor league baseball league which operates in Florida. It is a Rookie League, with a season running from mid-June to late August. The season is 60 games long and teams in the league are divided into three divisions, East, North and South...

 in 1950. In 1934, they were affiliated with the New York Giants

San Francisco Giants

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. They were affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

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 from 1935-1938, the Dallas Rebels in 1939 and the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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 in 1947.

League championships

Despite lasting a relatively short amount of time (ten seasons), the Jax were able to win multiple league championships. Their first came in their inaugural season, 1934, under the guidance of manager Wally Dashiell

Wally Dashiell

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. They won again in 1935 under Jimmy Sanders

Jimmy Sanders (baseball)

James Raburn Sanders was a successful minor league baseball player and manager. He was born in Penfield, Georgia, United States. In 1935, he was given the title of United States minor league baseball batting champion for the year of 1934...

 and Jackie Reid

Jackie Reid (baseball)

Hershel N. "Jackie" Reid was a long-time minor league baseball pitcher, winning nearly 300 games. He also served as a minor league manager for a few years.-Playing career:...

, and in 1937 they won under Tony Robello. They won their final championship in their final season, in 1950 under Charles Baron

Charles Baron (baseball)

Charles Emil Baron was a longtime minor league baseball player and manager who collected over 2,300 hits as a player and a league championship as a manager....

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