The Marlin Marlins were a minor league baseball team based in Marlin, Texas in 1916 and 1917. Succeeded by the Marlin Bathers in 1923, Marlin teams played as members of the Class D level Central Texas League in 1916 to 1917 and Texas Association from 1923 to 1925, hosting home games at Marlin City Park. Four Major league baseball teams, most notably the New York Giants trained in Marlin, Texas for spring training from 1904 to 1918, overlapping with the beginning of minor league baseball in Marlin.