Virginia League (1894–1896)

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Virginia League (1894–1896)
SportMinor League Baseball
Inaugural season1894
Ceased1896
Replaced byVirginia League (1900)
PresidentCamden Sommers (1894)
Judge Samuel B. Witt,Jr. (1895)
James McLaughlin (1896)
No. of teams8
Country United States
Most titles2
Richmond Bluebirds (1895–1896)
ClassificationIndependent (1894)
Class B (1895–1896)

The Virginia League (1894-1896) was a minor league baseball organization active in central Virginia.

History[]

In 1894, the Virginia League began play as an Independent level league and fielded six teams: the Lynchburg Hill Climbers, the Norfolk, Virginia based Norfolk Clam Eaters, the Petersburg Farmers, the Richmond Bluebirds, the Roanoke, Virginia based Roanoke Magicians, and the Staunton, Virginia based Staunton Hayseeds/Newport News-Hampton Deckhands (the team relocated in the middle of the 1894 season).[1]

In 1895, the league was upgraded to a Class B level league. The teams during the 1895 season were the Lynchburg Hill Climbers, the Norfolk Clams/Crows, the Petersburg Farmers, the Portsmouth Truckers, the Richmond Blue Birds, and the Roanoke Magicians.[2]

In 1896, the Norfolk team became the Braves, the Portsmouth team became the Browns and then moved to Hampton and became the Clamdiggers.[3]

1894–1896 cities represented[]

  • Lynchburg, VA: Lynchburg Hill Climbers 1894; Lynchburg Tobacconists 1895–1896
  • Newport News, VA & Hampton, VA: 1894; 1896
  • Norfolk, VA: 1894; / 1895; 1896
  • Petersburg, VA: Petersburg Farmers 1894–1896
  • Portsmouth, VA: Portsmouth Truckers 1895; Portsmouth Browns 1896
  • Richmond, VA: Richmond Crows/Richmond Colts 1894; Richmond Bluebirds 1895-1896
  • Roanoke, VA: Roanoke Magicians 1894–1896
  • Staunton, VA: Staunton Hayseeds 1894

1894–1896 standings[]

1894 Virginia State League
President: Camden Sommers

Team Standings W L PCT GB Managers
Petersburg Farmers 72 44 .621 - H.P. Harrison
66 45 .595 3.5 Camden Sommers
Richmond Crows /
Richmond Colts		 67 48 .583 4.5 Timothy West
Staunton Hayseeds /
 50 64 .439 21.0 Pat Ziegler
C.A. Gaussen / William Donovan
Roanoke Magicians 45 71 .338 27 George Houston / Hal O'Hagan
Shadrack McHooveter / Bill Stephenson
Lynchburg Hill Climbers 43 71 .377 28 E.J. Kerry / Samuel Shaw
J. Hofford / S. Moran

Staunton (36-53) moved to Newport News-Hampton August 14.

1895 Virginia State League
President: Judge Samuel B. Witt,Jr.

Team Standings W L PCT GB Managers
Richmond Bluebirds 78 45 .634 - Jake Wells
Lynchburg Tobacconists 67 52 .563 9.0 Bill Smith
/ 56 61 .479 19.0 Camden Sommers
Bill Hoggins / Pop Tate
Portsmouth Truckers 57 68 .456 22.0 John Brady
Charles Bland / George Reed
Petersburg Farmers 55 69 .444 23.5 Bob Pender
Roanoke Magicians 52 70 .431 25.5 Jim Breen / Dick Padden

No Playoffs Scheduled.

1896 Virginia State League
President: James McLaughlin

Team Standings W L PCT GB Managers
Richmond Bluebirds 71 55 .563 - Jake Wells
70 60 .538 3.0 Claude McFarland
Portsmouth Browns 65 64 .504 7.5 Lefty Marr / Bill Hall
Petersburg Farmers /
 39 90 .302 33.5 James Breen
George Kelly / Charles Boyer
Lynchburg Tobacconists 68 37 .648 NA Bill Smith
Roanoke Magicians 49 56 .467 NA Charles Boyer / Pop Tate

Petersburg (32–60) moved to Hampton August 13.
Roanoke disbanded August 20.
Lynchburg disbanded August 22.
The league played three halves. [4]

References[]

  1. ^ "1894 Virginia League". Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  2. ^ "1895 Virginia League". Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  3. ^ "1896 Virginia League". Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Virginia League - BR Bullpen". www.baseball-reference.com.


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