Pacific Coast International League

The Pacific Coast International League was a minor league baseball league that played between 1918 and 1922. The Class B level league franchises were based in the Northwest United States and British Columbia.

Pacific Coast International League
FormerlyNorthwestern League
ClassificationClass B (1918, 1920–1921)
SportMinor League Baseball
Inaugural season1918
Ceased1921
Replaced byWestern International League
PresidentBob Blewett (1918)
Louis H. Burnett (1920–1921)
No. of teams9
CountryCanada
United States of America
Most titles1
Seattle Giants (1918)
Victoria Islanders (1920)
Yakima Indians (1921)
Related
competitions
Northwest International League (1919)

History

The Pacific Coast International League was a re–branding of the former Northwestern League and was known as the Northwest International League in 1919. In 1922, the name was changed to the Western International League.

Teams in the league included the Aberdeen Black Cats, Portland Buckaroos, Seattle Giants, Spokane Indians, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Beavers, Victoria Islanders and Yakima Indians.

As the Northwest International League, it consisted of two Washington–based teams and two Canada-based teams: the Seattle Drydockers, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Beavers and Victoria Tyrees. On June 8, 1919, the league disbanded, with the Beavers in first place. Therefore, they were the de facto league champions. The Tigers finished in last place with a 5–17 record. Wally Hood, who played in the major leagues from 1920 to 1922, spent time in the league.

Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Joe McGinnity played for the Vancouver Beavers in 1918.[1]

Cities Represented

Standings & statistics

1918 Pacific Coast International League

schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Seattle Giants4028.588Bill Leard
Portland Buckaroos3728.5691.5Bill Fisher
Aberdeen Black Cats3235.4787.5Dick Egan
Vancouver Beavers /
Vancouver (WA) Beavers
2639.38816.0Robert Brown
James A. Hamilton
Tacoma Tigers139.591NABill Speas
Spokane Indians916.360NANick Williams

Tacoma and Spokane disbanded May 26; Vancouver, British Columbia (26–28) moved to Vancouver, Washington June 25.
The league suspended operations July 7.

Player statistics
PlayerTeamStatTotPlayerTeamStatTot
Cliff LeePortlandBA.359Cyrus YoungSeattleW13
Bob SmaleSeattleRuns62Frank RappPortlandSO80
Bevo LeBourveauSeattleHits91Cyrus YoungSeattlePct.867; 13–2
Bill FisherPortlandHR4

1920 Pacific Coast International League

schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Victoria Islanders6946.600Bill Leard
Yakima Indians6548.5753.0Frank Raymond
Vancouver Beavers6550.5654.0Bob Brown / William Kirby
Tacoma Tigers6653.5555.0Bobby Vaughn
Spokane Indians5658.49112.5Cliff Blankenship
Seattle Giants2490.21144.5Dave Hillyard /
Bill Kenworthy / Bill Hoffman

No Playoffs Scheduled.

Player statistics
PlayerTeamStatTotPlayerTeamStatTot
Paul StrandYakimaBA.339Bert ColeTacomaW24
Charlie GormanYakimaRuns101Harry MortonVictoriaSO198
Jim HarriganYakimaHits156Bert ColeTacomaPct.774; 24–7
Tiny GrahamTacomaHits156
Lee DempseyVictoriaHR19

1921 Pacific Coast International League

schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Yakima Indians7936.687Frank Raymond
Tacoma Tigers6353.54316.5Charles Mullen
Victoria Bees4571.38834.5Cliff Blankenship / Elmer Hansen
Vancouver Beavers4572.38535.0Billy Purtell

No Playoffs Scheduled.

Player statistics
PlayerTeamStatTotPlayerTeamStatTot
George LafayetteYakimaBA.428Guy CooperYakimaW22
George LafayetteYakimaRuns132Guy CooperYakimaSO162
George LafayetteYakimaHits179Henry RobckeTacomaPct.762 16–5
Ed HandleyVictoriaHR15

[2]

References

  1. "1918 Vancouver Beavers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. 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)
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