The Longview Cannibals were a semi-pro and minor league baseball team based in Longview, Texas

Longview, Texas

Longview is a city in Gregg and Harrison Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 80,455. Most of the city is located in Gregg County, of which it is the county seat; only a small part extends into the western part of neighboring Harrison County. It is...

, USA that existed on-and-off from 1895 to 1939. In 1912, they officially joined the professional South Central League

South Central League

The South Central League refers to two minor league baseball leagues - one that existed in 1906 and another that existed in 1912.The 1906 league consisted of teams from Arkansas and Oklahoma. The six-team league included the Fort Smith Razorbacks, the Guthrie Senators, the Muskogee Indians, the...

. From 1923 to 1926, in 1931 and from 1936 to 1939, they played in the East Texas League

East Texas League

The East Texas League was a Texas-based league in minor league baseball that existed on-and-off from 1916 to 1950.-1916:In 1916, the first East Texas League began play. A Class-D league, it folded on July 19 of that season. The "league champions," by default, were the Palestine Athletics and Lufkin...

. In 1927, they played in the Lone Star League

Lone Star League

The Lone Star League was the name of three American minor professional baseball leagues located in the state of Texas during the 20th century. The leagues operated from 1927–1929 , 1947–1948 and 1977 ....

; in 1932, the Texas League

Texas League

The Texas League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the South Central United States. It is classified a Double-A league. The league was founded in 1888 and ran through 1892...

; in 1933 the Dixie League

Dixie League (1933 baseball)

The Dixie League was a class C baseball league formed in 1933, with teams based in the US states of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Arkansas. After one season of competition, the Dixie League was split into the East Dixie and West Dixie leagues, both of them competing in the 1934 and 1935 seasons....

; and from 1934 to 1935, the West Dixie League.

The Longview Baseball Club had existed as early as 1883, but was named Cannibals on June 3, 1895 when Longview beat the San Antonio Missionaries 7-0. C. B. Cunningham, who was covering the game for the local newspaper, summarized the game by writing, “The poor San Antonio Missionaries were eaten up by the Longview Cannibals today.” The name stuck, and from that day forward the Longview Baseball Club would be known as the Longview Cannibals.

They were affiliated with the St. Louis Browns

Baltimore Orioles

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 in 1932 and the Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

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 from 1934 to 1939.

They were only the Longview Cannibals for part of the 1932 season, as for part of the year, they were the Wichita Falls Spudders

Wichita Falls Spudders

The Wichita Falls Spudders were a minor league baseball team that formed in 1920 and played its last game in 1957. They were based in Wichita Falls, Texas....

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Under manager Bennie Brownlow, they won the East Texas League championship in 1926.

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