Arkansas Travelers - Revision history

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 | 1952 || 68-85 || 7th ||
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-| 1953 || 66-87 || 7th (t) ||
+| 1953 || 66-87 || 7th (tie) ||
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 | 1954 || 64-90 || 6th ||
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 | 1972 || 65-74 || 6th ||
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-| 1973 || 69-71 || 4th (t)
+| 1973 || 69-71 || 4th (tie)
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 | 1974 || 75-59 || 2nd ||
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 | 1981 || 52-80 || 8th ||
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-| 1982 || 68-68 || 5th (t) ||
+| 1982 || 68-68 || 5th (tie) ||
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 | 1983 || 69-67 || 3rd || lost in first round
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 | 1989 || 79-56 || 1st || league champions
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-| 1990 || 56-80 || 7th (t) ||
+| 1990 || 56-80 || 7th (tie) ||
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 | 1991 || 49-87 || 8th ||

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 ! Year !! Record !! Finish !! Playoffs
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-| 1895 || 25-47 || team disbanded mid-seasons
+| 1895 || 25-47 || team disbanded mid-season
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 | 1901 || 76-45 || 2nd ||

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 | 1895 || 25-47 || team disbanded mid-seasons
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	The Arkansas Travelers are currently under the affiliation of the major league baseball team the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (set in 2001), and were previously under the St. Louis Cardinals (from 1966-2000) and the Philadelphia Phillies for a short period of time (1963-1965). The team has won Texas League titles in 1971, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1989, 2001, and 2005.		The Arkansas Travelers are currently under the affiliation of the major league baseball team the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (set in 2001), and were previously under the St. Louis Cardinals (from 1966-2000) and the Philadelphia Phillies for a short period of time (1963-1965). The team has won Texas League titles in 1971, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1989, 2001, and 2005.
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		+	====Season Records====
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		+	! Year !! Record !! Finish !! Playoffs
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		+	\| 1963 \|\| 78-73 \|\| 4th \|\|
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		+	\| 1964 \|\| 95-61 \|\| 1st \|\| lost in league finals
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1965 \|\| 67-79 \|\| 10th \|\|
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		+	\| 1966 \|\| 81-59 \|\| 1st \|\| lost in first round
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		+	\| 1967 \|\| 63-77 \|\| 5th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1968 \|\| 82-58 \|\| 1st \|\| lost in league finals
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		+	\| 1969 \|\| 66-69 \|\| 6th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1970 \|\| 67-67 \|\| 4th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1971 \|\| 75-64 \|\| 3rd \|\| league champions
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1972 \|\| 65-74 \|\| 6th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1973 \|\| 69-71 \|\| 4th (t)
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		+	\| 1974 \|\| 75-59 \|\| 2nd \|\|
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		+	\| 1975 \|\| 63-72 \|\| 5th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1976 \|\| 59-76 \|\| 7th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1977 \|\| 63-67 \|\| 4th \|\| league champions
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1978 \|\| 77-55 \|\| 2nd \|\| lost in first round
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		+	\| 1979 \|\| 76-57 \|\| 1st \|\| league champions
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1980 \|\| 81-55 \|\| 1st \|\| league champions
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1981 \|\| 52-80 \|\| 8th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1982 \|\| 68-68 \|\| 5th (t) \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1983 \|\| 69-67 \|\| 3rd \|\| lost in first round
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1984 \|\| 62-74 \|\| 6th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1985 \|\| 64-70 \|\| 5th \|\| lost in first round
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1986 \|\| 67-67 \|\| 4th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1987 \|\| 72-63 \|\| 4th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1988 \|\| 67-69 \|\| 5th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1989 \|\| 79-56 \|\| 1st \|\| league champions
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1990 \|\| 56-80 \|\| 7th (t) \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1991 \|\| 49-87 \|\| 8th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1992 \|\| 59-73 \|\| 8th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1993 \|\| 67-69 \|\| 5th \|\|
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		+	\| 1994 \|\| 68-67 \|\| 4th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1995 \|\| 70-65 \|\| 3rd \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1996 \|\| 67-73 \|\| 7th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1997 \|\| 68-72 \|\| 4th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1998 \|\| 80-60 \|\| 1st \|\| lost in first round
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 1999 \|\| 59-81 \|\| 8th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 2000 \|\| 68-71 \|\| 5th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 2001 \|\| 66-70 \|\| 6th \|\| league champions
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 2002 \|\| 51-89 \|\| 8th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 2003 \|\| 70-70 \|\| 5th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 2004 \|\| 59-80 \|\| 7th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 2005 \|\| 71-69 \|\| 4th \|\| league champions
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 2006 \|\| 51-87 \|\| 8th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 2007 \|\| 65-75 \|\| 7th \|\|
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\| 2008 \|\| 62-78 \|\| 6th \|\| league champions
		+	\|- align=center
		+	\|}

