Bryan Bombers

{{Use American English|date=March 2026}} The '''Bryan Bombers''' were a Class-C [[minor league baseball]] team based in [[Bryan, Texas]] that played in the [[Lone Star League]] (1947–1948) and [[East Texas League]] (1949).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi|title=Bryan, Texas Encyclopedia|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>

Major league players [[Jo-Jo Moore]], [[Stan Goletz]], [[Jesse Landrum]] and [[Mel Deutsch]] played for the team. Goletz and Landrum also managed it.

In 1953, the [[Greenville Majors]] of the Class B [[Big State League]], moved to Bryan on June 25, 1953 and finished the 1953 season playing as the '''Bryan Majors'''. Renamed the [[Bryan Indians]] in 1954, Bryan moved to [[Del Rio, Texas]] on July 28, 1954 and finished the 1954 season as the [[Del Rio Indians]]. The team was 17-24 at the time of the move. They finished 53-93. The franchise folded after the season.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}<ref name="encyc">{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball |editor1=Lloyd Johnson |editor2=Miles Wolff |edition=Third |publisher=[[Baseball America]] |date=2007 |isbn=978-1932391176}}</ref>

The Bombers played their home games at [[Nutrabolt Stadium|Travis Field]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Bombers Win Home Opener|author=|date=April 26, 1947|work=[[The Battalion]]|location=[[College Station, Texas]]|access-date=June 27, 2022|url=https://newspaper.library.tamu.edu/lccn/sn86088544/1947-04-26/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=01%2F01%2F1893&index=1&rows=20&words=Bomber+Field&searchType=advanced&sequence=0&proxdistance=5&date2=12%2F31%2F2015&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=bomber+field&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}} {{Bryan, Texas}}

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