Stuart Stadium was a ballpark located in Beaumont, TX and home to 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...

 Beaumont Exporters

Beaumont Exporters

The Beaumont Exporters were a franchise in American minor league baseball that played in the Texas League from 1920-49 and 1953-55. The city of Beaumont, Texas, was also represented in the Texas League from 1912-17 and 1919 as the Oilers, from 1950-52 as the Roughnecks, and from 1983-86 as the...

 from 1929 to 1955 except for 1943-1945 when the Texas League ceased operations during World War II

World War II

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Exporters' Success

The Beaumont team was not always a good team, but they did have some years of success while at Stuart Stadium. The Exporters lost playoff for 1st half title in 1931, won the Texas League title the next year in 1932, lost in the first round in 1934, finished as runner-up in 1935 to the Oklahoma City Indians, won another Texas League title in 1938, finished as runner-up to the Houston Buffaloes

Houston Buffaloes

The Houston Buffaloes or Buffs were an American minor league baseball team that was founded in 1888, played in the Texas League in the years 1888-90, 1892, 1895-99, and 1907-1958 ; in the South Texas League in the years 1903-06; and in the American Association from 1959-61...

 in 1940, and finished as runner-up to the Shreveport Sports

Shreveport Sports

The Shreveport-Bossier Captains are a professional baseball team based in Shreveport, Louisiana, in the United States. The Captains are a member of the South Division of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball...

 in 1942 before returning to mediocrity.

Sources

• "Baseball in the Lone Star State: Texas League's Greatest Hits," Tom Kayser and David King, Trinity University Press 2005
• "The Texas League 1888-1987: A Century of Baseball," Bill O'Neal, c.1987