Pennsylvania State League
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The Pennsylvania State League played from 1892-1895, then changed into the first Atlantic League.

Cities represented

  • Allentown, PA: Allentown Colts 1892-1893; Allentown Kelly's Killers 1894; Allentown Goobers 1895; Allentown 1895
  • Altoona, PA: Altoona 1892; Altoona Mud Turtles 1893; Altoona 1894
  • Ashland, PA: Ashland 1894
  • Carbondale, PA: Carbondale Anthracites 1895
  • Danville, PA: Danville 1892-1893
  • Easton, PA: Easton 1893-1894; Easton 1894
  • Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Hustlers 1893; Harrisburg Senators
    Harrisburg Senators
    The Harrisburg Senators are a minor league baseball team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The team, which plays in the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals....

     1894-1895
  • Hazleton, PA: Hazleton Barons 1894; Hazleton Quay-kers 1895
  • Johnstown, PA: Johnstown Johnnies 1892; Johnstown Terrors
    Johnstown Terrors
    The Johnstown Terrors were a baseball team that played in the independent Pennsylvania State League in 1893. They played at the field located in the area that is now occupied bnow known as the Point Stadium, which is still used today by local baseball and football leagues....

     1893
  • Lancaster, PA: Lancaster Chicks 1894-1895
  • Lebanon, PA: Lebanon Pretzel Eaters 1892
  • Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Colts 1894
  • Pottsville, PA: Pottsville Colts 1894-1895
  • Reading, PA: Reading Actives 1892; Reading Actives 1893-1895; Reading 1895
  • Scranton, PA: Scranton Miners
    Scranton Miners
    The Scranton Miners were an Eastern Professional Basketball League basketball team based in Scranton, Pennsylvania that was a member of the American Basketball League. Arthur Pachter was the Owner and coach for many years...

     1892-1893; Scranton Indians 1894
  • Shenandoah, PA: Shenandoah 1894; Shenandoah Huns 1895
  • Wilkes-Barre, PA: Wilkes-Barre Coal Barons 1892
  • York, PA: York White Roses
    York White Roses
    The York White Roses was the name of a minor league baseball team in the city of York, Pennsylvania, USA, that existed from 1894–1969.-Early years:...

     1893

1892-1895

1892 Pennsylvania State League

President: J. Monroe Kreiter
Team StandingsWLPCTGB Managers
Wilkes-Barre Coal Barons 24 9 .727 0 James Randall
Allentown Colts 24 12 .667 1.5 John Hanlon
John Hanlon
----John Hanlon is a New Zealand singer and songwriter and is not to be confused with John Hanlon the record producer, recording engineer and mix engineer residing in California USA who works primarily with Neil Young....

Altoona 23 15 .606 3.5 Alexander Donahue
Johnstown Johnnies 21 15 .583 4.5 Thayer Torreyson
Danville 9 22 .290 14 NA
Scranton Miners
Scranton Miners
The Scranton Miners were an Eastern Professional Basketball League basketball team based in Scranton, Pennsylvania that was a member of the American Basketball League. Arthur Pachter was the Owner and coach for many years...

5 26 .161 18 NA
Reading Actives # 8 11 .445 NA NA
Lebanon Pretzel Eaters # 4 8 .333 NA Bill Sharsig
Bill Sharsig
William A. Sharsig was an American Major League Baseball Co-owner, general manager, business manager and on field manager of the American Association Philadelphia Athletics, both their first incarnation and their second, which had migrated over from the Players' League...

#Lebanon and Reading disbanded Player Statistics>
Player TeamStat TotPlayerTeamStatTot
John Coleman
John Coleman (outfielder/pitcher)
John Francis Coleman was an American professional baseball player....

 
Lebanon BA .362 George Shaffer
George Shaffer
George Adam Shaffer was a professional American football player for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He attended high school in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He attended Washington & Jefferson College.-Notes:...

Altoona Hits 99
George Shaffer
George Shaffer
George Adam Shaffer was a professional American football player for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He attended high school in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He attended Washington & Jefferson College.-Notes:...

Altoona Runs 60 Jack Drauby Wilkes-Barre Runs 60

1893 Pennsylvania State League

President: Henry B. Diddlebock
Team StandingsWLPCTGB Managers
Easton 70 36 .660 0 Jay Faatz
Jay Faatz
Jayson S. Faatz was an American Major League Baseball player born in Weedsport, New York, who played at first base for three teams during his four season career.-Career:...

Johnstown Terrors
Johnstown Terrors
The Johnstown Terrors were a baseball team that played in the independent Pennsylvania State League in 1893. They played at the field located in the area that is now occupied bnow known as the Point Stadium, which is still used today by local baseball and football leagues....

62 39 .614 5.5 Thayer Torreyson
Altoona Mud Turtles  57 41 .582 9 Alexander Donahue
Allentown Colts 57 46 .563 11.5 John Hanlon
John Hanlon
----John Hanlon is a New Zealand singer and songwriter and is not to be confused with John Hanlon the record producer, recording engineer and mix engineer residing in California USA who works primarily with Neil Young....

