The Pampa Oilers were a West Texas-New Mexico League

West Texas-New Mexico League

The West Texas-New Mexico League was a minor league baseball league that operated from 1937 through 1955. The league was not active in 1943-1945 because of World War II...

 (1940-1942, 1946-1955) and Southwestern League

Southwestern League

The Southwestern League was the name of three former minor league baseball leagues that operated in the Southwestern United States. The first league, also known as the Oklahoma State League, was in operation for the 1904 season. The second league operated from 1921 to 1926...

 (1956-1957) minor league baseball team based in Pampa, Texas

Pampa, Texas

Pampa is a city in Gray County, Texas, United States. The population was 17,887 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Gray County.Pampa is the principal city of the Pampa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Gray and Roberts counties....

, USA. They were affiliated with the Oklahoma City Indians

Oklahoma City Indians

The Oklahoma City Indians were an American minor league baseball franchise representing Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that played in the Texas League in 1909, 1933-42 and from 1946-57, and in the Western League from 1918-32...

 in 1953 and 1954.

They won league championships in 1946, 1954 and 1955, under managers Grover Seitz, Hersh Martin and Seitz, respectively.

Notable players and managers include Sammy Hale

Sammy Hale

Samuel Douglas Hale was a Major League Baseball third baseman for 10 seasons with the Detroit Tigers , Philadelphia Athletics , and St. Louis Browns . Hale had a lifetime batting average of .302 and won a World Series ring with the Athletics in 1929.Born in Glen Rose, Texas, Hale debuted with the...

, George Milstead

George Milstead

George Earl Milstead was a professional baseball pitcher. A left-hander, he played three seasons in Major League Baseball from 1924 to 1926 with the Chicago Cubs of the National League....

, Warren Hacker

Warren Hacker

Warren Louis Hacker was an American professional baseball player, a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs , Cincinnatiu Redlegs , Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox...

, John Bottarini

John Bottarini

John Charles Bottarini was a right-handed catcher for the Chicago Cubs during the 1937 season. He did not see much playing time as the Cubs were anchored behind the plate by future Hall of Famer Gabby Hartnett...

, Luis Suarez, Ted Pawelek

Ted Pawelek

Theodore John Pawelek was a former professional baseball player. He was a catcher for one season with the Chicago Cubs. For his career, he compiled a .250 batting average in 4 at-bats...

, Tommy Thompson

Tommy Thompson (outfielder)

Rupert Lockhart "Tommy" Thompson was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Braves , Chicago White Sox , and St. Louis Browns . He was born in Elkhart, Illinois and died in Auburn, California.-References:...

 and Lou Johnson

Lou Johnson

Louis Brown Johnson , nicknamed "Sweet Lou" and "Slick", is a former Major League Baseball outfielder...

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They were the only minor league team to ever come out of Pampa.