Empire State League (1905–1907)
Classification | United States of America |
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Most titles | 2 Seneca Falls (1905–1906) |
Related competitions | Empire State League (1913) Empire State League (1987) |
The Empire State League was a
History
On March 22, 1905, the Empire State League was formed at a meeting held in Syracuse, New York. The teams were selected and R.C. Mayor of Rome was elected secretary and treasurer. Salaries were set at $600.00 per month for each team.[1]
The 1905 Empire State League began play as an eight–team independent league on May 26, 1905. Seneca Falls won the championship with a 42–26 record and several teams folded or relocated during the 1905 season.[2][3]
In 1906, the Empire State League reduced to six teams, beginning the season on May 26, 1906 and becoming a
In its final season of play, the 1907 Empire State League continued play as a six–team Class D level league and crowned a new champion.[8][4] The Oswego Starchmakers finished 1.0 game ahead of second place Seneca Falls to win the league championship.[9][7]
M.T. Roche served as president of the Empire State League for all three seasons of play.[10][7]
Cities represented
- Auburn1906–1907
- Canandaigua, NY: Canandaigua 1905
- Cortland1905
- Fulton, NY: Fulton 1905–1907
- Geneva, NY: Geneva 1905–1907
- Ilion1905
- Lyons, NY: Lyons 1905, 1907
- Oneida, NY: Oneida 1905
- Oswego, NY: Oswego Starchmakers1905–1907
- Palmyra1905
- Penn Yan, NY: Penn Yan 1906
- Rome1905
- Seneca Falls, NY: Seneca Falls 1905–1907
- Syracuse, NY: Syracuse 1906
Standings & statistics
1905 Empire State League
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
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Seneca Falls | 42 | 26 | .618 | - | Larry Sutton / J. Doyle |
Palmyra /Geneva |
33 | 22 | .600 | 2.5 | Bade Myers / George Williams |
Rome |
41 | 30 | .577 | 2.5 | NA |
Lyons | 31 | 35 | .470 | 10.0 | Jay Faatz |
Oswego Starchmakers | 32 | 44 | .421 | 14.0 | NA |
Ilion /Fulton |
20 | 39 | .339 | 22.5 | NA |
Oneida | 22 | 13 | .629 | NA | Flanagan |
Canandaigua | 11 | 19 | .367 | NA | NA |
Cortland |
00 | 00 | .000 | NA | NA |
Palmyra moved to Geneva in June; Ilion moved to Fulton July 10; Cortland disbanded July 18 (record unknown); Oneida disbanded July 25; Canandaigua disbanded July 27.
1906 Empire State League
schedule
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seneca Falls | 48 | 32 | .600 | - | Edward McGuire |
Geneva | 47 | 32 | .595 | 0.5 | John Murray |
Auburn |
37 | 35 | .514 | 7.0 | Willard Hoagland |
Oswego Starchmakers | 40 | 38 | .513 | 7.0 | Larry Sutton / William Mackey |
Fulton | 30 | 45 | .400 | 15.5 | John Stevenson |
Penn Yan / Syracuse |
20 | 40 | .333 | 18.0 | Manion / John O'Neil |
Penn Yan (20–40) moved to Syracuse August 23; Syracuse folded before playing a game.[12][6][7]
1907 Empire State League
schedule
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oswego Starchmakers | 55 | 29 | .655 | - | Chauncer Elliot |
Seneca Falls | 56 | 32 | .636 | 1.0 | T.C. Doyle |
Auburn |
44 | 39 | .530 | 10.5 | Willard Hoagland |
Fulton | 43 | 42 | .506 | 12.5 | John Stevenson |
Geneva | 34 | 51 | .400 | 21.5 | John Murray |
Lyons | 25 | 64 | .281 | 32.5 | J.M. Flynn |
References
- ^ "Seneca County courier-journal. (Seneca Falls, N.Y.) 1902-1944, March 23, 1905, Image 1" (1905/03/23). March 23, 1905: 1 – via nyshistoricnewspapers.org.
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(help) - ^ a b "1905 Empire State League (ESL) Minor League Baseball Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
- ^ a b "1905 Empire State League". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ a b "1906 Empire State League (ESL) Minor League Baseball on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
- ^ "1906 Empire State League". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ a b "1906 Empire State League (ESL) Minor League Baseball Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
- ^ ISBN 978-1932391176.
- ^ "1907 Empire State League". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ a b "1907 Empire State League (ESL) Minor League Baseball Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
- ISBN 9780738544533– via Google Books.
- ^ "Empire State League (ESL) Minor League Baseball on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
- ^ "1906 Penn Yan/Syracuse minor league baseball Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.