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Houston Buffs Baseball Team Porcelain Buffalo Sign

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Houston Buffs Baseball Team Porcelain Buffalo Sign
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36" D. The predecessor to the Colt .45s & Houston Astros. The Houston Buffaloes or Buffs were an American minor league baseball team, and were the first minor league team to be affiliated with a Major League franchise, the St. Louis Cardinals. The club was founded in 1888,[1] played in the Texas League in the years 1888–90, 1892, 1895–99, and 1907–1958 (excluding 1943–45, when the league suspended operations during World War II); in the South Texas League in the years 1903–06; and in the American Association from 1959–61. The Buffaloes derived their nickname from Buffalo Bayou, the principal waterway through Houston. The team's last home was Buffalo Stadium, built in 1928. Before that, they played at West End Park from 1905–1928; and at League Park, at what was then the foot of Travis Street at its intersection with McGowen Street, from 1888–1904.

The Houston Buffaloes were purchased by the Houston Sports Association in 1961 and then dissolved to obtain Houston-area territorial rights for the Major League Houston Colt .45s (known since 1965 as the Houston Astros) Several of those associated with the Buffaloes continued with the major league team including manager Harry Craft.