Portland Webfeet
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The Portland Webfeet were a Minor League Baseball
Minor league baseball
Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...

 team in the Pacific Northwest League
Pacific Northwest League
The Pacific Northwest League was a professional Minor League Baseball league based in the Pacific Northwest. It was the first professional baseball league ever in the region.-Founding:...

. They were located in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

 and played at Columbia Park. They were active from to .

In the Webfeet won the league championship, even playing teams from the California League
California League
The California League is a Class A Advanced minor league baseball league which operates throughout the state of California. Before 2002, it was classified as a "High-A" league, indicating its status as a Class A league with the highest level of competition within that classification, and the fifth...

, including Sacramento
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...

, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...

 and San Jose
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...

. The Pacific Northwest League folded in the second half of the 1892 season due to the onset of a nationwide economic depression known as the Panic of 1893
Panic of 1893
The Panic of 1893 was a serious economic depression in the United States that began in 1893. Similar to the Panic of 1873, this panic was marked by the collapse of railroad overbuilding and shaky railroad financing which set off a series of bank failures...

.

Year-by-year record

Year League Affiliation Record Finish Manager Playoffs
Pacific Northwest League none N/A N/A N/A N/A
Pacific Northwest League none N/A N/A N/A N/A League Champions
Pacific Northwest League none 41-34 2nd John Barnes
John Barnes (manager)
John Sloane Barnes was a Minor League Baseball manager . Born in Ireland, J.S. Barnes was a prominent athlete, promoter, and proponent of physical fitness. Barnes organized the Pacific Northwest League in 1890, the first professional baseball league in the region. In that same year, he led the...

/George Borchers
George Borchers
George Benard "Chief" Borchers was a 19th century Major League Baseball pitcher. In he led the pitching staff of the minor league Nashville Tigers with the most wins .-External links:...

/Henry Harris 
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Notable players

  • Kid Baldwin
    Kid Baldwin
    Clarence Geoghan "Kid" Baldwin was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played seven seasons at the Major League level. In addition to playing catcher, Baldwin also played outfield, third base, second base and first base. He also pitched two games in the season.-Early life:Baldwin began to play...

  • Tom Dolan
    Tom Dolan (baseball)
    Thomas J. Dolan was a player in Major League Baseball. Dolan was primarily a catcher, but also played outfield, third base, and pitched 4 innings.-External links:...

  • Willard Mains
    Willard Mains
    Willard Eben Mains was an American professional baseball pitcher. He joined the National League at the age of 19 with the Chicago White Stockings, started two games in , winning one and losing the other...

  • Jake Stenzel
    Jake Stenzel
    Jacob Charles Stenzel was a center fielder in Major League Baseball from 1890 to 1899. He played for the Chicago Colts, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Browns/Perfectos, and Cincinnati Reds. Stenzel was tall and weighed .-Early career:Stenzel was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1867...

  • George Tebeau
    George Tebeau
    George E. Tebeau was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Cincinnati Red Stockings and Toledo Maumees of the American Association, and with the Washington Senators and Cleveland Spiders of the National League. Tebeau batted and threw right-handed. He was born...

  • Bill White (shortstop)
    Bill White (shortstop)
    William Dighton White , was a professional baseball player who was mainly a shortstop in major leagues for five season from to . During his major league career, he played for three different franchises: the Pittsburg Alleghenys in , the Louisville Colonels from 1886 to 1888, and the St...


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