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MINOR LEAGUE
PRESIDENTS
compiled by
Tony Baseballswww.minorleaguebaseballs.com
This document deals only with professional minor leagues (both independent and those affiliated with Major League Baseball) since the foundation of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (popularly known as Minor League Baseball, or MiLB) in 1902. Collegiate Summer leagues, semi-pro leagues, and all other non-professional leagues are excluded, but encouraged!
The information herein was compiled from several sources including the Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd Ed.), Baseball Reference.com, Wikipedia, official league websites (most of which can be found under the umbrella of milb.com), and a great source for defunct leagues, Indy League Graveyard. I have no copyright on anything here, it's all public information, but it's never all been in one place before, in this layout. Copyrights belong to their respective owners, including but not limited to MLB, MiLB, and the independent leagues.
The first section will list active leagues. Some have historical predecessors that will be found in the next section.
LEAGUE ASSOCIATIONS
The modern minor league system traces its roots to the formation of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (NAPBL) in 1902, an umbrella organization that established league classifications and a salary structure in an agreement with Major League Baseball. The group simplified the name to “Minor League Baseball” in 1999.
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Patrick Powers, 1901 – 1909Michael Sexton, 1910 – 1932
Judge William Bramham, 1933 – 1946George M. Trautman, 1947 – 1963
Phil Piton, 1964 – 1971Henry J. “Hank” Peters, 1972 – 1975
Robert R. “Bobby” Bragan, 1976 – 1978Johnny Johnson, 1979 – 1988
Sal Artiaga, 1988 – 1991Mike Moore, 1992 – 2007
Pat O'Conner, 2008 -
Four independent leagues (American Association, Atlantic League, Can-Am League, and Frontier League)have developed a similar arrangement with the formation of the Independent Professional Baseball Federation (IPBF)
ACTIVE MINOR LEAGUES
AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONInd, 2006 -
(Distinct from the defunct Triple-A American Association)
Miles Wolff (Commissioner), 2006 -
APPALACHIAN LEAGUEClass D 1911-1914, 1921-1925,1937-1955,1957-1962; Rookie 1963 -
W.W. Miller, 1911Jacob Smith, 1912 - 1913
E.F. Fisher, 1914
W.T. Ellison, 1921Jacob Smith, 1922
George C. Davis, 1923 – 1925E.B. Fisher, 1925
Ray Ryan, 1937John Bernard, 1938
Ray Ryan, 1939J. Ross Edgemon, 1940 – 1943
Charles T. Herndon, 1944Carl A. Jones, 1945 – 1947
Chauncey De Vault, 1948 – 1955, 1957 – 1979Paul Fyffe, 1980 – 1981
Bill Halstead, 1982 - 1995Lee Landers, 1996 -
ARIZONA LEAGUERookie 1988 -
Bob Richmond, 1988 -
ATLANTIC LEAGUEInd 1998 -
Bud Harrelson 1998 – 1999 Joe Klein 2000 – 2014
Rick White 2015 -
CALIFORNIA LEAGUEClass C 1941-1942, 1946-1962; Class A (Advanced) 1963 -
W.R. “Bill” Schroeder, 1941 – 1942, 1946 – 1947Wiley K. Peterson, 1948
Jerry Donovan, 1949 – 1955Edward J. Mulligan, 1956 – 1975E.W. “Bill” Wickert, 1976 – 1981
Joe Gagliardi, 1982 – 2009Charlie Blaney, 2010 -
CANADIAN-AMERICAN LEAGUEInd 2005 -
