Houston Sports - Dizzy Dean

Dizzy Dean Born: January 16, 1910 Sport: Baseball (4-time All-Star, MVP, World Series Champion, Hall of Fame) Before Houston became the home of a major league baseball team, the city played host to some interesting and talented players on their way to becoming stars. The first record of America's pastime being played in Houston was in 1867, when a field was set up on the grounds of San Jacinto (where Texas fought their decisive battle for independence against the Mexican army) and the Houston Stonewalls defeated the Galveston Robert E. Lees 35-2. By 1888 an entire league had been set up, based in Houston, and the most famous the various teams to call the city home was the Houston Buffaloes. This week we'll take a minute to look at the brief time that a future Hall of Fame pitcher called our fair city home, as well as the rest of the story of Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean. Houston's Buffalo Stadium, near downtown Born in western Arkansas in 1910, young Jay supposedly o...