State League in 1956 as a St. Louis Cardinals' affiliate. It struggled on the field, finished last in the BSL in attendance, and briefly transferred to Texas City, Texas, playing as the Texas City Exporters, during July before returning to Beaumont. The following year, 1957, Beaumont remained in the Big State League as the Beaumont Pirates, a Pittsburgh Pirates' farm club. The league then folded as an organized baseball circuit at the end of the 1957. Beaumont remained without a minor league club until 1983 when the Amarillo Gold Sox, the Class AA Texas League affiliate of the San Diego Padres, relocated to become the Beaumont Golden Gators. The Golden Gators played from 1983-1986 before the franchise moved to Wichita, Kansas and became the Wichita Pilots in 1987. The franchise relocated to Springdale, Arkansas in 2008 to become today's Northwest Arkansas Naturals. Notable alumni Baseball Hall of Fame alumni Hank Greenberg (1931-1932) Inducted, 1956 Whitey Herzog (1952) Inducted, 2010 Rogers Hornsby (1950, MGR) Inducted, 1942 Carl Hubbell (1928) Inducted, 1947 Hal Newhouser (1939) Inducted, 1992 Notable alumni Sandy Alomar Jr. (1986) 6x MLB All-Star; 1990 AL Rookie of the Year Elden Auker (1933) Bill Bailey (1906, 1919-1921) Russ Bauers (1954) Jim Brosnan (1954) Bill Brubaker (1932) Buzz Clarkson (1954) Joe Collins (1946) Clint Courtney (1947, 1950) Mark Christman (1936-1937) Joey Cora (1986) MLB All-Star Harry Craft (1951-1952, MGR) Roy Cullenbine (1936) 2x MLB All-Star Jim Delahanty (1916) Cedric Durst (1921) Ted Easterly (1920) Hoot Evers (1942) 2x MLB All-Star Dana Fillingim (1925) Pete Fox (1932) MLB All-Star Johnny Gorsica (1939) Sam Gray (1923) Bob Grim (1951) MLB All-Star; 1954 AL Rookie of the Year Ozzie Guillen (1983) 3x MLB All-Star; 1985 AL Rookie of the Year; MGR: 2005 World Series Champion - Chicago White Sox Luke Hamlin (1932) Dave Hillman (1954) Ralph Houk (1946) MGR: 1961-1962 World Series Champion - NY Yankees Tom Hughes (1926) Bill James (1919) Vern Kennedy (1954-1955) 2x MLB All-Star John Kruk (1983) 3x MLB All-Star Max Lanier (1954) 2x MLB All-Star Freddy Leach (1925) Mickey Livingston (1954-1955, MGR) Johnny Lipon (1942) Slim Love (1922) Denny Lyons (1903) Barney McCosky (1938) John McCloskey (1919) Gil McDougald (1950) 6x MLB All-Star; 1951 AL Rookie of the Year Shane Mack (1985-1986) Pat Malone (1924) Jakie May (1921) Heinie Meine (1921) Earl Moseley (1919) MLB ERA Title Pat Mullin (1937-1939) 2x MLB All-Star Kid Nance (1912) Al Newman (1984)