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Wichita, Kansas

The Wichita Wranglers is a double-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. They play sixty-eight home games starting in April through September. There is a fireworks show every Saturday home game.

Professional teams in Wichita have had numerous names, managers, affiliations and championships throughout the last 114 years.

Technically, Wichita's first professional club played in 1887 as the Wichita Braves, going 17-10 and winning the Kansas State League. Wichita was not in a professional league until nine years later, however, resurfacing as the Wichita Eagles. Another nine years passed before the Wichita Jabbers won the Western Association title in 1905 with an impressive 79-56 record. Wichita's return to baseball marked a run of 29 consecutive years in professional baseball until 1933. In that span, Wichita was in the Western Association for four years and the remaining 25 years as part of the Western League. Wichita captured titles during that run; in 1905 and 1907 as the Jabbers, 1918 as the Witches, 1921 as the Izzies and 1930 as the Wichita Aviators.

After 1933, however, Wichita did not have a professional baseball team until 1950. It was then that Wichita was first affiliated with a major league team, the St. Louis Browns. Wichita had to wait until 1957 for another title. The Wichita Browns won the American Association championship that season, winning 93 games as the Triple-A affiliate of Milwaukee.

Unfortunately for Wichita baseball fans, the championship drought that ensued lasted from 1958 until 1987. The Wichita Pilots brought back home Wichita's eighth overall title in their first season in the Texas League. Wichita has been known as the Wranglers since then, winning Texas League championships in 1992 and 1999. Wichita owns a total of 10 titles in professional baseball.

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Historic Church Tour

St. Mary's Cathedral "Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception" is the proper name of this church which is the direct successor of the First Catholic Church in Wichita built in 1872. The building you will see was laid in 1906. The tour takes approximately 45-60 minutes. Please call (316) 263-6

Wichita, KS Tours

Kansas Sports Hall of Fame

The KSHOF formerly housed in Abilene, Kansas is now located in Wichita, Kansas. The tour begins with a dynamic 3-screen video highlighting many Kansas heroes and greatest moments. Next is the basketball gallery where visitors come face-to-face with some of the most legendary figures in the sport.

Wichita, KS Halls of Fame

Kansas Aviation Museum

The Kansas Aviation Museum is housed in the aerodrome historical district of the original Wichita Municipal Airport, in the "Air Capital of the World,"

Wichita, KS Museums

Frank Lloyd Wright Allen-Lambe House Museum

The Allen-Lambe House is the last of the prairie style homes designed by legendary architect, Frank Lloyd Wright in 1915, that he considered "among my best." Tour the home and admire the many original furnishings.

Wichita, KS Museums

The Orpheum Theatre

The Orpheum Theatre in Wichita, Kansas represents one of the finest remaining examples of atmospheric school of theatre architecture which was developed during the first part of the 1900's. There were two major schools of design:

Wichita, KS Theatres

Things to do near Wichita, KS

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