Sweetwater Spudders

The Sweetwater Spudders were a minor league baseball team in the Longhorn League based in Sweetwater, Texas. Prior to the 1954 season, Spudders were based in Wichita Falls. After the 1954 season, they returned to Wichita Falls.

Sweetwater Spudders in "The Star and the Rockets"
On September 1, 1954, Joe Bauman of the Roswell Rockets hit his 68th homerun of the 1954 season while his team played against the Sweetwater Spudders. The Rockets also beat the Spudders, 15-9, although that was not the biggest story of the night.