Pauls Valley Raiders
minor League Baseball team
The Pauls Valley Raiders were a minor league baseball team based in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. From 1948 to 1954, the Valley Raiders played exclusively as members of the Class D level Sooner State League, winning the 1949 pennant. The Raiders hosted home games at Wacker Park. The Pauls Valley Raiders were a minor league affiliate of the New York Giants in 1952 and 1953.
History
Minor league baseball began in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma when the 1948 Pauls Valley "Raiders" became members of the Sooner State League. In the league's second year of play, the league expanded from six–teams in 1947, to eight–teams in 1948. The Pauls Valley Raiders and Chickasha Chiefs were the 1948 expansion teams. The other six Sooner State League teams in 1948 were the Ada Herefords, Ardmore Indians, Duncan Cementers, Lawton Giants, McAlester Rockets and Seminole Oilers.
In their first season of play, the Pauls Valley Raiders finished with a 56–81 record to place seventh in 1948. The season home attendance was 27,671, an average of 404 per game.
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