Virginia League (1894–1896)
Classification | Class B (1895–1896) |
---|---|
Sport | Minor League Baseball |
First season | 1894 |
Ceased | 1896 |
Replaced by | Virginia League (1900) |
President | Camden Sommers (1894) Judge Samuel B. Witt,Jr. (1895) James McLaughlin (1896) |
No. of teams | 8 |
Country | United States |
Most titles | 2 Richmond Bluebirds (1895–1896) |
The Virginia League (1894–1896) was a
minor league baseball organization active in central Virginia
.
History
In 1894, the Virginia League began play as an
Newport News-Hampton Deck Hands (the Staunton team relocated in the middle of the 1894 season).[1]
In 1895, the league was upgraded to a
Norfolk Clams/Crows, the Petersburg Farmers, the Portsmouth Truckers, the Richmond Blue Birds, and the Roanoke Magicians.[2]
In 1896, the Norfolk team became the
Portsmouth Browns and then moved to Hampton and became the Hampton-Newport News Clamdiggers.[3]
1894–1896 cities represented
- Lynchburg Tobacconists1895–1896
- Newport News-Hampton Deck Hands 1894; Hampton-Newport News Clamdiggers1896
- Norfolk Crows 1895; Norfolk Braves1896
- Petersburg Farmers1894–1896
- Portsmouth Browns1896
- Richmond Crows/Richmond Colts 1894; Richmond Bluebirds1895-1896
- Roanoke Magicians1894–1896
- Staunton Hayseeds1894
1894–1896 standings and statistics
1894 Virginia State League
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Petersburg Farmers |
72 | 44 | .621 | - | H.P. Harrison |
Norfolk Clam Eaters |
66 | 45 | .595 | 3.5 | Camden Sommers |
Richmond Crows / Richmond Colts |
67 | 48 | .583 | 4.5 | Timothy West |
Newport News-Hampton Deck Hands |
50 | 64 | .439 | 21.0 | Pat Ziegler C.A. Gaussen / William Donovan |
Roanoke Magicians |
45 | 71 | .338 | 27.0 | George Houston / Hal O'Hagan / Shadrack McHooveter / Bill Stephenson |
Lynchburg Hill Climbers |
43 | 71 | .377 | 28.0 | E.J. Kerry / Samuel Shaw J. Hofford / S. Moran |
Staunton (36-53) moved to Newport News-Hampton August 14.
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Stuart Sanford | Petersburg | Hits | 121 |
1895 Virginia State League
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richmond Bluebirds | 78 | 45 | .634 | - | Jake Wells |
Lynchburg Tobacconists |
67 | 52 | .563 | 9.0 | Bill Smith |
Crows |
56 | 61 | .479 | 19.0 | Camden Sommers Bill Hoggins / Pop Tate |
Portsmouth Truckers | 57 | 68 | .456 | 22.0 | John Brady Charles Bland / George Reed |
Petersburg Farmers |
55 | 69 | .444 | 23.5 | Bob Pender |
Roanoke Magicians |
52 | 70 | .431 | 25.5 | Jim Breen / Dick Padden |
No Playoffs Scheduled.
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pop Tate | Portsmouth/Norfolk | BA | .412 | Carney Flynn | Richmond | W | 25 | |
Hal O'Hagan | Norfolk | Runs | 125 | Carney Flynn | Richmond | SO | 203 | |
Pop Tate | Portsmouth/Norfolk | Hits | 194 | Al Orth | Lynchburg | PCT | .774 24-7 | |
Bob Berryhill | Lynchburg | HR | 19 | |||||
Charles McIntyre | Lynchburg | HR | 19 | |||||
Louis Lippert | Petersburg | SB | 77 |
1896 Virginia State League
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richmond Bluebirds | 71 | 55 | .563 | - | Jake Wells |
Norfolk Braves | 70 | 60 | .538 | 3.0 | Claude McFarland |
Portsmouth Browns |
65 | 64 | .504 | 7.5 | Lefty Marr / Bill Hall |
Petersburg Farmers / Hampton-Newport News Clamdiggers |
39 | 90 | .302 | 33.5 | James Breen George Kelly / Charles Boyer |
Lynchburg Tobacconists |
68 | 37 | .648 | NA | Bill Smith |
Roanoke Magicians |
49 | 56 | .467 | NA | Charles Boyer / Pop Tate |
Petersburg (32–60) moved to Hampton August 13.
Roanoke disbanded August 20; Lynchburg disbanded August 22.
The league played a three part split season.
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pop Tate | Roanoke | BA | .384 | Jesse Tannehill | Richmond | W | 27 | |
Claude McFarland | Norfolk | Runs | 123 | Cy Malarkey | Richmond | SO | 208 | |
Claude McFarland | Norfolk | Hits | 194 | W.F. McFarland | Lynchburg | PCT | .741 20-7 | |
Zeke Wrigley | Roanoke | HR | 16 | |||||
Joe Dolan | Lynchburg | HR | 16 | |||||
Dummy Stephenson | Norfolk/Portsmouth/Petersburg | HR | 16 | |||||
Barley Kain | Richmond | SB | 94 |
References
- ^ "1894 Virginia League". Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "1895 Virginia League". Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "1896 Virginia League". Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ISBN 978-1932391176.