Asbury Park Sea Urchins

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Asbury Park Sea Urchins
1897–1914
(1897, 1914)
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Minor league affiliations
ClassClass D (1897, 1914)
LeagueNew Jersey State League (1897)
Atlantic League (1914)
Major league affiliations
TeamNone
Minor league titles
League titles (0)None
Team data
NameAsbury Park (1897)
Asbury Park Sea Urchins (1914)
BallparkUnknown (1897, 1914)

The Asbury Park Sea Urchins was the final moniker of the minor league baseball teams based in Asbury Park, New Jersey in 1897 and 1914. Asbury Park teams played as members of the New Jersey State League in 1897 and Atlantic League in 1914.

History[]

Minor league baseball play began in Asbury Park, New Jersey in 1897. The Asbury Park team played as members of the 1897 New Jersey State League. The league was a four–team Class D level league. The New Jersey State League was formed with teams in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Bridgeton, New Jersey and Millville, New Jersey joining Asbury Park as charter members.[1][2][3][4]

After beginning play on April 14, 1897, the New Jersey State League season ended on June 1, 1897. The player statistics and team standings from the 1897 league are unknown, Asbury Park included. One source lists the teams in the order of: Bridgeton, Millville, Asbury Park and Atlantic City, but without records to align with the order.[1][5][6][7]

The New Jersey State League permanently folded after the 1897 season.[8]

Minor league baseball returned in 1914, with Asbury Park gaining a team during the season. The Asbury Park Sea Urchins began play after joining the 1914 Atlantic League during the season. The 1914 Atlantic League was an eight–team Class D level minor league baseball league.[9] The league had been known as the New York–New Jersey League a season earlier.[9]: 1  The Atlantic League president was Rosslyn M. Cox,[10] who would later serve as the mayor of Middletown, New York. The league began play on May 20, 1914 and concluded the season with Asbury Park as a member on September 7, 1914.[11][12]

On July 2, 1914, Asbury Park reestablished a team when the Bloomfield–Long Branch Cubans of Bloomfield, New Jersey and Long Branch, New Jersey relocated and finished the season as the Asbury Park "Sea Urchins". Bloomfield–Long Branch was 15–22 when they relocated to Asbury Park. The team ended the season with an overall record of 30–59, finishing 31.0 games behind the 1st place Poughkeepsie Honey Bugs and in 8th place in the eight–team league. The managers were Andy Coakley and Sam Jaeger. Twin brothers Joe Shannon and Maurice Red Shannon made their professional debuts playing for the Asbury Park Sea Urchins under assumed names (Maurice and Joe O'Brien) in 1914, doing so to protect their college eligibility at Seton Hall College. The Poughkeepsie Honey Bugs finished in 1st place with a record of 65–31 and there was no postseason. The Atlantic League had financial difficulties and folded before it could play the 1915 season.[9][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

Asbury Park, New Jersey has not hosted another minor league team.[21]

The ballpark[]

The name and location of the Asbury Park home minor league ballpark in 1897 and 1914 is not referenced. The New York Yankees later held spring training in Asbury Park in 1943 en route to winning the 1943 World Series. The Yankees utilized the baseball facilities at Asbury Park High School (seating capacity was 7,500) and stayed at the Albion Hotel in Asbury Park.[22][23]

Asbury Park beach, early twentieth century

Timeline[]

Year(s) # Yrs. Team Level League
1897 1 Asbury Park Class D New Jersey State League
1914 1 Asbury Park Sea Urchins Atlantic League

Year–by–year record[]

Year Record Finish Manager Playoffs/Notes
1897 00–00 3rd* NA Team records unknown
1914 30–59 8th Andy Coakley/Sam Jaeger Bloomfield–Long Branch Cubans moved to Asbury Park July 2
15–27 record in Asbury Park

Notable alumni[]

See also[]

  • Asbury Park Sea Urchins players

References[]

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  2. ^ "Atlantic City, NJ - BR Bullpen". www.baseball-reference.com.
  3. ^ "Non-Signatory 19th Century Leagues - BR Bullpen". www.baseball-reference.com.
  4. ^ "Asbury Park, NJ - BR Bullpen". www.baseball-reference.com.
  5. ^ "1897 New Jersey State League (NJSL) minor league baseball Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  6. ^ "1897 New Jersey State League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. ^ "1897 New Jersey State League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com.
  8. ^ "New Jersey State League (D) Encyclopedia and History". Baseball-Reference.com.
  9. ^ a b c Pawlush, George G. (2001). "The Rise and Fall of the 1914 Atlantic League" (PDF) – via SABR. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ^ "Name Changed to Atlantic League". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, New Jersey. March 16, 1914. p. 12. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  11. ^ "Mayors of the City of Middletown Past to Present". City of Middletown. Retrieved July 14, 2019 – via middletown-ny.com. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. ^ "1914 Atlantic League (AL) minor league baseball Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  13. ^ "1914 Atlantic League". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  14. ^ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles (2007). Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (third ed.). Baseball America. p. 253. ISBN 9781932391176.
  15. ^ "1914 Bloomfield-Long Branch Cubans/Asbury Park Sea Urchins minor league baseball Roster on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  16. ^ "Asbury Park Sea Urchins Professional Baseball Team History". www.luckyshow.org.
  17. ^ "Asbury Park Sea Urchins - BR Bullpen". www.baseball-reference.com.
  18. ^ "1914 Bloomfield-Long Branch Cubans/Asbury Park Sea Urch Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  19. ^ "Joe Shannon – Society for American Baseball Research".
  20. ^ "Red Shannon – Society for American Baseball Research".
  21. ^ "Asbury Park, NJ - BR Bullpen".
  22. ^ "Unknown in Asbury Park, NJ minor league baseball history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  23. ^ "Yankees Magazine: Greetings from Asbury Park". MLB.com.

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