Southwest League of Professional Baseball

Southwest League of Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
Founded2016
Ceased2019
No. of teams4
CountryUSA

The Southwest League of Professional Baseball was a planned independent professional baseball league.[1] The first two announced teams were the Waco BlueCats and the Royse City Griffins followed by the Joplin Miners.[2] In July 2018, it was announced that the Southwest League planned to play a 112-game schedule in 2019.[1] However, the 2019 season was canceled.

Announced franchises

As late as July 2018 the league continued to say it would begin operations with six teams, but only four teams were ever announced.[3] The Joplin franchise defaulted on their lease with Joplin, Missouri for non-payment in January 2019.[4] The league's contract with Joplin called for a schedule of play and disclosure of the leagues' two other teams by October 15, 2018. The league said in January 2019 that this had been done privately pending final details.[5]

Announced teams for 2019[2]
Team First Season City/Area Stadium Capacity
Joplin Miners 2019 Joplin, Missouri Joe Becker Stadium 4,200
Royse City Griffins 2019 Royse City, Texas Royse City Ballpark
Waco BlueCats 2019 Bellmead, Texas Bellmead Ballpark
Dallas 2019 Dallas, Texas Reverchon Park
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Planned team locations

References

  1. ^ a b "About". Southwest League of Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on October 17, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Teams". Southwest League Of Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on October 17, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  3. ^ Hanna, Bill; Kennedy, Bud (July 18, 2018). "LaGrave Field just got a new lease on life. Will the Fort Worth Cats play again?". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. ^ Woodin, Debby (January 25, 2019). "Baseball team's organizer defaults on lease". The Joplin Globe. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  5. ^ Woodin, Debby (January 17, 2019). "Baseball league misses payment date". The Joplin Globe. Retrieved January 23, 2019.


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