	==References==		==References==

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 The Arkansas Travelers are a minor league baseball team located in North Little Rock, east of the [[Broadway Bridge]]. The Travelers play in the Texas League, a minor league division that is made up eight other minor league teams. The team is ranked in the AA baseball category, which is one step above a farm club, one step below AAA, and two steps below Major League Baseball.
-The Travelers played their games at Travelers Field (renamed [[Ray Winder Field]] in 1966) in Little Rock from the ballpark's opening on April 13, 1932, until 2007 when the team moved to a new stadium in North Little Rock called [[Dickey-Stephens Park]]. The [[City of North Little Rock]] paid for [[Dickey-Stephens Park]] by a voter-approved one-cent sales tax with the help of a partnership by the Travelers and Little Rock financier [[Warren Stephens]]. Since the stadium's opening, the Tulsa Drillers' batting coach Mike Coolbaugh was killed by a stray line drive to the neck.
+The Travelers played their home games at Travelers Field (renamed [[Ray Winder Field]] in 1966) in Little Rock from the ballpark's opening on April 13, 1932, until 2007 when the team moved to a new stadium in North Little Rock called [[Dickey-Stephens Park]]. The [[City of North Little Rock]] paid for [[Dickey-Stephens Park]] by a voter-approved one-cent sales tax with the help of a partnership by the Travelers and Little Rock financier [[Warren Stephens]]. Since the stadium's opening, the Tulsa Drillers' batting coach Mike Coolbaugh was killed by a stray line drive to the neck.
 ====History of Travelers Baseball====

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 The Arkansas Travelers are a minor league baseball team located in North Little Rock, east of the [[Broadway Bridge]]. The Travelers play in the Texas League, a minor league division that is made up eight other minor league teams. The team is ranked in the AA baseball category, which is one step above a farm club, one step below AAA, and two steps below Major League Baseball.
-The Travelers played their games at the [[Ray Winder Field]] in Little Rock from the ballpark's opening in 1963 until 2007 when the team moved to a new stadium in North Little Rock called [[Dickey-Stephens Park]]. The [[City of North Little Rock]] paid for [[Dickey-Stephens Park]] by a voter-approved one-cent sales tax with the help of a partnership by the Travelers and Little Rock financier [[Warren Stephens]]. Since the stadium's opening, the Tulsa Drillers' batting coach Mike Coolbaugh was killed by a stray line drive to the neck.
+The Travelers played their games at Travelers Field (renamed [[Ray Winder Field]] in 1966) in Little Rock from the ballpark's opening on April 13, 1932, until 2007 when the team moved to a new stadium in North Little Rock called [[Dickey-Stephens Park]]. The [[City of North Little Rock]] paid for [[Dickey-Stephens Park]] by a voter-approved one-cent sales tax with the help of a partnership by the Travelers and Little Rock financier [[Warren Stephens]]. Since the stadium's opening, the Tulsa Drillers' batting coach Mike Coolbaugh was killed by a stray line drive to the neck.
 ====History of Travelers Baseball====
-The Travelers were inducted as a professional baseball team in 1895. The team played in the Southern Association league in the early days, winning the pennant in 1920, 1937, 1942 and 1951.
+The Travelers were inducted as a professional baseball team in 1895. The team played in the Southern Association league in the early days, winning the pennant in 1920, 1937, 1942 and 1951. Before the 1932 season the team played games at [[Kavanaugh Field]], which is now home to [[Central High School]]'s [[Quigley Stadium]].
-The Travelers were the first professional sports team to be named after a state rather than a city, as they were renamed from the Little Rock Travelers to the Arkansas Travelers in 1957.
+The Travelers were the first professional sports team to be named after a state rather than a city, as they were renamed from the Little Rock Travelers to the Arkansas Travelers in 1957. The next year the team was sold to the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, and the Travelers did not play a 1959 season in Little Rock.
 The Arkansas Travelers are currently under the affiliation of the major league baseball team the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (set in 2001), and were previously under the St. Louis Cardinals (from 1966-2000) and the Philadelphia Phillies for a short period of time (1963-1965). The team has won Texas League titles in 1971, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1989, 2001, and 2005.

