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Minor league baseball team
Austin Braves
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Previous classes
| Double-A
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League
| Texas League
(1965?1967)
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Previous teams
| Unaffiliated
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League titles
(1)
| 1966
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Previous names
| Austin Pioneers (1947?1955)
Austin Senators
(1956?1964)
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The
Austin Braves
were a
Minor League Baseball
team in the East Division of the
Texas League
and were affiliated with the
Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves
. Known as the
Austin Senators
from 1956 to 1964, they played at
Disch Field
. In 1965, they became the Austin Braves, finishing in last place with a record of 70?70. In 1966, the Braves finished in fourth place with a record of 67?73. In 1967, the team also finished in fourth place with a record of 69?71. In 1968, the Atlanta Braves moved the Austin Braves to
Shreveport, Louisiana
, where they played as the Shreveport Braves of the Texas League from 1968 to 1970, leaving the
Greater Austin
area without a professional baseball team until the
Round Rock Express
debuted in 2000.
Members of the Austin Braves who went on to play in the majors include
Dusty Baker
(1967),
Bobby Cox
(1966),
Ralph Garr
(1966?1967),
Clarence "Cito" Gaston
(1966?1967),
Mike Lum
(1966),
Felix Millan
(1965?1966),
Ron Reed
(1966), and
George Stone
(1967).
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