South Central League

The South Central League was a minor league baseball league that played in the 1906 and 1912 seasons, with franchises located in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. The McAlester Miners (1906) and Longview Cannibals (1912) won league championships.

South Central League
FormerlyMissouri Valley League
ClassificationClass D (1906, 1912)
SportMinor League Baseball
Inaugural season1906
Ceased1912
Replaced byOklahoma-Kansas League
PresidentJ.M. McAllister (1906)
Orville Frantz (1906)
P.D. Harper (1906)
Dr. D.M. Shiveley (1912)
Luther Ellison (1912)
Bill Lattimore (1912)
No. of teams13
CountryUnited States of America
Most titles1 McAlester Miners (1906)
Longview Cannibals (1912)

History

The 1906 league consisted of teams from Arkansas and Oklahoma. The six–team league included the Fort Smith Razorbacks, the Guthrie Senators, the Muskogee Indians, the Shawnee Blues, the South McAlester Miners and the Tulsa Oilers. Guthrie and Shawnee disbanded on July 21, while the whole league disbanded in August. The Miners finished in first place. One notable player, Clyde Milan, spent time in the league.[1]

Cities represented

League standings and statistics

1906 South Central League schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
McAlester Miners5932.648--Jud Smith
Muskogee Indians5038.5687.5J.W. Callahan / Muggsy Monroe
Ft. Smith Razorbacks4739.5479.5Fernandez / Walt Ahern
Tulsa Oilers4542.51712.0Cap Smith / Bill Rupp
Shawnee Blues2942.408NAJ.B. Roe / J.B. McAlester
Guthrie Senators1855.247NADad Bennett /
Jim Greer / J.W. Faulkner

Guthrie and Shawnee started the second half July 4, but disbanded July 21.
The league disbanded August 5.[2][3]

1912 South Central League schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Longview Cannibals6351.553--Tully Spear / Jim Gardiner
Marshall Athletics5658.4917.0Harry Kane
Texarkana Twins5165.44013.0Pat Woods / McLendon /
Rudy Kling / Dee Poindexter
Paris Boosters4663.42214.5Rick Adams /
W.W. Hawker / Jack Jutze
Cleburne Railroaders5128.646NADad Ritter
Tyler Elbertas4042.488NADee Poindexter

Tyler and Cleburne disbanded July 17.
Playoff: Texarkana was declared champion as first half winner Cleburne disbanded.[3]

Player statistics
PlayerTeamStatTotPlayerTeamStatTot
Ray NagleMarshallBA.368Hugh HarbinCleburneW15
Ray NagleMarshallRuns42Bill DanielsCleburne/ParisSO123
Ray NagleMarshallHits76Lindy HiettCleburnePct.875; 7–1

[3]

References

  1. "South Central League (D) Encyclopedia and History". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. "1906 South Central League (SCL) minor league baseball Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  3. 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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