page_title: Houston Buffaloes
section_title: Major League affiliations
hierarchical_section_title: Houston Buffaloes / Other league affiliations / Major League affiliations
caption_attribution_description: English: Otto Sens, principal owner of the Houston Buffaloes from 1909 until 1920.
context_page_description: 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 American Association at the Triple-A level of high minor league baseball as an 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 Houston Buffaloes were purchased by the Houston Sports Association in 1961 to obtain the Houston metropolitan-area territorial rights for the new expansion team in Major League baseball and the National League, Houston Colt .45s. Several of those associated with the Buffaloes continued with the Colt .45s major league team including manager Harry Craft.
context_section_description: Prior to 1919, it was not a practice of Minor League teams to be affiliated with Major League clubs.  In 1959, Houston became independent of any Major League club, but became affiliates of the Chicago Cubs for their last two seasons.
caption: Otto Sens, co-owner of the Houston Buffaloes from 1908 until 1920
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