Houma Buccaneers Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Louisiana nacogdoches cogs The team drew some of

The team drew some of the league's strongest attendance figures during their run

returning professional baseball to one of the league's founding cities

Alton sits along the Mississippi River in Illinois

including pitcher Ben Tincup

The “Chiefs” name

Houma Buccaneers Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Louisiana nacogdoches cogs The team drew some ofThe Houma Buccaneers, based in Houma, Louisiana, were the first professional baseball team to call Houma home, entering the Evangeline League in 1940. The name fit the bayou setting: Houma sits deep in the Terrebonne Parish wetlands, where centuries of French, Spanish, and Native American history had left a culture with strong ties to the waterways. The Buccaneers' run in Houma lasted less than a full season. Owner Carlos Moore's club drew poorly