The Marshall Indians were a minor league baseball team based in
Marshall, Texas
Marshall is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Harrison County and a cultural and educational center of the Ark-La-Tex region. At the 2020 U.S. census, the population of Marshall was 23,392; The population of the Greater ...
, United States that played from 1923 to 1927 in the
East Texas League
The East Texas League was a Texas–based minor league baseball league that existed between 1916 to 1950. The East Texas League played as a Class D level league in 1916 and from 1923 to 1926. The league became a Class C level league from 193 ...
(1923–1926) and
Lone Star League
The Lone Star League was the name of three American minor professional baseball leagues located in the state of Texas during the 20th century. The leagues operated from 1927–1929 (as a Class D circuit), 1947–1948 (Class C) and 1977 (Class A) ...
(1927). Notable players include
Homer Peel
Homer Hefner Peel (October 10, 1902 – April 8, 1997) was an American professional baseball player and manager during the first half of the 20th century. His career lasted for a quarter century (1923–42; 1946–50), including 21 years as an o ...
,
George Watkins and
Elon Hogsett
Elon Chester "Chief" Hogsett (November 2, 1903 – July 17, 2001) was a professional baseball pitcher who threw with a left-handed submarine motion. He played in Major League Baseball from 1929 to 1938 plus a final season in 1944, appearing in ...
.
Marshall, Texas BR page
/ref> The team finished with a winning record only once over the course of its existence, and it never finished above third place in the league.
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Baseball teams established in 1923
Defunct minor league baseball teams
Marshall, Texas
Defunct baseball teams in Texas
Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1927
1923 establishments in Texas
1927 disestablishments in Texas
Baseball teams disestablished in 1927
East Texas League teams
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