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Beaumont Exporters
Beaumont Exporters
1920–1957; (1920-1942, 1946-1957); Beaumont, Texas ;
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes	Class B (1920, 1956-1957); Class A (1921-1942,1946-1955);
Previous leagues	Big State League (1956-1957); Texas League (1920-1942,1946-1955);
Major league affiliations
Previous teams	Pittsburgh Pirates (1957); St. Louis Cardinals (1956); Milwaukee Braves (1955); Chicago Cubs (1954); New York Yankees (1946-1952); Detroit Tigers (1930-1942); Philadelphia Phillies (1925); Chicago White Sox (1924);
Minor league titles
League titles (2)	1932; 1938;
Team data
Previous names	Beaumount Pirates (1957); Beaumont Exporters (1953-1956); Beaumont Roughnecks (1950-1952); Beaumont Exporters (1920-1942,1946-1949);
Previous parks	Stuart Stadium (1930-1956); Magnolia Ballpark (1920-1929);

The Beaumont Exporters was the predominant name of a minor league baseball team located in Beaumont, Texas that played between 1920 and 1957 in the Texas League and the Big State League. Beaumont rejoined the Class AA Texas League (1983-1986) and evolved into today's Northwest Arkansas Naturals.

Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Hank Greenberg (1931-1932), Whitey Herzog (1952), Carl Hubbell (1928), and Hal Newhouser (1939) played for the Exporters and Rogers Hornsby was the Manager in 1950.

Baseball history in Beaumont

The city of Beaumont was first represented between 1903 and 1905 by the Beaumont Oil Gushers, later renamed the Beaumont Millionaires in the South Texas League. It was later represented in the Texas League from 1912 to 1917 and 1919 as the Beaumont Oilers. After the Exporters folded, the city was later represented again in the Texas league from 1983 to 1986 by the Beaumont Golden Gators and in 1994 by the Beaumont Bullfrogs of the Texas-Louisiana league.

The Exporters first formed in 1920 and played at Magnolia Ballpark through 1929 and at Stuart Stadium thereafter. The team was ranked near the bottom of the Texas League standings during the 1920s. However, when the Exporters became an affiliate of the Detroit Tigers in the 1930s, its fortunes changed.

The 1932 club, featuring future Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg, won 100 games and swept the Dallas Steers in the playoffs. Greenberg led the league with 39 home runs and 123 runs scored, while pitcher Schoolboy Rowe, who would star with Greenberg on the 1934–1935 Tiger pennant-winners, posted a league-best 2.34 earned run average. The Exporters won another championship in 1938, behind pitcher Dizzy Trout, the league's MVP. In 1942, the team won the regular-season pennant, but fell in seven games in the playoffs. Then the entire Texas League suspended operations during World War II.

After the war ended, the New York Yankees replaced Detroit as the Exporters' parent club in 1946. A series of last-place teams was followed in 1950 with a championship club managed by Rogers Hornsby — but it was known as the Beaumont Roughnecks that season.

The Exporters name was restored in 1953, but no more titles followed. As an affiliate of the Chicago Cubs (1954) and Milwaukee Braves (1955), it trailed the other seven Texas League teams in attendance. The Exporters then moved to Austin in 1956.

A revised club known as the Exporters then entered the Class B Big State League in 1956 as a St. Louis Cardinals' affiliate. It struggled on the field, finished last in the BSL in attendance, and briefly transferred to Texas City, Texas, playing as the Texas City Exporters, during July before returning to Beaumont. The following year, 1957, Beaumont remained in the Big State League as the Beaumont Pirates, a Pittsburgh Pirates' farm club. The league then folded as an organized baseball circuit at the end of the 1957.

Beaumont remained without a minor league club until 1983 when the Amarillo Gold Sox, the Class AA Texas League affiliate of the San Diego Padres, relocated to become the Beaumont Golden Gators. The Golden Gators played from 1983 to 1986 before the franchise moved to Wichita, Kansas and became the Wichita Pilots in 1987. The franchise relocated to Springdale, Arkansas in 2008 to become today's Northwest Arkansas Naturals.^[1]

Notable alumni

Baseball Hall of Fame alumni

Hank Greenberg (1931-1932) Inducted, 1956
Whitey Herzog (1952) Inducted, 2010
Rogers Hornsby (1950, MGR) Inducted, 1942
Carl Hubbell (1928) Inducted, 1947
Hal Newhouser (1939) Inducted, 1992

