Missouri State League
The Missouri State League was a short–lived Class D level baseball minor league that played in the 1911 season. The league began play with five teams, all based in Missouri. The Missouri State League folded during the 1911 season.
| Classification | Class D (1911) |
|---|---|
| Sport | Minor League Baseball |
| Inaugural season | 1911 |
| Ceased | June 4, 1911 |
| Director | W.G. Lynch (1911) James Lay (1911) |
| No. of teams | 5 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Most titles | 1 Brookfield Cubs (1911) |
| Related competitions | Missouri-Iowa-Nebraska-Kansas League |
History
The Missouri State League began the 1911 season as a five–team league with charter franchises based in Brookfield, Missouri, Jefferson City, Missouri, Kirksville, Missouri, Macon, Missouri, and Sedalia, Missouri. The Brookfield Hustlers folded on May 19, 1911 and the Sedalia Cubs moved to Brookfield after the Hustlers folded. On June 2, 1911, the Jefferson City Senators franchise folded. The Missouri State League permanently folded after play on June 4, 1911. The Sedalia/Brookfield Cubs finished in 1st place with a record of 11–8, compiling a 7–3 record based in Sedalia and 4–5 in Brookfield.[1][2][3]
The league began play on May 11, 1911, before folding on June 5, 1911.[4]
1911 cities represented
1911 Standings and statistics
Missouri State League standings
schedule
| Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedalia Cubs / Brookfield Cubs | 11 | 8 | .579 | -- | R.T. Easley |
| Macon Athletics | 10 | 8 | .566 | 0.5 | Brooks Gordon |
| Jefferson City Senators | 11 | 9 | .550 | 0.5 | Chief Myers |
| Kirksville Osteopaths | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.0 | Senter Rainey |
| Brookfield Hustlers | 0 | 4 | .000 | NA | Ginger Lyons |
Brookfield Hustlers disbanded May 19.
Sedalia (7–3) moved to Brookfield May 24.
Jefferson City disbanded June 2
League folded June 5.
| Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Herman | Macon | BA | .407 | Gunder William Akers Monegan | Jefferson City Macon Kirksville | W W W | 2 2 2 | |
| Bert St. John | Macon | Runs | 9 | Monegan | Kirksville | SO | 44 | |
| Kline | Jefferson City | Hits | 13 | Four tied | PCT | 1.000 1–0 | ||
| David Kraft | Kirksville | HR | 3 |
References
- Sumner, Benjamin Barrett. Minor League Baseball Standings:All North American Leagues, Through 1999. Jefferson, N.C.:McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0781-6
- "1911 Missouri State League". Baseball-Reference.com.
- The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson & Miles Wolff, editors (Third ed.). Baseball America. 2007. ISBN 978-1932391176.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - "1911 Missouri State League (MSL) Minor League Baseball Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
- "1911 Missouri State League (MSL) Minor League Baseball on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.