El Paso Diablos

El Paso Diablos El Paso, Texas
Team logo Cap insignia
Class-level
Previous	Independent (2005–2013) Class AA (1962–1970, 1972–2004) Class D (1961) Class B (1955–1957) Class C (1947–1954) Class B (1946) Class C (1940–1941) Class D (1915, 1930–1932, 1937–1941)
Minor league affiliations
Previous leagues	American Association (2006–2013) Central Baseball League (2005) Texas League (1962–1970, 1972–2004) Sophomore League (1961) Southwestern League (1956–1957) West Texas–New Mexico League (1955) Arizona–Texas League (1952–1954) Southwest International League (1951) Arizona–Texas League (1947–1950) Mexican National League (1946) Arizona–Texas League (1930–1932, 1937–1941) Rio Grande Association (1915)
Major league affiliations
Previous	Arizona Diamondbacks (1999–2004) Milwaukee Brewers (1981–1998) California Angels (1973–1980) Los Angeles Dodgers (1972) California Angels (1965–1970) San Francisco Giants (1961–1964) Boston Red Sox (1948) Cleveland Indians (1940) New York Yankees (1937, 1939)
Minor league titles
League titles	11 (1931, 1937, 1940, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1968, 1972, 1978, 1986, 1994)
Team data
Nickname	El Paso Diablos (1974–2013) El Paso Sun Kings (1974) El Paso Dodgers (1972) El Paso Sun Kings (1961–1970) El Paso Texans (1930–1932, 1937–1941, 1946–1957) El Paso Mackmen (1915) El Paso Browns (1892–1914)
Colors	Black, red, white
Ballpark	Cohen Stadium
Previous parks	Dudley Field
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	Tigua Native American Tribe
Manager	Tim Johnson
General Manager	Matt LaBranche
Media	KHEY 1380 AM

Black, red, white

"El Paso Diablos" refers to two different professional baseball teams based in El Paso, Texas, in the United States. The most recent Diablos were a member of the South Division of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. From 1990–2013, the Diablos, in both incarnations, played their home games at Cohen Stadium. The team's name means "devils" in the Spanish language.

The team has its roots going back to 1892, when the team was originally called the El Paso Browns. The name eventually changed to the Mavericks. In 1913, the El Paso Mavericks played in the Copper League, which consisted of teams from Silver City, Hurley, and Santa Rita, New Mexico. Despite coming in third place that season, the Mavericks went on to win the post season tournament, becoming the Southwestern Champions of 1913. In 1915, the Mavericks joined the Rio Grande Association, a Class D minor league. Though the league folded after a year, the Mavericks continued to play in some form or another.

In 1924, the longtime home for the team, Dudley Field (known, locally as the "Dudley Dome") named for El Paso Mayor R.M. "Dick" Dudley, was constructed in South El Paso. While technically not a Dome in any sense of the word, the stadium had a supernatural ability to avoid rain showers and the unique ability to keep the temperature inside the stadium the same as that outside of the stadium. Another unique feature of the park was that the structure under the main grandstand was constructed out of adobe. A final feature, one that would be used by the Brewers to test their pitchers in the future was that it was notoriously hitter friendly. Due to its cozy dimensions (340-395-340), pitchers had to work hard to make sure their ERAs would at least be below five.

In 1922, Syd and Andy Cohen played for the Mavericks and later played in the Major Leagues. Andy Cohen was a second baseman for the New York Giants, and Syd was a pitcher for several different teams in the American League, though he would be the last pitcher to strike out Babe Ruth. Syd also pitched in the Mexican leagues and later managed the Juarez team.