The Sweetwater Swatters were a West Texas League (1920-1922) and

Longhorn League The Longhorn League was the name of a Minor league baseball circuit that operated from through in the Southwestern United States. In , it was renamed the Southwestern League and operated through before changing its name to the Sophomore Leagu ...

(1949-1951)

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team based in

Sweetwater, Texas Sweetwater is a municipality in and the seat of Nolan County, Texas, United States. It is 123 miles southeast of Lubbock and 40 miles west of Abilene. Its population was 10,622 at the 2020 census. History The town's name "Sweetwater" is the ...

, United States. They began as the Gorman Buddies in 1920, however they moved to Sweetwater partway through the season.BR Minors
/ref> Multiple major league baseball players spent time either player for or managing the team, including

Guy Sturdy Guy R. Sturdy (August 7, 1899 – May 4, 1965) was a professional baseball player. He was a first baseman over parts of two seasons (1927–1928) with the St. Louis Browns. For his career, he compiled a .288 batting average and one home run in ...

, Dick Gyselman, John Bottarini,

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, Pop-Boy Smith and Joe Bratcher.

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