Miles Wolff, 2005 -
CAROLINA LEAGUEClass C 1945-1948; Class B 1949-1962; Class A (Advanced) 1963 -
Dr. Thomas S. Wilson, 1945 – 1947Carroll T. Brown, 1948
Herb J. Brett, 1949Glen E. “Ted” Mann, 1949 – 1956
Julian Clyde “Bill” Jessup, 1957 – 1969Wallace McKenna, 1970 – 1976
James B. Mills, 1977 – 1983John E. Hopkins, 1984 -
DESERT LEAGUE of PROFESSIONAL BASEBALLIndependent (Fall League) 2016 -
Luke Powell, 2016 -
EASTERN LEAGUE(renamed from New York-Pennsylvania League)
Class A, 1938 – 1962; Class AA 1963 –
Thomas H. Richardson, 1938 – 1960A. Rankin Johnson, 1961 – 1968
Thomas H. Richardson, 1969 – 1970Roy Jackson, 1971 – 1973
P. Patrick McKernan, 1974 – 1981Charles E. Eshbach, 1982 – 1992
John Levenda, 1993 – 1997William B. Troubh, 1998 – 2002
Joseph Meacharn, 2003 –
EMPIRE LEAGUE(renamed from North Country League)
Ind 2016 -
Eddie Gonzalez, 2016 -
FLORIDA STATE LEAGUEClass D 1919-1920; Class C 1921-1924; Class D 1925-1928, 1936-1941, 1946-1962;
Class A (Advanced) 1963-
Walter W. Rose, 1919 – 1922Al E. Lang, 1923 – 1925
J.B. Asher, 1926 – 1928G.E. Gilliland, 1936
Henry Gray, 1937 – 1941Al Combs, 1941 – 1946
E.L. Padgett, 1946Al Combs, 1946 – 1947
A.S. Herlong, 1947 – 1948Jim Butler, 1948 – 1949
Earle Bussey, 1950John Krider, 1951 – 1952
Jack Dempsey, 1953John Krider, 1953 – 1957
Julian Jackson, 1958 – 1960Herb Smith, 1960
William McKechnie, Jr., 1961 - 1962J. Roy Stockton, 1963
George G. MacDonald, Sr., 1964 – 1972George G. MacDonald, Jr., 1972 – 1989
Chuck Murphy, 1990 – 2015Ken Carson, 2015 -
FRONTIER LEAGUEInd 1993 -
Bill Lee (Commissioner), 1994 -
GULF COAST LEAGUERookie 1966 -
(renamed from Florida Rookie League)
George MacDonald, Sr., 1966 – 1971George MacDonald, Jr., 1971 – 1979
Thomas J. Saffell, 1980 – 2009Tim Brunswick, ????
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE(renamed from Eastern League)
CLASS AA 1912 – 1945, CLASS AAA 1946 -
Edward G. Barrow, 1912 – 1917John H. Farrell, 1918
David L. Fultz, 1919 – 1920John Conway Toole, 1921 – 1928Charles H. Knapp, 1929 – 1936
Warren Giles, 1936Frank J. Shaugnessy, 1937 – 1960
Thomas H. Richardson, 1961 – 1965George H. Sisler, Jr., 1966 – 1976
Roy Jackson, 1977Harold Cooper, 1978 – 1989
Randy Mobley, 1990 -
MIDWEST LEAGUE(renamed from the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League)
Class D 1956-1962; Class A 1963-
CC “Dutch” Hoffman, 1956 – 1962Walter C. Wagner, 1963 – 1964
Jim Gruenwald, 1965James Doster, 1966 – 1973
William K. Walters, 1974 – 1985Ed Larson, 1986
George Spelius, 1987 – 2014Richard Nussbaum, 2015 –
NEW YORK-PENNSYLVANIA LEAGUEClass D 1939-1962; Class A (Short Season) 1963 -
(known as Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York (P-O-N-Y) League, 1939-1956)
Robert C. Stedler, 1939 – 1947Vincent M. McNamara, 1948 – 1984
Leo A. Pinckney, 1985 - 1991Robert F. Julian, 1992 - 2001
Ben J. Hayes, 2002 -
NORTHWEST LEAGUE(renamed from Western International League)
Class B 1955-1962; Class A (Short Season) 1963 -
Arthur H. Pohlman, 1955James M. Fleishman, 1956 – 1966
Hugh Luby, 1967 – 1968John Carbray, 1969 – 1971Bob Freitas, 1972 – 1973
Bob Richmond, 1974 – 1980Bob Freitas, 1981 – 1984Jack Cain, 1985 – 1990
Bob Richmond, 1991 - 2012Michael Ellis, 2013 -
