The Bryan Bombers were a Class-C

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team based in

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that played in the Lone Star League (1947–1948) and

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(1949). Major league players

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Stan Goletz Stanley Goletz (May 21, 1918 – June 7, 1997) was an American professional baseball pinch hitter in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "Stash", he played for the Chicago White Sox in 1941.

, Jesse Landrum and

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played for the team. Goletz and Landrum also managed it. In 1953, the Greenville Majors of the Class B

Big State League The Big State League was a mid-level, Class B (baseball), Class B level circuit in American minor league baseball that played for 11 seasons, from 1947 through 1957. Its member clubs were exclusively based in Texas. The Corpus Christi Clippers (19 ...

, moved to Bryan on June 25, 1953 and finished the 1953 season playing as the Bryan Majors. Renamed the Bryan Indians in 1954, Bryan moved to

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on July 28, 1954 and finished the 1954 season as the Del Rio Indians. The team was 17-24 at the time of the move. They finished 53-93. The franchise folded after the season. The Bombers played their home games at Travis Field.

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