Tonopah (baseball)
Tonopah "Mollycoddlers" | |
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Minor league affiliations | |
Class | Independent (1907) |
League | Nevada State League (1907) |
Major league affiliations | |
Team | None |
Minor league titles | |
League titles (0) | None |
Team data | |
Name | Tonopah (1907) |
Ballpark | Unknown (1907) |
The Tonopah team was a
Tonopah also was home to the 1907 Tonopah Pullmans, possibly a
History
In 1907, Tonopah was a charter member of the
The 1907 Nevada State League was established with Powers serving as league president and Bert Ulmer serving as the league treasurer. On July 6, 1907 a league meeting was held. The meeting was hosted at the office of Senator James Boyd in Carson City and the Nevada State League Board of Directors was formed during this meeting. The directors chosen that day were Ben Rosenthal of Goldfield, Senator James T. Boyd of Reno, J.P Merder of Carson City and Thomas Kendall of Tonopah. Powers had previously served as president of the Wisconsin State League. Ulmer was an owner of the Elite Saloon in Goldfield. James T. Boyd was a member of the Nevada State Senate from 1906 to 1910. Rosenthal was Goldfield County commissioner. Kendall was a mining pioneer, owner of the Kendall Mine and a founder of Toonpah.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
References indicate the Tonopah team was known as the Tonopah "Mollycoddlers". The other league members were noted to have been called the
There are photographs of a second Tonopah 1907 team called the Tonopah Pullmans. The Pullmans were possibly a
The ballpark
The exact name and location of the 1907 Tonopah ballpark is unknown.[6]
Timeline
Year(s) | # Yrs. | Team | Level | League |
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1907 (1) | 1 | Tonopah "Mollycoddlers" | Independent | Nevada State League |
1907 (2) | 1 | Tonopah Pullmans |
Unknown | Unknown |
Year–by–year records
Year | Record | Finish | Manager | Playoffs/Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1907 | 3–6 | 3rd | NA | None held |
Notable alumni
No roster information for the 1907 Tonopah minor league team is known.[6]
References
- ^ "1907 Nevada State League". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Register Team Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
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- ^ "Nevada State League". Baseball History Daily.
- ^ a b c "1907 Tonopah Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "1907 Jul 7 Ben Rosenthal Elected Director of Nevada Baseball League". Nevada State Journal. July 7, 1907. p. 5 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Minor League Researcher: A New Minor League, the 1907 Nevada State League".
- ^ "Minor League Researcher: The 1907 Nevada State League Games Scores".
- ^ "Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada on July 7, 1907 · Page 5". Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Benjamin Rosenthal – Goldfield Historical Society".
- ^ "Armed Himself To The Umpire Game" (PDF). Diamond In The Dusk. 1907.
- ^ "James T. Boyd". Ballotpedia.
- ^ "Goldfield, Esmeralda Co., NV - 1907-1908 Business Directory Names R-Z". R. L. Polk & Co.'s Nevada State Gazetteer and Business Directory (First Edition 1907-1908). USGenWeb.
- ^ "Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada on July 15, 1907 · Page 6". Newspapers.com.
- ^ "USA-Nevada". www.renor.org.
- ^ "Nye County History". nyecountyhistory.com.
- ^ "Tonopah Daily Bonanza_Sept 27, 1907_Pullman vs Carpenters Baseball game". Tonopah Daily Bonanza. September 27, 1907. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "0621116 - BASEBALL: BLACK TEAM, 1907. The Pullman Club baseball team, Tohopah, Nevada. Photograph, 1907". Granger.