PACIFIC ASSOCIATIONInd 2013 -
(formed after the folding of North American League)
Mike Marshall (Commissioner), 2013 – 2016Jonathan Stone (Commissioner), 2017 -
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUEInd, 1903; Class A 1904-1911; Class AA 1912-1945; Class AAA 1946-1951; Open Classification 1952-
1957; Class AAA 1958 -
Eugene F. Bert, 1903 – 1906J. Cal Ewing, 1907 – 1909
Thomas F. Graham, 1910 – 1911Allan T. Baum, 1912 – 1919
William H. McCarthy, 1920 – 1923Harry A. Williams, 1924 – 1931
Hyland H. Baggerly, 1932 – 1935Wilbur C. Tuttle, 1936 – 1943
Clarence H. Rowland, 1944 – 1954Claire V. Goodwin, 1955
Leslie O'Connor, 1956 – 1959Dewey Soriano, 1960 – 1968
William B. McKechnie, Jr., 1968 – 1973Roy Jackson, 1974 – 1978
William S. Cutler, 1979 – 1997Branch Rickey III, 1998 -
PECOS LEAGUEInd 2011 -
Andrew Dunn (Commissioner), 2011 -
PIONEER LEAGUEClass C 1939-1942, 1946-1962; Class A 1963; Rookie 1964 -
J.P. “Jack” Halliwell, 1939 – 1952Claude Engberg, 1953 – 1965
Ben Jewell, 1966 – 1969Claude Engberg, 1970 – 1974
Ralph Nelles, 1975 – 1993Jim McCurdy, 1994 -
SOUTH ATLANTIC (SALLY) LEAGUE(renamed from the Western Carolinas League)
Class A 1980 -
John H. Moss, 1980 – 2007Eric Krupa, 2008 -
SOUTHERN LEAGUE(renamed from South Atlantic League (see Historical section))
Class AA 1964 -
Sam C. Smith, 1964 – 1971Billy Hitchcock, 1972 – 1980Jimmy Bragan, 1981 – 1993
Arnold D. Fielkow, 1994 – 1999Don Mincher, 2000 – 2011
Steve DeSalvo (Interim), 2012Lori M. Webb, 2012 -
SOUTHWEST LEAGUEIndependent 2019
Mark Schuster, 2019 -
TEXAS LEAGUEClass D 1902-1903, 1906; Class C 1904-1905, 1907-1910; Class B 1911-1920; Class A 1921-1935; Class
I1 1936-1942; Class AA 1946 -
John L. Ward, 1902Newton D. Lassiter, 1903
Alex Abbey, 1904J. Doak Roberts, 1904 – 1906
Dr. William Robbie, 1907 – 1908Wilbur P. Allen, 1908 – 1913J. Walter Morris, 1915 – 1920J. Doak Roberts, 1920 – 1929
William B. Ruggles (Acting Pres.), 1929J. Alvin Gardner, 1929 – 1954
John L. Reeves, 1954Dick Butler, 1955 – 1963
James H. Burris, 1964 – 1965Dick Butler, 1965
Hugh J. Finnerty, 1965 – 1969Dick Butler, 1969
Robert R. “Bobby” Bragan, 1969 – 1975Carl Sawatski, 1976 – 1991
J. Con Maloney (Acting Pres.), 1991 – 1992Thomas B. Kayser, 1992 – 2016
Tim Purpura, 2017 -
THOROUGHBRED BASEBALL LEAGUEIndependent 2017 -
Dallas Murphy Commissioner/Owner 2017-
UNITED SHORE LEAGUEIndependent 2016 -
Andy Appleby (founder, president of General Sports andEntertainment), 2016 -
DEFUNCT LEAGUES
ALABAMA-FLORIDA LEAGUEClass D 1936-1939, 1951-1962
(known as ALABAMA STATE LEAGUE 1940-1941, 1946-1950
George M. Grant, 1936 – 1938Charles T. Laney, 1939 – 1940
J. Eric Ballard, 1941Jack Hovater, 1946 – 1948
Charles T. Laney, 1949 – 1950G.D. Halstead, 1951
CC Hodge, 1952 – 1954Sam C. Smith, 1955 – 1958William Moore, 1959 - 1962
ALABAMA-TENNESSEE LEAGUEClass D 1921
G.R. Cowie, 1921
ALL-AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONInd 2001
(surviving teams joined the Central League and Southeastern League)
Norb Ecksl
AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONInd, 1902; Class A 1903-1911; Class AA 1912-1945;
Class AAA 1946-1962, Class AAA 1969 – 1997
Thomas J. Hickey, 1902 – 1903J. Edward Grillo, 1904
