The Ranger Nitros were a West Texas League

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team based in

Ranger, Texas Ranger is a city in Eastland County, Texas, United States. Its population was 2,300 at the 2020 census. Ranger College, a community college, is the second-largest employer in the community. During the 1920s, Ranger, like nearby Cisco, Eastland ...

, United States that existed from 1920 to 1922. Major league baseball players Tom Lovelace and

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played for them (Galloway also managed them in 1920). In 1921, they were managed by Sled Allen.Sled Allen's page
/ref> They played their home games at Nitro Park. The Nitros were the only professional baseball team to ever come out of Ranger, Texas.

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Baseball teams established in 1920 Defunct minor league baseball teams Eastland County, Texas Defunct baseball teams in Texas Baseball teams disestablished in 1922 West Texas League teams {{Texas-baseball-team-stub