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 ==References==
+*Nate Hinkel, "Natural Game Evolves in Natural State," ''Arkansas Business,'' May 29, 2006.
 ==External links==

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 [[Image:2.PNG|thumb|Arkansas Travelers Cap Insignia]]
-The Arkansas Travelers are a minor league baseball team located in [[North Little Rock, AR]], east of the [[Broadway Bridge]].  The Travelers are labeled within the Texas League, a minor league division that is made up eight other minor league teams, and played their games at the Ray Winder Field in Little Rock from the ballpark’s opening in 1963 until recently in 2007 when the team moved to a new stadium in North Little Rock called [[Dickey-Stephens Park]].  The city of North Little Rock paid for Dickey-Stephens Park by a voter-approved one-cent sales tax with the help of a partnership by the Travelers and Little Rock financier [[Warren Stephens]].  Since the stadium’s opening, the Tulsa Drillers’ batting coach Mike Coolbaugh was killed by a stray line drive to the neck.
+The Arkansas Travelers are a minor league baseball team located in North Little Rock, east of the [[Broadway Bridge]]. The Travelers are labeled within the Texas League, a minor league division that is made up eight other minor league teams, and played their games at the Ray Winder Field in Little Rock from the ballpark’s opening in 1963 until recently in 2007 when the team moved to a new stadium in North Little Rock called [[Dickey-Stephens Park]]. The city of North Little Rock paid for Dickey-Stephens Park by a voter-approved one-cent sales tax with the help of a partnership by the Travelers and Little Rock financier [[Warren Stephens]]. Since the stadium’s opening, the Tulsa Drillers’ batting coach Mike Coolbaugh was killed by a stray line drive to the neck.
-The Travelers were inducted as a professional baseball team in 1895.  The Travelers were the first professional sports team to be named after a state rather than a city, as they were renamed from the Little Rock Travelers to the Arkansas Travelers in 1957.  The team is ranked in the AA baseball category, which is a step above a Farm Team, one step below AAA, and two steps below major league baseball.  The Arkansas Travelers are currently under the affiliation of the major league baseball team the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (set in 2001), and were previously under the St. Louis Cardinals (from 1966-2000) and the Philadelphia Phillies for a short period of time (1963-1965).  The team has won League titles in 1971, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1989, 2001, and 2005.
+The Travelers were inducted as a professional baseball team in 1895. The Travelers were the first professional sports team to be named after a state rather than a city, as they were renamed from the Little Rock Travelers to the Arkansas Travelers in 1957. The team is ranked in the AA baseball category, which is a step above a Farm Team, one step below AAA, and two steps below major league baseball. The Arkansas Travelers are currently under the affiliation of the major league baseball team the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (set in 2001), and were previously under the St. Louis Cardinals (from 1966-2000) and the Philadelphia Phillies for a short period of time (1963-1965).  The team has won League titles in 1971, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1989, 2001, and 2005.
 ==References==