The Abilene Blue Sox were a minor league baseball team that operated in the West Texas-New Mexico League

West Texas-New Mexico League

The West Texas-New Mexico League was a minor league baseball league that operated from 1937 through 1955. The league was not active in 1943-1945 because of World War II...

 from 1946-1955 and the Big State League from 1956-1957. The Abilene Blue Sox are considered to be in the top 100 Minor League Baseball teams of all-time. They were an affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers (46-48) and the Kansas City Athletics

Oakland Athletics

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(1956-57). The nickname came from the blue trim hose used by their Brooklyn parent team.

External links

• http://www.abilenebluesox.com/home.html - Website about the team

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=94 - Top 100 Minor League Teams