Lake Linden Lakers

The Lake Linden Lakers was the initial moniker of the minor league baseball teams based in Lake Linden, Michigan from 1904 to 1906. Lake Linden teams played as members of the Copper Country League in 1904, Copper Country Soo League in 1905 and Northern-Copper Country League in 1906.

History[]

Lake Linden, Michigan began minor league play in 1904 as members of the four–team Class D level Copper Country League, with final league records unknown.^[1][2]

After playing in the 1904 Copper County League with no records known, the 1905 Lake Linden Lakers won a league championship. Playing as members of the four–team Class D level Copper Country Soo League, Lake Linden finished the season with a record of 57–36, placing 2nd in the regular season standings playing under manager Perry Glass. The Lakers finished 2.0 games behind the 1st place Calumet Aristocrats and ahead of the 3rd place Hancock Infants and 4th place Sault Ste. Marie Soos in the final regular season standing. In the league playoff, Lake Linden swept Calumet in four games and won the championship.^{[3][4][5][1][2][6][7][8]}

In 1906, the Hancock Infants became charter members of the eight–team Class C level Northern-Copper Country League, which was a merger between the Northern League and Copper County Soo League.^[9]

Beginning play in the new league, the 1906 Lake Linden Sandy Cities placed 5th the Northern-Copper Country League during the season. The 1906 team is also referred to as "Sandy Lakes" in some references. After beginning league play on May 17, 1906, Sandy Lakes finished with a 40–56 record, playing under manager William Foster, finishing 20.0 games behind 1st place Calumet. In the final league standings, the Calumet Aristocrats finished ahead of Houghton Giants (56–65), Winnipeg Maroons (57–38), Duluth White Sox (52–44), Lake Linden Sandy Lakes (40–56) and Fargo Trolley Dodgers (35–59). The Hancock Infants (29–34) and Grand Forks Forkers (13–40) teams both folded on July 29, 1906 prior to the end of the season. The Northern-Copper Country League permanently folded after the 1906 season.^[10][11][12]

Lake Linden, Michigan has not hosted another minor league team.^[13]

The ballparks[]

The Lake Linden minor league teams were noted to have played home games at Linden Lake Ball Park. The ballpark was referenced to have been located south of Lake Linden, Michigan.^[14]

(1906) Calumet and Hecla stamp mills. Lake Linden, Michigan.

Timeline[]

Year-by-Year Record[]

Notable alumni[]

See also[]

Lake Linden Sandy Cities players
Lake Linden Lakers players

References[]

External links[]

• Baseball Reference