Texas AirHogs
The Texas AirHogs were a professional baseball team based in Grand Prairie, Texas from 2008 to 2020. The AirHogs were members of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. Beginning in the 2008 season as the Grand Prairie AirHogs, the team played their home games at AirHogs Stadium. The team folded after the 2020 season.
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| League | American Association | ||||
| Location | Grand Prairie, Texas | ||||
| Ballpark | AirHogs Stadium | ||||
| Founded | 2007 | ||||
| Folded | 2020 | ||||
| League championships | (1) 2011 | ||||
| Division championships | (3) 2008, 2011, 2013 | ||||
| Colors | Black, red, white, silver | ||||
| Ownership | Neltex Sports (Donnie Nelson) | ||||
The team's name was taken from a slang term used by American military pilots and referred to the city's aviation industry (Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control is headquartered in Grand Prairie, and Vought Corporation once had a major plant in Dallas adjacent to Grand Prairie before the company was sold and the plant closed).
For the 2016 season, the AirHogs merged with the Amarillo Thunderheads, taking their name and splitting games between both home ballparks; from 2017 to 2020, the team was based solely in Grand Prairie.
Patrick Mahomes Senior played for the air hogs before he stared accumulating multipleDUIs