Eastern Kansas League

The Eastern Kansas League was a minor league baseball league that played in the 1910 season. The six–team Class D level Eastern Kansas League consisted of franchises based exclusively in Kansas. The Eastern Kansas League permanently folded after the 1910 season in which Sabetha won the league championship.

Eastern Kansas League
ClassificationClass D (1910)
SportMinor League Baseball
Inaugural season1910
Ceased1910
PresidentBert E. Black (1910)
Irvin R. Curry (1910)
No. of teams6
CountryUnited States of America
Most titles1
Sabetha (1910)

History

The Eastern Kansas League began play on June 8, 1910, as six charter members formed for the 1910 Class D level League.[1][2] The Eastern Kansas League was one of three leagues playing in Kansas in 1910, joining the Kansas State League and Central Kansas League.[3]

The Eastern Kansas League charter league members beginning the season were the Hiawatha Indians, Holton, Horton, Kansas, Marysville, Kansas, Sabetha, Kansas and Seneca teams.[4][5]

On August 25, 1910, during the 1910 season, Holton, with a 15-31 record, moved to Blue Rapids, Kansas. Both the Marysville and Horton franchises permanently disbanded on September 1, 1910.[6]

The league schedule ended on September 15, 1910.[7] The final Eastern Kansas League standings featured the first place Sabetha team with a record of 53–28, followed by Seneca (46–39), Hiawatha Indians (44–44), Marysville (38–39), Horton (35–38) and Holton/Blue Rapids (26–54) in the six–team league.[4][3][5] The 1910 Hiawatha team was also referred to as the "Boosters."[8][9]

The Eastern Kansas League permanently folded after their only season in 1910. On February 10, 1911, the Eastern Kansas League owners met in Hiawatha to discuss the 1911 season. During the meeting, the possibility of adding teams from Atchison, Kansas and Leavenworth, Kansas to the league was discussed. However, the league never began the 1911 season, folding in early May 1911. Problems with ballpark leases in Sabetha and Horton were problematic to the franchises continuing. Besides Hiawatha, no league cities ever hosted minor league baseball teams again.[10]

1910 Eastern Kansas League teams
Team name City represented Ballpark Year active
Blue Rapids Blue Rapids, Kansas Riverside Park[11] 1910
Hiawatha Indians Hiawatha, Kansas League Park[12] 1910
Holton Holton, Kansas Unknown 1910
Horton Hammers Horton, Kansas Unknown[11] 1910
Marysville Marysville, Kansas High School Field[13] 1910
Sabetha Sabetha, Kansas Sabetha Base Ball Park[14] 1910
Seneca Seneca, Kansas City Park[15] 1910

Standing & statistics

1910 Eastern Kansas League
Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Sabetha5328.654-Harry Martin / Robert Kahl
Seneca4639.5419.0Mike Simon / Tom Carmen
Hiawatha Indians4444.50012.5Spec Willey / Pepper Williford /
Swift / Flemming
Marysville3839.49413.0William Davidson / McDowell
Horton3538.47914.0Papa Church
Holton /
Blue Rapids		2654.32526.5Ted McGrew
Player statistics
PlayerTeamStatTot
Robert KahlSabethaBA.322
Bill BarackmanSabethaHits74

[6][3]

References
  1. "1910 Eastern Kansas League (EKL) Minor League Baseball on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  2. "1910 Eastern Kansas League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.
  4. "1910 Eastern Kansas League (EKL) Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  5. "Baseball in Kansas, 1867-1940 - Kansas Historical Society". www.kshs.org.
  6. "1910 Eastern Kansas League (EKL) minor league baseball Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  7. "Eastern Kansas League (EKL) on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  8. "1910 Hiawatha (KS) Eastern Kansas League roster". June 16, 1910. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
  9. "1910 Eastern Kansas League schedule". June 17, 1910. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
  10. "Minor League history: Eastern Kansas League". April 15, 2016.
  11. "Unknown in Horton, KS minor league baseball history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  12. "League Park in Hiawatha, KS minor league baseball history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  13. "High School Field in Marysville, KS minor league baseball history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  14. "Sabetha Base Ball Park in Sabetha, KS minor league baseball history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  15. "City Park in Seneca, KS minor league baseball history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.

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