Joseph D. O'Brien, 1905 – 1908Thomas J. Hickey, 1909
Thomas M. Chivington, 1910 – 1935George Trautman, 1936 – 1945
Roy Hamey, 1946Frank C. Lane, 1947 – 1948Bruce Dudley, 1949 – 1953
Edward S. Doherty, 1953 – 1960James Burris, 1961 – 1962
Inactive 1963 - 1968Allie Reynolds, 1969 – 1971
Joe Ryan, 1972 – 1987Ken Grandquist, 1988
Joe Ryan, 1989Randy Mobley, 1990 – 1991
Branch B. Rickey, 1992 - 1997
ARIZONA STATE LEAGUEClass D 1928-1930
ARIZONA-TEXAS LEAGUEClass D 1931-1932, 1937-1939; Class C 1940-1941, 1947-1950, 1952-1954
(merged with Sunset League to form Southwest International League 1951-1952)
ARIZONA-MEXICO LEAGUEClass C 1955-1958
Paul Davis, 1928Fred Joyce, 1929
Wilford S. Sullinger, 1930 – 1931Allan Stewart, 1931P.A. Nathan, 1932
Dr. R.E. Soners,1937 – 1941
G.R. Michaels, 1947Riney B. Salmon, 1948 – 1950
G.R. Sloane, 1952 – 1953E.T. “Tim” Cusick, 1954 – 1956
Charles S. Hollinger, 1957 – 1958
ARIZONA-MEXICO LEAGUEInd 2003
(Folded after 16 games)
Bob Lipp, 2003
ARKANSAS STATE LEAGUEClass D 1908-1909; Class D 1934-1935 (renamed to Arkansas-Missouri League)
T.J. Craighead, 1908W.W. Hurst, 1909R.M. Rider, 1909
Frank E. Matthews, 1934Charles Morgan, 1934 - 1935
ARKANSAS-MISSOURI LEAGUEClass D 1936-1940
(renamed from Arkansas State League)
Bernal Seamster, 1936 – 1938Roert J. Henry, 1939 - 1940
ARKANSAS-TEXAS LEAGUEClass D 1906
A.J. Kaiser
ATLANTIC ASSOCIATIONClass D 1908
Hugh McBreen
ATLANTIC COAST LEAGUEInd 1995
(league folded less than a month into the inaugural season)
Patrick C. Gaffney, 1995
ATLANTIC LEAGUEClass D 1914
(renamed from New York-New Jersey League)
Rosslyn M. Cox, 1914
BI-STATE LEAGUEClass D 1915 (IL-WI);
Class D 1934-1942 (NC-VA);(renamed from Wisconsin-Illinois League 1915)
B.M. Parsons, 1915
J. Frank Wilson, 1934Dr. J.E. Taylor, 1935
Jake Wells, 1936Win Clark, 1937
Joseph Garrett, 1938 – 1940J.P. Welles, 1941
Dr. T.S. Wilson, 1942
BIG SOUTH LEAGUEInd 1996-1997
Dick King, 1996 – 1997
BIG STATE LEAGUEClass B 1947-1957
J. Walter Morris, 1947 – 1950Howard Green, 1951 – 1955
Hal Sayles, 1956 – 1957
BLUE GRASS LEAGUEClass D 1908-1912, 1922-1924
George L. Hammond, 1908 – 1909Dr. W.C. Ussery, 1910 – 1911
William Neal, 1911 – 1912
J. Vincent Jamison, Jr., 1922Thomas M. Russell, 1923 - 1924
BLUE RIDGE LEAGUEClass D 1915-1918, 1920-1930 (PA-MD-WV)
Class D 1946-1950 (NC-VA)
Charles W. Boyer, 1915 – 1916J. Vincent Jamison, Jr., 1916 – 1918, 1920 – 1930
Joe Ryan, 1946Stanley F. Radke, 1947 – 1948Judge E.C. Bivins, 1948 – 1949
John B. Spiers, 1950
BORDER LEAGUEClass D 1912-1913; Class C 1946-1951
(also known as Eastern Michigan League 1912-1913)
Richard Jackson, 1912A.L. Ulbrich, 1913
John G. Ward, 1946 - 1951
BUCKEYE LEAGUEClass D 1915
Alfred W. Lawson, 1915
CALIFORNIA LEAGUEInd. 1902, 1907-1909
James T. Moran, 1902Frank Herman, 1907 – 1909
CALIFORNIA STATE LEAGUEClass D 1910; Class D 1913-1915, 1929
Frank Herman, 1910
Allan T. Baum, 1913 – 1914Louis W. Schroeder, Jr., 1915
Orville McPherson, 1929
CANADIAN LEAGUE
Class D 1905, 1911; Class C 1912-1913; Class B 1914-1915
???? 1905
Donald Ferguson, 1911J.P. Fitzgerald, 1912 – 1915
CANADIAN BASEBALL LEAGUEInd 2003
Ferguson Jenkins (Commissioner), 2003
CANADIAN-AMERICAN LEAGUEClass C 1936-1942, 1946-1951
