West Virginia League

The West Virginia League was a Class D level minor baseball league that played during the 1910 season. It featured four teams, all from West Virginia - the Clarksburg Bees of Clarksburg, the Fairmont Champions of Fairmont the Grafton team based in Grafton and the Mannington Drillers based in Mannington.[1]

West Virginia League
SportMinor league baseball
Founded1910
Ceased1910
No. of teams4
CountryUSA
Most titles1
Fairmont Champions (1910

The league disbanded on July 5 after Grafton disbanded. In the shortened season, Fairmont finished first in the standings with a 37-18 record, while Mannington was second with a 33-21 mark, Grafton was third at 20-30 and Clarksburg was last with a 14-35 record. Future major leaguer Everett Scott played in the league.[2]

Cities represented

Standings & statistics

1910 West Virginia League

schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Fairmont Champions3718.673--Lewis Hunt
Mannington Drillers3321.6113.5George Pritchard / Charles McClosky
Grafton2030.40014.5Dan Raily
Clarksburg Bees1435.28620.0Bull Smith

The league disbanded July 5 after Grafton disbanded.[3]

References

  1. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Second and Third Editions
  2. "1910 Fairmont Champions Statistics". Baseball-Reference.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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