Pecos League
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The Pecos League is an independent professional baseball league Headquartered in Houston, Tx. which operates in cities in desert mountain regions throughout New Mexico, Southern Colorado and West Texas. Pecos Teams play in cities that do not have Major or Minor League Baseball teams and is not affiliated with either. The Pecos League is where the Land of Enchantment meets the Lone Star State. The league's high power offenses are fueled by high altitudes and smaller ballparks. Our players are Northern Stars, Southern Stars, rising stars, falling stars, shooting stars and athletes with stars in their eyes. Our communities take tremendous pride in their teams. The Pecos League has promoted 43 players to higher independent and affiliated teams in the summer of 2011 and off season of 2011-2012. The Pecos League will operate 6 teams in the 2011 and 2012 season. The Pecos League plans to operate 8 teams in 2013 and 2014 with possibly of adding Durango Colorado, Pecos Texas and Pueblo West Colorado.
Confirmed Teams
Team | Founded | Inaugural Season | Location | Manager | Homefield |
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Alpine Cowboys Alpine Cowboys The Alpine Cowboys are a professional baseball team based in Alpine, Texas, in the Big Bend region of West Texas. The Cowboys are a franchise of the Pecos League, which is not affiliated with Major or Minor League Baseball... |
2009 | 2009 | Alpine, Texas Alpine, Texas Alpine is a city in and the county seat of Brewster County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,786 people at the 2000 census, and had increased to 5,905 by 2010.-History:... |
Ryan Stevens | Kokernot Field Kokernot Field Kokernot Field is a baseball stadium located in Alpine, Texas. The field has been called "the Yankee Stadium of Texas" by Texas Monthly magazine. An estimated 6,000 attended a 1951 exhibition featuring Satchel Paige's St. Louis Browns versus the Chicago White Sox... |
Santa Fe Fuego | 2012 | 2012 | Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census... |
Bill Moore | Fort Marcy Park |
Las Cruces Vaqueros Las Cruces Vaqueros The Las Cruces Vaqueros are a professional baseball team based in Las Cruces, New Mexico that began play in 2010. The Vaqueros are a franchise of the Pecos League, an independent baseball league which is not affiliated with Major or Minor League Baseball... |
2010 | 2010 | Las Cruces, New Mexico Las Cruces, New Mexico Las Cruces, also known as "The City of the Crosses", is the county seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 97,618 in 2010 according to the 2010 Census, making it the second largest city in the state.... |
Casey Dill | Apodoca Park |
Roswell Invaders Roswell Invaders The Roswell Invaders are a professional baseball team based in Roswell, New Mexico. The Invaders are a franchise of the Pecos League, which is not affiliated with Major or Minor League Baseball.-Year-by-year record: Season Finish W-L Win%... |
2011 | 2011 | Roswell, New Mexico Roswell, New Mexico Roswell is a city in and the county seat of Chaves County in the southeastern quarter of the state of New Mexico, United States. The population was 48,366 at the 2010 census. It is a center for irrigation farming, dairying, ranching, manufacturing, distribution, and petroleum production. It is also... |
Simon Walters | Joe Baumann Stadium |
Trinidad Triggers | 2012 | 2012 | Trinidad, Colorado Trinidad, Colorado The historic City of Trinidad is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Las Animas County, Colorado, United States... |
Justin Lowery | Central Park |
White Sands Pupfish White Sands pupfish The White Sands pupfish is a species of fish in the Cyprinodontidae family. It is endemic to the Tularosa Basin in southern New Mexico, in the Western United States. They are only found in two springs and two small streams in southwestNew Mexico. They are found nowhere else in the world.The White... |
2011 | 2011 | Alamogordo, New Mexico Alamogordo, New Mexico Alamogordo is the county seat of Otero County and a city in south-central New Mexico, United States. A desert community lying in the Tularosa Basin, it is bordered on the east by the Sacramento Mountains. It is the nearest city to Holloman Air Force Base. The population was 35,582 as of the 2000... |
Chris Paterson | Griggs Park |
External links and Sources
- Pecos League Official Website
- Independent Baseball.Net Page
- Pecos League Update
- Albuquerque Journal on addition of Alamogordo to PL
- Clovis added to PL
- CBL folding, giving way to Pecos League