Oliver Daniel Pickering was an American professional baseball outfielder and manager in a 30-year career that spanned from the 1892 Houston Mudcats to the 1922 Paducah Indians. He played for a number of Major League Baseball teams from 1896 to 1908: the Louisville Colonels, Cleveland Spiders, Cleveland Blues, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns, and Washington Senators.
The recap and box score from the May 21, 1892, game in which Pickering went 7-for-7, all flares, giving rise to the term "Texas Leaguer".
Pickering (top row, far right) in 1893, with his hometown Olney, IL, baseball team.
The Houston Buffaloes, Houston Buffalos, or Buffs were an American minor league baseball team, and were the first minor league team to be affiliated with a Major League franchise, which was the St. Louis Cardinals. The club was founded in 1888, and played in the Texas League at various levels throughout the majority of its existence. Most recently, from 1959 through 1961, the team played in the Triple-A American Association as the top affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. The Buffaloes derived their nickname from Buffalo Bayou, the principal waterway through Houston to the Houston Ship Channel, outlet to the Gulf of Mexico. The team's last home was Buffalo Stadium, built in 1928. Before that, they played at West End Park from 1905–1928, and at Herald Park prior to that.
The 1889 Houston Mud Cats won the first Texas League pennant in Houston's history
The 1905 Houston Buffaloes won the South Texas League title that season
New York Yankees at Houston in West End Park during a spring training exhibition game in 1914
Buffalo Stadium, the longest-serving and final ballpark of the Houston Buffaloes from 1928 through 1961
