Northwest International League

The Northwest International League was a minor league baseball league that played briefly in the 1919 season. The four–team Class B level league evolved from the 1918 Pacific Coast International League, with franchises based in Washington and British Columbia.

Northwest International League
FormerlyPacific Coast International League
ClassificationClass B (1919)
SportMinor League Baseball
Inaugural season1919
CeasedJune 8, 1919
Replaced byPacific Coast International League
PresidentJ. M. Osmond (1919)
No. of teams4
CountryCanada
United States of America
Most titles1
Vancouver Beavers (1919)

History

In 1919, the Pacific Coast International League, which was formerly the Northwestern League, changed its name to become the "Northwest International League" for the 1919 season, before reverting to the Pacific Coast International League name for the 1920 season. J. M. Osmond served as president of the 1919 Northwest International League.[1]

Beginning play on April 23, 1919, the Northwest International League consisted of two Washington–based teams and two Canada–based teams. The Seattle Giants, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Beavers and Victoria Tyrees were the league members.[2]

On June 5, 1919, the Tacoma Tigers franchise folded, leaving the league with three remaining teams. On June 8, 1919, the league disbanded. The Vancouver Beavers finished in 1st place with a 20–14 record, ending the season 1.0 game ahead of 2nd place Seattle (16–12) and 2.0 games ahead of 3rd place Victoria (14–12). The Tacoma Tigers finished in last place with a 5–17 record.[3]

The Pacific Coast International league reformed for the 1920 season.[1]

Cities represented

Standings & statistics

1919 Northwest International League
schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Vancouver Beavers2014.588–Bill Speas
Seattle Giants1612.5711.0Joe Devine
Victoria Tyees1412.5382.0Duncan Hamilton
Tacoma Tigers517.2279.0Walter Cadman

Tacoma disbanded June 5, causing the league to disband June 8.

Player statistics
PlayerTeamStatTotPlayerTeamStatTot
George ArmstrongVictoriaBA.435Babe GibsonSeattlePCT.727 8–3
Carl HinkleVictoriaRuns31Wayne BarhamVancouverPCT.727 8–3
Bill SpeasVancouverHits44
Carl HinkleVictoriaHR9

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References
  1. 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)
  2. "1919 Northwest International League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. "1919 Northwestern International League (NIL) minor league baseball Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
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