Editing Refugio, Texas (section)

== Sports ==
The 1938 [[Refugio Oilers]] played [[minor league baseball]] as members of the [[Class D (baseball)|Class D]] level [[Texas Valley League]]. The [[Brownsville Charros]], [[Corpus Christi Spudders]], [[Harlingen Hubs]], McAllen Packers and [[Taft Cardinals]] joined Refugio in the league, which began play on April 14, 1938.<ref name="encyc">{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball |editor1-first=Lloyd |editor1-last=Johnson |editor2-first=Miles |editor2-last=Wolff |edition=Third |publisher=[[Baseball America]] |date=2007 |isbn=978-1932391176}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/l-RGVL/y-1938|title=1938 Texas Valley League (TVL) minor league baseball on StatsCrew.com|website=www.statscrew.com}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=04d16527|title=1938 Texas Valley League|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal
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In 1947, future [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]]r [[Nolan Ryan]] was born in Refugio, though his family would move to [[Alvin, Texas]], when Ryan was an infant.<ref name="auto4">{{cite web|url=https://www.tshmf.org/ryan.html|title=Ryan|website=Texas State History Museum Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thisdayinbaseball.com/nolan-ryan-is-born-in-refugio-texas/|title=Nolan Ryan is born in Refugio, Texas|first=This Day in|last=Baseball|date=January 31, 1947}}</ref>