Longview Cannibals

• Location: Longview, TX
• League: South Central League 1912; East Texas League 1923-1926, 1931, 1936-1939; Lone Star League 1927; Texas League 1932; Dixie League 1933; West Dixie League 1934-1935
• Affiliation: St. Louis Browns 1932; Chicago White Sox 1934-1939
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Team History

The Longview Cannibals may also have been called the Longview White Sox in 1939

In 1938 Joe "Lefty" Winfield played for the Longview Cannibals. He was working for Humble Oil at the time when he was approached by the Longview team to pitch. He pitched and won his first game and was signed on. He was 9-5 with a 4.14 ERA in 1938. He was also 33 years old at the time. He went on to play 12 years total and was a manager one year.

Info provided by Jerry Winfield/Davis O Barker provided the data.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	League	Class	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Notes
1912	South Central League	D	63-51	1st	Tully Spear / Jim Gardiner
1923	East Texas League	D	41-77	6th	Jack Lockhart / Grady White / Hick Munsell	none
1924	East Texas League	D	56-63	4th (t)	Les Tullos / Johnny Johnston	none
1925	East Texas League	D	18-27* (63-61 overall)	3rd (t)	Johnny Johnston / Willie "Tex" Crosby
1926	East Texas League	D	83-39	1st	Bennie Brownlow	none League Champs
1927	Lone Star League	D	9-20	--	Bennie Brownlow	Team withdrew from league May 21
1931	East Texas League	D	4-3	2nd	Abe Bowman	League disbanded May 7
1932	Texas League	A	69-83 overall	5th	Hank Severeid		Wichita Falls moved to Longview May 20
1933	Dixie League	C	48-76	8th	Abe Bowman / Joe Cantrell / Art Jahn
1934	West Dixie League	C	66-59	3rd	Ray Flaskamper / Dallas Warren	none
1935	West Dixie League	C	72-60	3rd	Tex Jeanes	Lost in 1st round
1936	East Texas League	C	86-64	3rd	Tex Jeanes	Lost in 1st round
1937	East Texas League	C	70-70	6th	Harry Faulkner / Wally Paschal
1938	East Texas League	C	63-75	6th	Harold Funk
1939	East Texas League	C	59-79	7th	John Fitzpatrick

* Due to Sulphur Springs disbanding June 7, 1925, Longview was consolidated with Mt. Pleasant, playing games in both cities as the Longview-Mount Pleasant Longcats until July 12 when the club settled permanently in Longview.