Pennsylvania–West Virginia League

The Pennsylvania–West Virginia League was a professional minor league baseball league that consisted of teams based in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. It played from 1908 to 1909 as a Class D level league and again in 1914 as an Independent league.[1]

Pennsylvania–West Virginia League
ClassificationClass D (1908–1909)
Independent (1914)
SportMinor League Baseball
Inaugural season1908
Ceased1914
PresidentJames D. Groninger (1908–1909)
Hugh A. McKinnon (1914)
No. of teams9
CountryUnited States of America
Most titles1
Clarksburg Drummers (1908)
Uniontown Coal Barons (1909)
Connellsville Cokers (1914)
Related
competitions		Pennsylvania-Ohio-Maryland League

Teams

League champions
  • Clarksburg was the league champion in 1908
  • Uniontown was the league champion in 1909
  • The 1914 league champion were the Connellsville Cokers.[2]

Standings & statistics

1908 to 1909

1908 Pennsylvania–West Virginia League
schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Uniontown Coal Barons6841.624–Frank Sisley
Clarksburg Drummers7148.5972.0Lucas Hogue / Ferdinand Drumm
Charleroi Cherubs5653.51412.0Arch Osborne
Connellsville Cokers5456.49114.5H.E. Irwin /
W. Marietta / Milt Montgomery
Fairmont Badies5564.46218.0Thomas Haymond /
Reddy Mack / Walter Snodgrass
Scottdale Millers /
Grafton Wanderers		3678.31634.5Duff Buttermore

Scottdale (24–46) moved to Grafton July 21.
Playoff: Clarksburg 3 games, Uniontown 1.

Player statistics
PlayerTeamStatTot
Joe PhillipsUniontownBA.307
Elmer JacobsonScottdale/GraftonHits119
Fred DawsonClarksburgRuns80

1909 Pennsylvania–West Virginia League

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Uniontown Coal Barons6344.589–Frank Sisley /
Charles McCloskey
Fairmont Champions5850.5375.5Louis Hunt
Grafton5654.5098.5Duff Buttermore
Connellsville Cokers5356.48611.0Alexander Sweeney
Clarksburg Bees2231.415NAFedinand Drumm
Charleroi /
Parkersburg Parkers		1633.327NAFred Osborne /
Frank McHale

Charleroi (13–25) moved to Parkersburg June 30, Parkersburg was dropped July 10, when Clarksburg disbanded.
Playoff: Uniontown 4 games, Fairmont 3.

Player statistics
PlayerTeamStatTotPlayerTeamStatTot
Waldo JackleyFairmontBA.326Joe PhillipsUniontownW29
Del GainerGraftonRuns59Joe PhillipsUniontownPct.806; 29–7
Joe PhillipsUniontownHits127

1914

1914 Pennsylvania–West Virginia League
schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Connellsville Cokers51.833–James Mack
Fairmont32.6001.5George Needham
McKeesport Royals22.5002.0NA
Clarksburg Bees34.4292.5Hugh Shannon
Charleroi23.4002.5Charles O'Day
Uniontown25.2863.5Fred Paige

McKeesport and Charleroi disbanded May 26. The league collapsed June 1.
President McKinnon resigned May 25 when the league declined to be affiliated with the independent major Federal League, after having been denied protection by the National Board.

[2]

References
  1. "Pennsylvania-West Virginia League (D) Encyclopedia and History". 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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