Harrisburg Hustlers 49 52 .485 18.5 Felix Marks
York White Roses
York White Roses
The York White Roses was the name of a minor league baseball team in the city of York, Pennsylvania, USA, that existed from 1894–1969.-Early years:...

51 55 .481 19 William Stevens / Bill Sharsig
Bill Sharsig
William A. Sharsig was an American Major League Baseball Co-owner, general manager, business manager and on field manager of the American Association Philadelphia Athletics, both their first incarnation and their second, which had migrated over from the Players' League...

Scranton Miners
Scranton Miners
The Scranton Miners were an Eastern Professional Basketball League basketball team based in Scranton, Pennsylvania that was a member of the American Basketball League. Arthur Pachter was the Owner and coach for many years...

45 57 .441 23 Martin Swift
Danville / Reading Actives # 16 81 .165 49.5 Art McCoy
Art McCoy
Arthur Gray McCoy was a Major League Baseball player. He played in 2 games for the Washington Nationals of the National League on July 8 and July 9, 1889. He played second base and failed to get a hit in six at-bats.-External links:...

 / Elias Maier / William Whitman
#Danville (5-47) moved to Reading July 7.
Playoff: Johnstown 3 games, Easton 2. Easton refused to continue the series. Player Statistics>
Player TeamStat TotPlayerTeamStatTot
Fred Betts Easton BA .402 John Lyston
John Lyston
John Michael Lyston was an American professional baseball player who played in one game for the Columbus Solons during the season and one game for the Cleveland Spiders during the season....

Altoona/Harrisburg W 24
Herman Pitz
Herman Pitz
Herman Pitz was a 19th century Major League Baseball player. Primarily a catcher, he also played third base and outfield with the Syracuse Stars and Brooklyn Gladiators of the American Association in 1890. He remained active in minor league baseball through 1895.-External links:*...

Scranton Runs 127 Jack Fee
Jack Fee
John "Jack" Fee , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues. He pitched in seven games, making three starts, for the 1889 Indianapolis Hoosiers of the National League. He continued to play in the minor leagues through 1895, primarily in the Pennsylvania State...

Scranton/Allentown SO 134
Fred Betts Easton Hits 150 Henry Miller
Henry Miller
Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist and painter. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of 'novel' that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is...

Harrisburg Pct .762: 16-5
Scoops Carey Altoona HR 10 John Slagle
John Slagle
John A. Slagle was an American major league baseball pitcher. He pitched one game, 1 1/3 scoreless innings, for the Cincinnati Kelly's Killers of the American Association on April 30, 1891. After his brief Major League appearance, he pitched through 1896 in the minor leagues.- References :...

Easton Pct .762: 16-5
Ace Stewart
Ace Stewart
Asa "Ace" Stewart was a Major League Baseball player. Stewart played for Chicago Colts in the season. He batted and threw right-handed.Stewart was born and died in Terre Haute, Indiana.-External links:*...

Easton HR 10

1894 Pennsylvania State League

Presidents: E.K. Meyers / A.L. Johnson / John H. Hanlon
Team StandingsWLPCTGB Managers
Pottsville Colts 62 44 .585 0 Phenomenal Smith
Phenomenal Smith
John Francis "Phenomenal" Smith, Born as John Francis Gammon, was an American Major League Baseball player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who pitched for six different teams during his eight year career....

Harrisburg Senators
Harrisburg Senators
The Harrisburg Senators are a minor league baseball team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The team, which plays in the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals....

56 45 .554 3.5 Jack Huston
Jack Huston
Jack Alexander Huston is an English actor. Huston had a starring role in Neighborhood Watch and filmed Outlander with James Caviezel and Sophia Myles...

Reading Actives 61 50 .550 3.5 William Whitman
Allentown / Easton / Ashland #### 53 46 .535 5.5 King Kelly
King Kelly
Michael Joseph "King" Kelly was an American right fielder, catcher, and manager in various professional American baseball leagues including the National League, International Association, Players' League, and the American Association. He spent the majority of his 16-season playing career with the...

 / John Milligan
Jocko Milligan
John "Jocko" Milligan , was a professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues from 1884-1893. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, and New York Giants.-External links:...

Hazleton Barons 53 53 .500 9 Bill Sharsig
Bill Sharsig
William A. Sharsig was an American Major League Baseball Co-owner, general manager, business manager and on field manager of the American Association Philadelphia Athletics, both their first incarnation and their second, which had migrated over from the Players' League...

Scranton Indians / Shenandoah ### 55 55 .500 9 Jim Brennan
Jim Brennan
Jim Brennan is a retired Canadian soccer player. During his playing career he gained experience playing extensively in Europe and North America, most notably with Bristol City, Nottingham Forest, Norwich City and Toronto FC.He also played 49 times for the Canadian national team, was...

