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TheLittle Rock Travelers were an Americanminor league baseball team located inLittle Rock, Arkansas, and members (1902–1910, 1915–1958, 1960–1961) of theSouthern Association, which as a Class A, A1 orDouble-A circuit was typically two rungs belowMajor League Baseball.
When farm systems came into being in the 1930s, the Travelers were at different times affiliated with thePittsburgh Pirates,Boston Red Sox,Boston Braves,Detroit Tigers,Kansas City Athletics, andBaltimore Orioles. After attracting fewer than 68,000 paying customers over a 77-game home schedule in 1958, the Travelers moved toShreveport, Louisiana, in 1959 as theShreveport Sports. In 1959, however, theNew Orleans Pelicans moved to Little Rock and took the Travelers name.
But the Southern Association was in its death throes, and the Travelers went down with the entire league after the 1961 season. Little Rock did not field a team in 1962. In 1963, organized baseball returned to Little Rock with theArkansas Travelers of theTriple-AInternational League. In both 1964 and 1965, the franchise played in the Triple-APacific Coast League before settling in the Double-ATexas League, where the Travelers have played since 1966. Currently, the Arkansas Travelers are the AA affiliate of theSeattle Mariners.
The team's name derives from the old folk song,The Arkansas Traveler.
The team played atTravelers Field starting in 1932, a facility that would long outlast its original tenant. Previously the team had played atKavanaugh Field.