Texas Baseball: Top 100 Teams of All Time

by Brad Groghan

Texas Baseball - The Top 100 Teams of All Time Texas is one of the most most successful baseball states in the US, producing legendary players like Clayton Kershaw, Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens, Rogers Hornsby, Frank Robinson, Paul Goldschmidt and Huston Street to name just a few. The author spent three years of research and interviewed more than 150 players and coaches to come up with a list of what he feels are the top 100 baseball teams in Texas history. The top 100 list features teams from all levels and age groups. Including Little League, high school, select/travel teams, all levels of college, minors and MLB teams. The book includes exclusive interviews *Roger Clemens - won 354 MLB games, won Cy Young seven times, UT superstar *Calvin Schiraldi - MVP of 1983 NCAA World Series, won 32 MLB games *Colby Lewis - won 77 MLB games *Shawn Tolleson - Baylor star, played five years at the MLB level * Matt Carpenter - current MLB player, 170 career MLB home runs *Jim Gideon - went 17-0 for 1975 UT in National Championship season *Casey Fossum - played nine seasons in MLB

*Drew Stubbs - 687 career MLB hits in nine-year professional career *Ben Grieve - 864 hits and 118 MLB homers * James Loney - 11-year MLB career, retired with 1,425 hits * Jon Peters - national high school pitching legend *Adrian Alaniz - UT and Sinton superstar As well as Texas legendary John Langerhans, Taylor Jungmann, Kyle Drabek, Jordan John, Ken Patterson, Chad Allen and numerous others.

And legendary Wayne Graham, David Pierce, Bobby Moegle, Jim Appelt, Greg Blanchard, Rick Carpenter, Steve Chapman, Greg Dennis, Charles Migl, Jim Schlossnagle and Doug Wren. Teams recaps in the top 100 list *1966 Houston - Little League World Series champions *2009 Howard Hawks went 63-1 *1967 South San coached by Cliff Gustafson went 39-0 *1975 and 1983 University of Texas Longhorns * Banditos - a youth team that won 155 consecutive games * Houston Astros World Series winning 2022 season

*1967 Richard King featuring MLB and UT star Burt Hooton * McLennan Community College went 58-7 in 1983 with Jay Buhner *2002 Elkins with three future MLB players, Carpenter, Loney, Huffman *2003 Rice Owls, D1 champions behind Wayne Graham *2006 Woodlands with Paul Goldschmidt, Kyle Drabek and Brent Eibner

Be sure and check out our companion book - The Top 100 Texas High School Baseball Teams of All Time.

289 pages, Paperback

Published February 15, 2023