The Sooner State League was a minor league baseball

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 league that operated from 1947

1947 in sports

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 through 1957

1957 in sports

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. The league owners kept it alive in 1958, anticipating a return to play in 1959. However, when only Ardmore and Paris, Texas, were able to secure working agreements, the League folded on February 12, 1959. It was the last Class D league west of the Mississippi River. The league was based primarily in Oklahoma

Oklahoma

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Former

The following teams were members of the Sooner State League (in alphabetical order):

• Ada Cementers – August 3, 1954-season end. Moved to Paris, Texas
  Paris, Texas
  Paris, Texas is a city located northeast of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex in Lamar County, Texas, in the United States. It is situated in Northeast Texas at the western edge of the Piney Woods. Physiographically, these regions are part of the West Gulf Coastal Plain. In 1900, 9,358 people lived...
  
   (the Frogs).
• Ada Herefords – 1947 – July 31, 1954.
• Ardmore Cardinals – 1953–57.
• Ardmore Indians – 1947–51 moved to Sherman 1952. Seminole moved to Ardmore 1952.
• Bartlesville Blues 1950s?
• Chickasha Chiefs – 1948–52 moved to Gainesville, Texas 1953.
• Coffeyville, Kansas
  Coffeyville, Kansas
  Coffeyville is a city situated along the Verdigris River in the southeastern part of Montgomery County, located in Southeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,295...
  
   White Sox 1950s?
• Duncan Cementers – 1947–48.
• Duncan Uttmen – 1949–50 moved to Shawnee August 18, 1950.
• Enid Red Sox 1950s?
• Gainesville Owls
  Gainesville Owls
  The Gainesville Owls were a Big State League and Sooner State League baseball team based in Gainesville, Texas, USA. They were affiliated with the Chicago Cubs from 1953 to 1955....
  
   – 1953–55 moved to Ponca City May 18, 1955.
• Greenville Majors – 1957.
• Joplin, Missouri
  Joplin, Missouri
  Joplin is a city in southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of the US state of Missouri. Joplin is the largest city in Jasper County, though it is not the county seat. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 50,150...
  
   Jokers 1950s?
• Lawton Braves – 1954–57.
• Lawton Giants – 1947–51.
• Lawton Reds – 1952–53.
• McAlester Rockets – 1947–56 moved to Greenville, Texas 1957.
• Munseeville Moonshiners and Wilson, Oklahoma
  Wilson, Oklahoma
  Wilson is a Town in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,584 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Ardmore, Oklahoma Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Wilson is located at ....
  
   Cowboys 1950s?.
• Muskogee Giants – 1955–57 (formerly of the Western Association
  Western Association
  The Western Association was the name of five different leagues in American minor league baseball during the 19th and 20th centuries.The oldest league, originally established as the Northwestern League in 1883, was refounded as the Western Association on October 28, 1887...
  
  , 1954–55).
• Paris Orioles – 1955–57.
• Pauls Valley Raiders – 1948–54 moved to Muskogee 1955.
• Ponca City Cubs – 1955–57.
• McDuff's Seminole Ironmen – August 2, 1950–51 moved to Ardmore 1952.
• Seminole Oilers – 1947–49; 1954–57.
• Shawnee Hawks
  Shawnee Hawks
  The Shawnee Hawks were a minor league baseball team that played in the Sooner State League. The team began as an unaffiliated team based in Duncan, Oklahoma in 1947. The original team was named the Duncan Cementers....
  
   – August 18, 1950–57.
• Sherman Twins – 1952.
• Sherman-Denison Twins – 1953 moved to Seminole 1954 as Tri-City Oilers.
• Vinita, Oklahoma
  Vinita, Oklahoma
  Vinita is a city in south-central Craig County, Oklahoma. As of 2009, the population estimate was 6,057. It is the county seat of Craig County.-Geography:...
  
   Suns and Miami, Oklahoma
  Miami, Oklahoma
  Miami is a city in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. As of 2009, the population estimate was 12,910. It is the county seat of Ottawa County. The city is named after the Miami tribe...
  
   Moondoggies 1950s?.

Notable executives

• 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