Seneca (baseball)

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Seneca (baseball)
1910
Seneca, Kansas
Minor league affiliations
ClassClass D (1910)
LeagueEastern Kansas League (1910)
Major league affiliations
TeamNone
Minor league titles
League titles (0)None
Team data
NameSeneca (1910)
BallparkCity Park (1910)

The Seneca baseball team was a minor league baseball team based in Seneca, Kansas in 1910. With no known team moniker, the Seneca team played as members of the Class D level Eastern Kansas League. The 1910 season was the only season of play for the league and the Seneca based team.

History[]

The 1910 the Seneca team first brought minor league baseball to Seneca, Kansas. The Seneca team played as charter members of the 1910 Class D level, six–team Eastern Kansas League. Other league members beginning the season were the Hiawatha Athletics, Holton, Kansas, Horton, Kansas, Marysville, Kansas, and Sabetha, Kansas. Holton, with a 15–31 record, moved to Blue Rapids on August 25, 1910.[1][2][3]

Seneca began Eastern Kansas League play on June 8, 1910. After joining 1910 league play, the Seneca team finished their 1910 season with an overall record of 46–39. The team finished in 2nd place in the Eastern Kansas League standings, playing under managers Mike Simon and Tom Carmen. Seneca finished 9.0 games behind the 1st place Sabetha team in the six–team league final standings. No league playoffs were held.[4][5][1][6][7][8]

The final 1910 Eastern Kansas League standings were led by Sabetha, who ended the season with a 53–28 record, followed by Seneca (46–39), Hiawatha Indians (44–44), Marysville (38–39), Horton (35–38) and Holton / Blue Rapids (26–54). The Eastern Kansas League permanently folded after their only season of 1910.[1]

The Eastern Kansas League permanently folded after their only season of 1910, despite meetings and expansion talk about a 1911 Eastern Kansas League. Seneca has not hosted another minor league team.[4][9]

The ballpark[]

The Seneca team played home games at City Park. The park is still a public park, located at North 11th Street & Elk Street, Seneca. Kansas.[10][11]

(1982) Storefronts, Seneca, Kansas.

Timeline[]

Year(s) # Yrs. Team Level League
1910 1 Seneca Class D Eastern Kansas League

Year–by–year records[]

Year Record Finish Manager Playoffs/Notes
1910 46–39 2nd Mike Simon / Tom Carmen None held

Notable alumni[]

  • No exact roster information for the 1910 Seneca team is known.[8][3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Eastern Kansas League - BR Bullpen". www.baseball-reference.com.
  2. ^ "1910 Eastern Kansas League (EKL) minor league baseball on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  3. ^ a b "1910 Seneca Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. ^ a b "Eastern Kansas League (EKL) on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  5. ^ "1910 Eastern Kansas League (EKL) Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  6. ^ "Baseball in Kansas, 1867-1940 - Kansas Historical Society". www.kshs.org.
  7. ^ "1910 Eastern Kansas League schedule". Hiawatha Daily World. June 17, 1910. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b "1910 Seneca minor league baseball Roster on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  9. ^ "Minor League history: Eastern Kansas League". April 15, 2016.
  10. ^ "City Park in Seneca, KS minor league baseball history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  11. ^ "City Parks". Seneca, KS.

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