The Pueblo Bighorns were a
minor league baseball
Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is a professional baseball organization below Major League Baseball (MLB), constituted of teams affiliated with MLB clubs. It was founded on September 5, 1901, in response to the growing dominance of the National Le ...
team which played in
Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule municipality that is the county seat of and the List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous municipality in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The ...
. They were a member of the
Texas–Louisiana League
The Central Baseball League, formerly the Texas–Louisiana League, was an independent baseball league whose member teams were not affiliated with any Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises.
In 1991, potential owners, Dallas businessman Byron ...
, an expansion team owned and organized by the league's investors, and brought professional baseball back to Pueblo. They played the first half of their inaugural season, until financial difficulty, lack of corporate sponsorship and resulting poor fan attendance (due to the franchise's hasty organization) forced the Bighorns to disband.
Like all TLL clubs, they were unaffiliated with
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...
. The team played at
Rawlings Field on the campus of Colorado State University Pueblo.
Team Record
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Players
* Brian M. Ahern, RHP
* Robby Alexander, RHP
* Bobby Applegate, RHP
* Sam Arminio, RHP
* James P. Boynewicz, RHP
* Ramon A. Cedeño
* Raymond C. Cervantes
* Sean L. Collins
* Rob Darnell
* David C. Dawson, RHP
* Robert L. Dickerson
* David Escoto
* Benjamin P. Fleetham, RHP
* Fabio M. Gomez
* Eduardo Gonzalez
* Andre G. Johnson
* Jack E. Johnson
* Benji Kaber
* Robin Lindsey
* Dan E. Madsen
*
Robert Magallanes
*
Kelly J. Mann
* Sean Martinez, RHP
* David May, LHP
* Eric P. Mediavilla
* Daryl J. Moore, RHP
*
Robert D. Moore, RHP
* Brian P. Nelson, RHP
* Jamie Nelson
* Jorge Perez
* Jose A. Perozo
* Eric Rice, LHP
* Sammie Ridley, RHP
* Glenn M. Sullivan
* Shawn Tipton, RHP
* Wayne L. Wilkerson
* Kip E. Yaughn, RHP
References
External links
Baseball Reference
Defunct minor league baseball teams
Sports in Pueblo, Colorado
Defunct baseball teams in Colorado
Texas-Louisiana League teams
1995 establishments in Colorado
1995 disestablishments in Colorado
Defunct independent baseball league teams
Baseball teams established in 1995
Baseball teams disestablished in 1995