Lufkin Foresters

{{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox Minor League Baseball | name =Lufkin Foresters | firstseason =1946 | lastseason =1948 | allyears = | city =Lufkin, Texas | logo = | uniformlogo = | class level =[[Class D (baseball)|Class D]] (1946–1948) | league =[[East Texas League]] (1946) <br />[[Lone Star League]] (1947–1948) | majorleague =None | nickname ='''Lufkin Foresters''' (1946–1948) | ballpark =Forester Park (1946–1948) | classnum = | classchamps = | leaguenum = | leaguechamps = | confnum =0 | conferencechamps =None | divnum = | divisionchamps = | wildcardnum =0 | wildcardberths =None }} The '''Lufkin Foresters''' were a [[minor league baseball]] team based in [[Lufkin, Texas]] that played in the [[East Texas League]] in 1946 and in the [[Lone Star League]] in 1947 and 1948.<ref name="encyc">{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball |editor-first1=Lloyd |editor-last1=Johnson |editor-first2=Miles |editor-last2=Wolff |edition=Third |publisher=[[Baseball America]] |date=2007 |isbn=978-1932391176}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi|title=Lufkin, Texas Encyclopedia|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref>

In 1950, the [[Lufkin Angels]] played a partial season as members of the six–team [[Class C (baseball)|Class C]] level [[Florida Complex League#Gulf Coast League|Gulf Coast League]], before the team relocated to become the [[Leesville Angels]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi|title=1950 Lufkin/Leesville Angels Statistics|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref><ref name="encyc"/>

==The ballpark== Lufkin hosted minor league home games at "Forester Park." The ballpark was located at 112 Shephard Avenue in Lufkin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/venues/v-1538|title=Angel Park in Lufkin, TX minor league baseball history and teams on StatsCrew.com|website=www.statscrew.com}}</ref>

==Year-by-year records== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background: #F2F2F2;" ! Year !! Record !! Finish !! Manager !! Playoffs |- align=center | 1946 || 47-92 || 8th || Hank Doty / Mike "Gus" Mistovich ||Did not qualify |- align=center | 1947 || 72-68 || 6th || [[Dixie Parsons]] || Did not qualify |- align=center | 1948 || 48-92 || 8th || [[Red Jones (outfielder)|Morris "Red" Jones]] / Stan Bartkowski <br /> Fred Millican || Did not qualify |- align=center |}<ref name="encyc"/>

==Notable alumni== *[[Red Jones (outfielder)|Red Jones]] (1947; 1948, MGR) *[[Bob Marquis (baseball)|Bob Marquis]] (1947) *[[Dixie Parsons]] (1947, MGR) *[[Lefty Scott]] (1947)

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[[Category:Lufkin, Texas]] [[Category:Baseball teams established in 1946]] [[Category:1946 establishments in Texas]] [[Category:Defunct minor league baseball teams]] [[Category:Defunct baseball teams in Texas]] [[Category:Professional baseball teams in Texas]] [[Category:Baseball teams disestablished in 1948]] [[Category:East Texas League teams]]