Downs Mabson Field has some significant baseball history. The ballpark is the home of the Huston-Tillotson University Rams baseball team. The ballpark was also once home to the Austin Black Senators. Downs Mabson field was also the home ballpark of Samuel Huston College before it combined with Tillotson College in 1952. Several notable ballplayers have played at Downs Mabson including: Satchel Paige, Willie Wells, Smokey Joe Williams, Willie Mays, and Buck O’Neil.

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