The league began the 1957 campaign with only six clubs, and its ranks were reduced to four when Wichita Falls disbanded in May, while the Port Arthur team moved to Temple that same month before folding in August.
Robert Edwards Chakales sha-kuh'-les (August 10, 1927 – February 18, 2010) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with four different clubs between the 1951 and 1957 seasons.
From 1957 through 1963, he played for the New York/San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators and Milwaukee Braves.
Major Kerby Farrell (September 3, 1913 – December 17, 1975) was a longtime minor league baseball manager who spent but a single season — 1957 — as a manager in American Major League Baseball.
From 1957 through 1965, the Springfield Giants were the Single-A and Double-A baseball team affiliate of the New York/San Francisco Giants in the Eastern League.
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