Shreveport Sports

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The Shreveport Sports Baseball Club is an minor league baseball team based in Shreveport, Louisiana that plays in the American Association. It is unaffiliated with any Major League Baseball team.

The Sports play at Fair Grounds Field, which was constructed in 1986.

The current incarnation of the Sports was founded in 2003, after the Texas League Shreveport Swamp Dragons moved to Frisco, Texas to become the RoughRiders.

Professional baseball has been in Shreveport at various levels since 1895, including several teams named the Shreveport Sports:

  • 1895 — Shreveport Grays (Texas-Southern League)
  • 190103 — Shreveport Giants (Southern Association)
  • 190407 — Shreveport Pirates (Southern Association)
  • 190810 — Shreveport Pirates (Texas League)
  • 191524 — Shreveport Gassers (Texas League)
  • 192532 — Shreveport Sports (Texas League)
  • 1933 — Shreveport Sports (Dixie League)
  • 1934 — Shreveport Sports (East Dixie League)
  • 1935 — Shreveport Sports (West Dixie League)
  • 193842 — Shreveport Sports (Texas League)
  • 194657 — Shreveport Sports (Texas League)
  • 195961 — Shreveport Sports (Southern Association)
  • 196870 — Shreveport Braves (Texas League)
  • 19712000 — Shreveport Captains (Texas League)
  • 200102 — Shreveport Swamp Dragons (Texas League)
  • 200305 — Shreveport Sports (Central League)
  • 2006–current — Shreveport Sports (American Association)

External link

The Shreveport Sports


American Association

North Division: Lincoln Saltdogs | St. Joseph (TBA) | St. Paul Saints | Sioux City Explorers | Sioux Falls Canaries
  South Division: Coastal Bend Aviators | El Paso Diablos | Fort Worth Cats | Pensacola Pelicans | Shreveport Sports

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