San Joaquin Valley League
Sport | Minor League Baseball |
---|---|
Inaugural season | 1910 |
Ceased | July 18, 1911 |
President | Newton Young (1910–1911) |
No. of teams | 7 |
Country | United States of America |
Most titles | 1 Bakersfield Drillers (1910) Tulare Merchants (1911) |
Classification | Class D (1910) Independent (1911) |
Related competitions | Southern California League |
The San Joaquin Valley League was a minor league baseball league that operated from 1910 through 1911. The league operated primarily in the San Joaquin Valley in California. The league disbanded on July 18, 1911.
Cities Represented[]
- Bakersfield, CA: Bakersfield Drillers 1910
- Coalinga, CA: Coalinga Savages 1910; Coalinga Tigers 1911
- Hanford, CA: Hanford Braves 1911
- Lemoore, CA: Lemoore Cubs 1911
- Porterville, CA: Porterville Orange Pickers 1911
- Tulare, CA: Tulare Merchants 1910–1911
- Visalia, CA: Visalia Pirates 1910; Visalia Colts 1911
Standings and statistics[]
1910 San Joaquin Valley League[]
Team Standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bakersfield Drillers | 21 | 10 | .667 | - | Brick Devereaux |
Visalia Pirates | 13 | 17 | .433 | 7.5 | Lou Maire |
Tulare Merchants | 13 | 15 | .464 | NA | Gene Nast / Willis Kelley |
Coalinga Savages | 9 | 14 | .391 | NA | Zed Phelps / Ed Householder |
Tulare disbanded August 8.
Coalinga disbanded August 18.
The league officially disbanded September 12.[1]
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red Kuhn | Tulare | BA | .375 | Willard Meikle | Bakersfield | W | 11 | |
Ned Smith | Visalia | Runs | 18 | Willard Meikle | Bakersfield | SO | 101 | |
Brick Devereaux | Bakersfield | Hits | 34 | Willard Meikle | Bakersfield | PCT | .733; 11–4 | |
Red Kuhn | Tulare | HR | 2 | |||||
Roy Kuhn | Coalinga | HR | 2 | |||||
Slim Bath | Tulare | HR | 2[1] |
1911 San Joaquin Valley League[]
Team Standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tulare Merchants | 9 | 4 | .692 | - | Otto Dye / Johnny Eagle |
Coalinga Tigers | 8 | 6 | .571 | 1.5 | Clyde Williams |
Lemoore Cubs | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.0 | Oscar Jones |
Hanford Braves | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.0 | Sidney Jehl |
Visalia Colts | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.0 | Artie Smith / Lou Maire |
Porterville Orange Pickers | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.5 | Harry Simpson |
Tulare and Porterville disbanded July 11.
The league officially disbanded July 18.[1]
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Fitzsimmons | Porterfield | BA | .457 | Oscar Jones | Lemoore | W | 7 | |
Billy Hamilton | Hanford | Runs | 12 | Curley Ray | Coalinga | W | 7 | |
Sidney Jehl | Stockton | Hits | 21 | Curley Ray | Coalinga | SO | 98 | |
George Porterfiel | Coalinga | HR | 2 | Lefty Tripplett | Hanford | PCT | .800 4–1 [1] |
References[]
- ^ a b c d "San Joaquin Valley League - BR Bullpen". www.baseball-reference.com.
- San Joaquin Valley League. (2006). In BR Bullpen. Retrieved April 27, 2007, from https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/San_Joaquin_Valley_League
- McCann, M. (n.d.). Minor League Baseball History. Retrieved April 27, 2007, from https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/big_bunko/sanjoaquinvalley1011.htm&date=2009-10-25+13:34:04
Categories:
- Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States
- Baseball leagues in California
- Sports leagues established in 1910
- Sports leagues disestablished in 1911
- Baseball competition stubs
- California sport stubs