Central Pennsylvania League

Central Pennsylvania League
ClassificationIndependent (1886–1888, 1896, 1898)
Class F (1897)
SportMinor League Baseball
First season1887
Ceased1898
PresidentS.Y.M. Hollopeter (1888)
Albert D. Miller (1897)
No. of teams14
CountryUnited States of America
Most titles1
Shamokin Maroons (1887)
Hazelton Pugilists (1888)
Milton (1897)
Related
competitions		Pennsylvania League

The Central Pennsylvania League was a minor league baseball league which operated in several Pennsylvania cities from 1887 to 1888 and again from 1896 to 1898.

Cities represented

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Yearly standings

1887 Central Pennsylvania League

Team Standings W L PCT GB Managers
Shamokin Maroons 33 20 .622 -- Krouse
Hazleton 31 20 .607 1.0 Frank Stahr
Ashland 27 20 .574 3.0 NA
Mount Carmel Reliance 21 21 .500 6.5 Charlie Gessner
Sunbury 21 23 .477 7.5 Joseph Young
Danville 15 26 .365 12.0 Art McCoy
Mahanoy City 16 28 .363 12.5 James Quirk
Minersville 0 6 .000 NA Charles Steel

1888 Central Pennsylvania League

Team Standings W L PCT GB Managers
Hazelton Pugilists 30 20 .600 - Charlie Gessner
Shenandoah Hungarian Rioters 28 22 .560 2.0 J.M. Crinnan
Ashland 25 22 .532 3.5 George Cain
Mahanoy City 24 26 .480 6.0 Amos Walbridge
Mount Carmel Reliance 17 31 .354 12.0 Kendrick / J. B. Young
Shamokin Maroons 12 15 .444 NA J. B. Young

Shamokin disbanded July 7.
Hazleton withdrew August 7 to join Central League.

1897 Central Pennsylvania League

Team Standings W L PCT GB Managers
Milton 57 32 .640 -- Harry Griffith
Bloomsburg Blue Jays 44 47 .484 14.0 Pop Watts
Shamokin Reds /
Lock Haven Maroons		 45 48 .484 14.0 Jacob Herrold /
C.H. Myers
Williamsport Demorest 35 49 .417 19.5 David Spence / Peter Herdic /
Spencer Ansell / Joe Stewart
Sunbury Railroaders 42 30 .583 NA W.B. Masser
Pottsville Grays 8 13 .381 NA Terence Connell
Shamokin 17 29 .370 NA R.F. Glick

Sunbury entered the league June 3; Shamokin (13–17) transferred to Lock Haven June 26; Pottsville disbanded June 27.
A new Shamokin team entered the league July 11, taking Pottsville's record, then disbanded September 6.

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References

  1. ^ a b Lloyd Johnson; Miles Wolff, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.
  2. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14329203/1897_central_pennsylvania_league/ schedule


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