The Washington State League was a Class-D minor league baseball circuit in Washington state that existed for three seasons—from 1910 to 1912. Teams in the league included the Aberdeen Black Cats, Chehalis Gophers, Hoquiam Loggers, Centralia Pets, Montesano Farmers, Raymond Cougars, Tacoma Cubs, South Bend River Rats and Centralia Railroaders. The Washington State League was also the name of an independent baseball league in 1897.
History The Washington State League played the 1897 season as an independent baseball league, with unknown teams and standings.
In 1910, the league reformed. The 1910 league was organized at a meeting in Hoquiam, Washington on March 6, 1910, as a six–team circuit with a 21–week schedule. It was approved to split the shares of tickets equally between the home and away teams, with ten percent of the ticket earnings given to the league for travel expenses. Walter A. MacFarlane was elected league president and W. E. Campbell was elected vice president. During the 1910 season, the salary cap was limited to $850 per month.
In July 1910, Montesano Farmers second baseman Otto Moore was struck on the head with a baseball pitched by Harold Cross. As a result, Moore fell into a coma.
The Raymond Cougars won the 1910 Washington State League championship with a record of 36 wins and 19 losses (.655 winning percentage).
The league reduced to four teams in 1911 and 1912, folding during its final season. The Centralia Pets and Chehalis Farmers won championships in those seasons. The league permanently folded on July 14, 1912.
Cities represented Aberdeen, WA: Aberdeen Black Cats 1910, 1912 Centralia, WA: Centralia Pets 1911; Centralia Railroaders 1912 Chehalis, WA: Chehalis Gophers 1910; Chehalis Proteges 1911; Chehalis Farmers 1912 Hoquiam, WA: Hoquiam Loggers 1910; Hoquiam Cougars 1912 Montesano, WA: Montesano Farmers 1910 Raymond, WA: Raymond Cougars 1910; Raymond Venetians 1911 South Bend, WA: South Bend River Rats 1911 Tacoma, WA: Tacoma Cubs 1910
Standings & statistics 1910 Washington State League Team standingsWLPCTGB Managers Raymond Cougars 3619.655-Fred Dunbar Chehalis Gophers3519.6180.5 Fred Heghring / Thomas Kelly Aberdeen Black Cats2429.45311.0Dick Boettiger Montesano Farmers2231.41513.0Chub Philbrick Hoquiam Loggers1218.400NAWells Tacoma Cubs821.276NAJoe Dryer Hoquiam disbanded July 15; Tacoma disbanded July 18. +Player statisticsPlayer TeamStat TotPlayerTeamStatTot Fielder JonesChehalisBA.358James JachsRaymondW15 White McBrideChehalisRuns48James JachsRaymondSO164 Frank JansaChehalisHits70Clarence KrauseChehalisPCT.833 5–1 1911 Washington State League Team standingsWLPCTGB Managers Centralia Pets3817.691-W.R. Patton / Guy Muck Chehalis Proteges3620.6482.5 Dusty Miller / Lenny Taylor Raymond Venetians2529.46312.5C.D. WineholtSouth Bend River Rats1144.20027.0NA +Player statisticsPlayer TeamStat TotPlayerTeamStatTot Ted ReedSouth BendBA.333Ray CallahanCentra/ChehalW13 Tate BerryChehalisRuns49Raymond BakerRaymondW13 C.D. WineholtRaym/ChehalRuns49Ray CallahanCentra/ChehalSO131 Howard GuynnCentraliaHits72Heinie BergerCentraliaPCT.778 7–2 C.D. WineholtRaym/ChehalHR8 1912 Washington State League Team standingsWLPCTGB Managers Chehalis Farmers2516.610-James BurnsCentralia Railroaders1917.5283.5W.R. Patton / George DysartAberdeen Black Cats1621.4327.0Thomas KellyHoquiam Cougars1723.4257.5Ed Ford / Joe Wilkins Aberdeen disbanded July 10. The league disbanded July 14. +Player statisticsPlayer TeamStat TotPlayerTeamStatTot L.G. TaylorChehalisBA.351F.B. ArcherChehalisW9 Arthur HaleyChehalisRuns17Heinie BergerHoquiamSO82 E. CarriganChehalisHits23Walter FrinkChehalisPCT.800 8–2 L.A. GiddingsAberdeenHits23 KinkelonHoquiamHR2
References
External links Baseball Reference