The Pennsylvania-West Virginia League was a professional minor league baseball league that consisted of teams from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

 and West Virginia

West Virginia

West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

. It played from 1908 to 1909 and again in 1914.

Teams

• Charleroi Cherios, 1908
• Clarksburg Bees, 1909
• Clarksburg Drummers, 1908
• Connellsville Cokers, 1908-1909
• Fairmont Badies, 1908
• Fairmont Champions, 1909
• Grafton Wanderers, 1908
• Parkersburg Parkers, 1909
• Scottdale Millers, 1908
• Uniontown Coal Barons
  Uniontown Coal Barons
  The Uniontown Coal Barons were a Pennsylvania-Ohio-Maryland League , Pennsylvania-West Virginia League and Middle Atlantic League baseball team based in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA. From 1947 to 1949, they were affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates.Under manager James Groninger, they won a...
  
  , 1908-1909

Some teams did not have nicknames. That includes Charleroi, Pennsylvania

Charleroi, Pennsylvania

Charleroi is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, along the Monongahela River, 25 miles south of Pittsburgh. Charleroi was settled in 1890 and incorporated in 1891. The population in 1900 stood at 5,930; in 1910, 9,615; in 1920, 11,516, and in 1940, 10,784...

's and Grafton, West Virginia

Grafton, West Virginia

Grafton is a city in, and county seat of, Taylor County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 5,489 at the 2000 census. The only two national cemeteries in West Virginia are located in Grafton. Mother's Day was founded in Grafton on May 10, 1908; the city is the home to the International Mother's...

's 1909 teams and all teams from 1914. Cities represented in 1914 were Charleroi, Clarksburg, West Virginia

Clarksburg, West Virginia

Clarksburg is a city in and the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, in the north-central region of the state. It is the principal city of the Clarksburg, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area...

, Connellsville, Pennsylvania

Connellsville, Pennsylvania

Connellsville is a city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA, 57 miles southeast of Pittsburgh on the Youghiogheny River, a tributary of the Monongahela River. It is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. In 1890, 5,629 people lived in Connellsville, which was a borough at that time...

, Fairmont, West Virginia

Fairmont, West Virginia

Fairmont is a city in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. Nicknamed "The Friendly City". The population was 18,704 at the 2010 census...

, McKeesport, Pennsylvania

McKeesport, Pennsylvania

McKeesport is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in the United States; it is located at the confluence of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 19,731 at the 2010 census...

 and Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Uniontown is a city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. Population in 1900, 7,344; in 1910, 13,344; in 1920, 15,692; and in 1940, 21,819. The population was 10,372 at the 2010 census...

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Notable players

Multiple notable major league players spent time in the league, including Bill Bailey, Roy Ellam

Roy Ellam (baseball)

Roy Ellam was a professional baseball player. He was a shortstop for parts of two seasons with the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates. For his career, he compiled a .143 batting average, with one home run and six runs batted in.He was born in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, and died there at...

, Sam Fletcher

Sam Fletcher

Samuel Scott Fletcher was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Brooklyn Superbas in 1909 and the Cincinnati Reds in 1912.-External links:...

, Del Gainer

Del Gainer

Dellos Clinton Gainer , nicknamed "Sheriff," was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played 10 seasons in the Major Leagues...

, Ed Hilley

Ed Hilley

Edward Garfield Hilley was an American Major League Baseball third baseman. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season.-References:...

, John Hinton

John Hinton (baseball)

John Robert Hinton was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Beaneaters in 1901.- External links :...

, Bert Humphries

Bert Humphries

Albert Humphries , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies.-External links:...

, Abe Kruger

Abe Kruger

Abraham Kruger was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He appeared in two games for the 1908 Brooklyn Superbas, starting one game and finishing with a 0-1 record in 6.3 innings of work.-External links:...

, George McAvoy

George McAvoy (baseball)

George Robert McAvoy , was a Major League Baseball player who played in with the Philadelphia Phillies.McAvoy played in 1 game, going 0-1.He was born in East Liverpool, Ohio and died in Miami, Florida.-External links:...

, Jim Miller

Jim Miller (infielder)

James McCurdy "Rabbit" Miller was a Major League Baseball infielder for the New York Giants in 1901.-External links:...

, Bobby Rothermel

Bobby Rothermel

Edward Hill "Bobby" Rothermel , was an American infielder in Major League Baseball for one season with the Baltimore Orioles in .-External links:...

, Dutch Rudolph

Dutch Rudolph

John Herman "Dutch" Rudolph was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs.-External links:...

, Huck Wallace

Huck Wallace

Harry Clinton "Huck" Wallace was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1912. In four career games, he allowed seven hits in 4.2 innings. He had an ERA of 0.00 while allowing 5 runs. Huck threw left and batted left. He was born in Richmond, Indiana in 1882...

, Buck Washer

Buck Washer

William "Buck" Washer was an American professional baseball pitcher. Washer played for the Philadelphia Phillies in the season. In one career game, he had a 0-0 record, giving up two runs, four hits, and also gave up five walks. He batted and threw right-handed.Washer was born and died in Akron,...

, Barney Wolfe

Barney Wolfe

Wilbert Otto "Barney" Wolfe was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Wolfe played for the New York Highlanders and the Washington Senators from to . In 76 career games, he had 21 wins and 37 losses, with a 2.96 ERA...

 and Guy Zinn

Guy Zinn

Guy Zinn was a professional American baseball outfielder.-Baseball career:He played his first game on September 11, 1911, for the New York Highlanders of the American League. On April 20, 1912 he scored the first ever Run at Fenway Park...

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League champions

Clarksburg was the league champion in 1908 and Uniontown was the league champion in 1909. The 1914 league champion is unknown.