Shreveport Pirates (baseball)

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The Shreveport Pirates were a minor league baseball team based from Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. The team played from 1904 to 1910, first in the Southern Association from 1904 to 1907, and in the Texas League from 1908 to 1910.

Major League Players such as Tom Fisher, Bill Grahame and Stub Smith have played for the team. Fisher has also managed the team during his time on the Pirates. [1]

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References

  1. "1905 Shreveport Pirates" . Retrieved December 11, 2014.