# Lufkin Foresters

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Minor league baseball team

Lufkin Foresters 1946–1948 Lufkin, Texas Minor league affiliations Class Class D (1946–1948) League East Texas League (1946) Lone Star League (1947–1948) Major league affiliations Team None Minor league titles Conference titles (0) None Wild card berths (0) None Team data Name Lufkin Foresters (1946–1948) Ballpark Forester Park (1946–1948)

The **Lufkin Foresters** were a [minor league baseball](/source/Minor_league_baseball) team based in [Lufkin, Texas](/source/Lufkin%2C_Texas) that played in the [East Texas League](/source/East_Texas_League) in 1946 and in the [Lone Star League](/source/Lone_Star_League) in 1947 and 1948.[1][2]

In 1950, the [Lufkin Angels](/source/Lufkin_Angels) played a partial season as members of the six–team [Class C](/source/Class_C_(baseball)) level [Gulf Coast League](/source/Florida_Complex_League#Gulf_Coast_League), before the team relocated to become the [Leesville Angels](/source/Leesville_Angels).[3][1]

## The ballpark

Lufkin hosted minor league home games at "Forester Park." The ballpark was located at 112 Shephard Avenue in Lufkin.[4]

## Year-by-year records

Year Record Finish Manager Playoffs 1946 47-92 8th Hank Doty / Mike "Gus" Mistovich Did not qualify 1947 72-68 6th Dixie Parsons Did not qualify 1948 48-92 8th Morris "Red" Jones / Stan Bartkowski Fred Millican Did not qualify

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## Notable alumni

- [Red Jones](/source/Red_Jones_(outfielder)) (1947; 1948, MGR)

- [Bob Marquis](/source/Bob_Marquis_(baseball)) (1947)

- [Dixie Parsons](/source/Dixie_Parsons) (1947, MGR)

- [Lefty Scott](/source/Lefty_Scott) (1947)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-encyc_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-encyc_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-encyc_1-2) Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). *The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball* (Third ed.). [Baseball America](/source/Baseball_America). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1932391176](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1932391176).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Lufkin, Texas Encyclopedia"](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi). *Baseball-Reference.com*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["1950 Lufkin/Leesville Angels Statistics"](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi). *Baseball-Reference.com*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Angel Park in Lufkin, TX minor league baseball history and teams on StatsCrew.com"](https://www.statscrew.com/venues/v-1538). *www.statscrew.com*.

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