Altoona / Lancaster Chicks ## 51 54 .486 10.5 A.T. Bentley / Jim Donahue
Jim Donahue
James Augustus "Jim" Donahue was an American Major League Baseball player from Lockport, Illinois who played his entire career in the American Association from through .-Career:...

Easton / Philadelphia Colts # 40 74 .351 26 Bill Parks
Bill Parks
William Robert Parks was an American left fielder, pitcher, and manager in Major League Baseball from Easton, Pennsylvania. A native of Easton, Pennsylvania, Parks played for the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia White Stockings, both of the National Association, in 1875. Then, in 1876, he...

 / Charlie Levis
Charlie Levis
Charles H. Levis was a Major League Baseball first baseman in 1884 & 1885.-External links:*...

#Easton (8-36) moved to Philadelphia July 4.
##Altoona {17-31) moved to Lancaster July 7.
###Scranton (45-28) was replaced by Shenandoah August 12.
####Allentown (53-29) was replaced by Easton August 16; Easton (0-8) moved to Ashland Sept. 1.
Playoff: Pottsville defeated Harrisburg in a disputed title game. Player Statistics>
Player TeamStat TotPlayerTeamStatTot
John Walters Allentown BA .383 Bill Massey
Bill Massey (baseball)
William Henry Massey , was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds. He played in 13 games for the 1894 Reds during September, 1894. His minor league playing career lasted through 1909.-External links:...

Scranton/Philadelphia Hits 176
Tom Golden Pottsville Runs 145 Henry Cole
Henry Cole
Sir Henry Cole was an English civil servant and inventor who facilitated many innovations in commerce and education in 19th century Britain...

Altoona/Lancaster HR 21

1895 Pennsylvania State League

Presidents: John H. Hanlon
Team StandingsWLPCTGB Managers
Hazleton Quay-kers 61 44 .581 0 Bill Sharsig
Bill Sharsig
William A. Sharsig was an American Major League Baseball Co-owner, general manager, business manager and on field manager of the American Association Philadelphia Athletics, both their first incarnation and their second, which had migrated over from the Players' League...

Carbondale Anthracites 55 48 .533 5 M. Swift
Lancaster Chicks  49 54 .476 11 A.T. Bentley
Pottsville Colts / Allentown / Reading ##### 44 64 .407 18.5 Phenomenal Smith
Phenomenal Smith
John Francis "Phenomenal" Smith, Born as John Francis Gammon, was an American Major League Baseball player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who pitched for six different teams during his eight year career....

Allentown Goobers #### 29 28 .509 NA John Milligan
Jocko Milligan
John "Jocko" Milligan , was a professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues from 1884-1893. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, and New York Giants.-External links:...

Reading ### 37 27 .578 NA William Whitman
Harrisburg Senators
Harrisburg Senators
The Harrisburg Senators are a minor league baseball team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The team, which plays in the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals....

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19 16 .543 NA Frank Seiss / Jim Donahue
Jim Donahue
James Augustus "Jim" Donahue was an American Major League Baseball player from Lockport, Illinois who played his entire career in the American Association from through .-Career:...

Shenandoah Huns # 1 14 .067 NA Jim Brennan
Jim Brennan
Jim Brennan is a retired Canadian soccer player. During his playing career he gained experience playing extensively in Europe and North America, most notably with Bristol City, Nottingham Forest, Norwich City and Toronto FC.He also played 49 times for the Canadian national team, was...

 / Charlie Levis
Charlie Levis
Charles H. Levis was a Major League Baseball first baseman in 1884 & 1885.-External links:*...

#Shenandoah disbanded May 20.
##Harrisburg disbanded June 20.
###Reading disbanded July 20..
####Allentown disbanded July 24.
#####Pottsville (35-33) moved to Allentown July 27.Allentown (5-7) moved to Reading August 10.
Playoff: None Scheduled Player Statistics>
Player TeamStat TotPlayerTeamStatTot
John Milligan
Jocko Milligan
John "Jocko" Milligan , was a professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues from 1884-1893. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, and New York Giants.-External links:...

Allentown/Reading BA .457 Bill Massey Carbondale Hits 174
Gus Moran Hazleton Runs 139

Hall of Fame alumni

  • King Kelly
    King Kelly
    Michael Joseph "King" Kelly was an American right fielder, catcher, and manager in various professional American baseball leagues including the National League, International Association, Players' League, and the American Association. He spent the majority of his 16-season playing career with the...

    , 1894 Allentown Kelly's Killers
  • Vic Willis
    Vic Willis
    Victor Gazaway Willis was a Major League Baseball player nicknamed "The Delaware Peach." He was a starting pitcher...

    , 1895 Harrisburg Senators
    Harrisburg Senators
    The Harrisburg Senators are a minor league baseball team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The team, which plays in the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals....


Source

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Second Edition.

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