The Houston Buffaloes or Buffs were an American minor league baseball team that was founded in 1888, played in the Texas League in the years 1888-90, 1892, 1895-99, and 1907-1958 (excluding 1943-45, when the league suspended operations during World War II); in the South Texas League in the years 1903-06; and in the American Association from 1959-61. The Buffaloes derived their nickname from Buffalo Bayou, the principal waterway through Houston. The team's last home was Buff Stadium, built in 1928. Before that, they played at West End Park, at the southeast corner of Heiner and Anderson Streets, from 1905?-1927; and at Houston Base Ball Park, at what was then the foot of Travis Street at its intersection with McGowen Street, from 1888?-1904? (currently being researched by the Larry Dierker Chapter of SABR).
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“In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star sign. In Houston you’re told how rich they are. And in New York they tell you what their rent is.”
—Simon Hoggart (b. 1946)