Southern Tier League

Southern Tier League
ClassificationIndependent (1904–1905)
SportMinor League Baseball
First season1904
Ceased1905
CommissionerUnknown (1904–1905)
No. of teams7
CountryUnited States of America
Most titles1
Addison White Sox (1904)*

The Southern Tier League was a six–team Independent level minor league baseball league that played in the 1904 and 1905 seasons. The Southern Tier League featured franchises based in New York and Pennsylvania. The Southern Tier League permanently folded after the 1905 season.

History

The Southern Tier League formed as Independent level minor league in 1904. The charter league members were the Addison White Sox, Corning White Ponies, Coudersport, Elmira, New York, Hornellsville Maple Cities, Penn Yan Grape Pickers and Wellsville Oil Drillers. League standings in some references list Hornellsville as the first place team, but August 20 newspaper accounts show Addison in first place with Hornellsville well behind in fifth place. The league was also referred to as the "Southern Tier Association."[1][2][3][4]

The 1905 Southern Tier League continued play as a four–team Independent league. The four teams were the Addison-Wellsville Tobacco Strippers, Corning Glassblowers, Elmira and Hornellsville Blue Birds. The 1905 standings and statistics are unknown.[5]

The Southern Tier League permanently folded as a minor league after the 1905 season. A league with the same name later played as a semi–pro league.[5][6]

Southern Tier League teams

Team name(s) City represented Manager(s) Year(s) active
Addison White Sox (1904)
Addison-Wellsville Tobacco Strippers (1905) 		Addison, New York Bill Heine (1904–1905) 1904 to 1905[7][8]
Corning White Ponies (1904)
Corning Glassblowers (1905) 		Corning, New York Quinton Farr / Charles M. Turrell(1904)
Jimmie Heffernan (1905) 		1904 to 1905[9][10][11]
Coudersport Coudersport, Pennsylvania Charles Eichberger 1904[12]
Elmira Elmira, New York Cooney Rice / Ray Hagan (1904)
Harry Curtis / Cooney Rice (1905) 		1904 to 1905[13][14]
Hornellsville Maple Cities (1904)
Hornellsville Blue Birds (1905) 		Hornellsville, New York Charles H. Landon (1904)
Jack Quinn (1905) 		1904 to 1905[15][16][17]
Penn Yan Grape Pickers Penn Yan, New York John Davis 1904[18]
Wellsville Oil Drillers Wellsville, New York Fred Arnold 1904[19]

Southern Tier League overall standings

The 1904 and 1905 Southern Tier League records and statistics are unknown. The 1904 reported standings on August 20, 1904, are listed below. The 1905 standings are unknown.[1][5][2][4]

1904 (standings from August 20, 1904)

Team standings W L PCT
Addison 22 11 .666
"Father Matthew" 22 12 .647
Corning 19 14 .575
Wellsville 12 18 .400
Hornellsville 12 22 .352
Cloudersport 9 19 .321

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Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b "1904 Southern Tier League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. ^ a b "1904 Southern Tier Association (STA) minor league baseball Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  3. ^ "Syracuse Post Standard Archives, Jul 13, 1904, p. 3". NewspaperArchive.com. July 13, 1904.
  4. ^ a b c "Clipped From Democrat and Chronicle". August 21, 1904. p. 23 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c "1905 Southern Tier League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  6. ^ "CNY Local History". July 29, 2015.
  7. ^ "1904 Addison White Sox Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  8. ^ "1905 Addison-Wellsville Tobacco Strippers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  9. ^ "1904 Corning White Ponies Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  10. ^ "1905 Corning Glassblowers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  11. ^ "1904 Corning minor league baseball Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  12. ^ "1904 Coudersport Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  13. ^ "1904 Elmira Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  14. ^ "1905 Elmira Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  15. ^ "1904 Hornellsville Maple Cities Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  16. ^ "1905 Hornellsville Bluebirds Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  17. ^ "1904 Hornellsvile minor league baseball Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  18. ^ "1904 Penn Yan Grape Pickers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  19. ^ "1904 Wellsville Oil Drillers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  20. ^ "Lee DeMontreville – Society for American Baseball Research".