Notable alumni

Sandy Alomar Jr. (1986) 6x MLB All-Star; 1990 AL Rookie of the Year
Elden Auker (1933)
Bill Bailey (1906, 1919-1921)
Russ Bauers (1954)
Jim Brosnan (1954)
Bill Brubaker (1932)
Buzz Clarkson (1954)
Joe Collins (1946)
Clint Courtney (1947, 1950)
Mark Christman (1936-1937)
Joey Cora (1986) MLB All-Star
Harry Craft (1951-1952, MGR)
Roy Cullenbine (1936) 2x MLB All-Star
Jim Delahanty (1916)
Cedric Durst (1921)
Ted Easterly (1920)
Hoot Evers (1942) 2x MLB All-Star
Dana Fillingim (1925)
Pete Fox (1932) MLB All-Star
Johnny Gorsica (1939)
Sam Gray (1923)
Bob Grim (1951) MLB All-Star; 1954 AL Rookie of the Year
Ozzie Guillen (1983) 3x MLB All-Star; 1985 AL Rookie of the Year; MGR: 2005 World Series Champion - Chicago White Sox
Luke Hamlin (1932)
Dave Hillman (1954)
Ralph Houk (1946) MGR: 1961-1962 World Series Champion - NY Yankees
Tom Hughes (1926)
Bill James (1919)
Vern Kennedy (1954-1955) 2x MLB All-Star
John Kruk (1983) 3x MLB All-Star
Max Lanier (1954) 2x MLB All-Star
Freddy Leach (1925)
Mickey Livingston (1954-1955, MGR)
Johnny Lipon (1942)
Slim Love (1922)
Denny Lyons (1903)
Barney McCosky (1938)
John McCloskey (1919)
Gil McDougald (1950) 6x MLB All-Star; 1951 AL Rookie of the Year
Shane Mack (1985-1986)
Pat Malone (1924)
Jakie May (1921)
Heinie Meine (1921)
Earl Moseley (1919) MLB ERA Title
Pat Mullin (1937-1939) 2x MLB All-Star
Kid Nance (1912)
Al Newman (1984)
Skeeter Newsome (1933)
Al Nixon (1913-1916, 1919-1920)
Steve O'Neill (1942)
Stubby Overmire (1942)
Mark Parent (1983-1984)
Claude Passeau (1933) 5x MLB All-Star
Willie Ramsdell (1954)
Schoolboy Rowe (1932, 1938) 3x MLB All-Star
Benito Santiago (1985) 5x MLB All-Star; 1987 NL Rookie of the Year
Pete Schneider (1920)
Rip Sewell (1932) 4x MLB All-Star
Bob Smith (1921)
Hal Smith (1952)
Elmer Steele (1914)
Birdie Tebbetts (1936) 4x MLB All-Star
Bobby Tolan (MGR, 1984-1985)
Mike Tresh (1933) MLB All-Star
Gus Triandos (1951) 4x MLB All-Star
Bill Trotter (1947)
Dizzy Trout (1938) 2x MLB All-Star; AL ERA Title
Virgil Trucks (1940 2x MLB All-Star
Dick Wakefield (1942) MLB All-Star
George Watkins (1927)
Jo-Jo White (1931)
Dave Wickersham (1957)
Hal Wiltse (1923)
Whit Wyatt (1931) 4x MLB All-Star
Rudy York (1933) 7x MLB All-Star

Season-by-season

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1920	81-70	4th	Joe Mathes
1921	64-93	7th	Pat Newnam
1922	65-88	6th	Joe Mathes
1923	71-77	6th	Frank Edington (23-19) / Frank Kitchens (48-58)
1924	77-73	3rd	Albert Bernsen
1925	42-108	8th	Albert Bernsen / Andy Woehr
1926	76-80	5th	Jim Galloway
1927	56-97	8th	Jim Galloway / Claude Robertson
1928	50-106	8th	Claude Robertson
1929	72-87	7th	Claude Robertson
1930	68-84	6th	Del Baker
1931	94-65	2nd	Del Baker	Lost playoff for 1st half title
1932	100-51	1st	Del Baker	League Champs
1933	73-79	5th	Bob Coleman
1934	81-69	3rd	Dutch Lorbeer	Lost in 1st round
1935	90-69	2nd	Dutch Lorbeer	Lost League Finals
1936	69-80	7th	Dutch Lorbeer
1937	82-77	5th	Al Vincent
1938	99-57	1st	Al Vincent	League Champs
1939	58-103	8th	Al Vincent
1940	88-72	3rd	Al Vincent	Lost League Finals
1941	58-94	7th	Gordie Hinkle
1942	89-58	1st	Steve O'Neill	Lost League Finals

1946	70-83	5th	Jim Turner
1947	60-94	7th (t)	Goldie Holt
1948	61-90	8th	Chick Autry
1949	55-97	8th	Chick Autry
1950	91-52	1st	Rogers Hornsby	Lost in 1st round
1951	84-77	4th (t)	Harry Craft	Lost in 1st round
1952	77-84	7th	Harry Craft
1953	65-89	8th	Al Vincent
1954	77-84	7th	Les Fleming (36-42) / Mickey Livingston (41-42)
1955	51-110	8th	Mickey Livingston
1956*	57-83	7th	Ford Garrison
1957	61-63	3rd	Monty Basgall

* Team operated in Texas City, TX from July 2 to July 7, 1956 ^[2]

References

Johnson, Lloyd, ed., The Minor League Register. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1994.
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 1997 edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America.

^ "Beaumont, Texas Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ Lloyd Johnson; Miles Wolff, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.