Walter Gilhooley, 1936Rev. Harold J. Martin, 1937 – 1942
Albert E. Houghton, 1946Rev. Harold J. Martin, 1947
Albert E. Houghton, 1948 – 1951
CAPE BRETON COLLIERY LEAGUEClass D 1937-1938; Class C 1939
Judge A.D. Campbell, 1937 – 1939
CAROLINA ASSOCIATION
Class D 1908-1912(renamed to North Carolina State League)
Joseph H. Wearn, 1908 – 1910M.E. Justice, 1911
Joseph H. Wearn, 1912
CENTRAL ASSOCIATIONClass D 1908-1917; Class C 1947-1949(renamed from Iowa State League 1908)
M.E. Justice, 1908 – 1916John F. Ford, 1917
Frank Hearn, 1947 – 1948Lee A. Thomas, 1949
CENTRAL LEAGUEClass B 1903-1917, 1920-1922; Class C 1926; Class B 1928-1930, 1932, 1934;
Class A 1948-1951;Ind 2002 - 2005
(merged with Michigan-Ontario League to form Michigan State League mid-season 1926;renamed from Texas-Louisiana League 2002)
George W. Bement, 1903 – 1904Dr. Frank R. Carson, 1905 – 1911
Louis Heilbroner, 1912 – 1915Emerson W. Dickerson, 1916 – 1917
Harry W. Stahlhefer, 1917
Emerson W. Dickerson, 1920 – 1922, 1926
L.J. Wylie, 1928 – 1929Donald C. Jacobs, 1930
Frederick Howell, 1932
Emerson W. Dickerson, 1934
T.J. Halligan, 1948 – 1950
CENTRAL BASEBALL LEAGUEInd 2002 - 2005
(renamed from Texas-Louisiana League 2002)
Miles Wolff (Commissioner), 2002 - 2005
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA LEAGUEClass D 1910-1911
D.C. Anderson/E.H. Raymond/Hon. E.P. Shortall, 1910D.C. Anderson/Hon. E.P. Shortall, 1911
CENTRAL INTERNATIONAL LEAGUEClass D 1912
(renamed to Northern League)
H.A. Blume
CENTRAL KANSAS LEAGUEClass D 1908-1912
(renamed to Kansas State League)
???? 1908Ralph W. Hoffman, 1909
J.H. Kreamer, 1910C.A. Case, 1911
Roy C. Gafford, 1911 - 1912
CENTRAL TEXAS LEAGUE
Class D 1914-1917(aka Central Texas Trolley League 1914-1915)
A.M. Frazier, 1914Earl Brown, 1915
Hulen P. Robertson, 1915Earl C. Brown, 1916J.C. Castellaw, 1916Earl C. Smith, 1917
COASTAL PLAIN LEAGUEClass D 1937-1941, 1946-1952
J. Bruce Eure, 1937 – 1939Ray H. Goodmon, 1939 – 1941, 1946 - 1952
COLONIAL LEAGUEClass C 1914; Ind 1915;
Class B 1947-1950
Charles B. Coppen, 1914 – 1915
Ken Strong, 1947John A. Scalzi, Jr., 1948 - 1950
CONNECTICUT STATE LEAGUEClass D 1902-1904; Class B 1905-1912
(aka CONNECTICUT LEAGUE;renamed to Eastern Association)
James O'Rourke, 1902Sturgis Whitlock, 1902 – 1903
James O'Rourke, 1904Sturgis Whitlock, 1905James O'Rourke, 1906
W.J. Tracey, 1907 – 1908James O'Rourke, 1909
W.J. Tracey, 1910James O'Rourke, 1911 - 1912
CONTINENTAL BASEBALL LEAGUEInd 2007-2010
(surviving teams joined the Pecos League)
Ron Baron, 2007 - 2010
COPPER COUNTRY SOO LEAGUEClass D 1905
(merged with Northern League to form Northern-Copper Country League)
Dr. G.W. Orr, 1905
COTTON STATES LEAGUEClass D 1902-1908, 1910-1913, 1922-1932; Class C 1936-1941, 1947-1955
R.W. Tilford, 1902George Wheatley, 1903 – 1905
D. Stacey Compton, 1906A.C. Crowder, 1907 – 1908, 1910
Frank A. Scott, 1911? Lewis, ? 1912S.J. Redus, 1913
Syd L. Dodds, 1922Frank A. Scott, 1923 – 1932
J. Walter Morris, 1936 – 1938F.F. Bustany, 1938
Judge Emmet Harty, 1939 – 1941
James Griffith, 1947 – 1948Al Haraway, 1949 – 1953
Judge Emmet Harty, 1954 - 1955
DELTA LEAGUEClass D 1904
S.L. Dodds/V.M. Scanlan, 1904
DIXIE LEAGUEClass D 1916-1917 (AL-GA);
Class C 1933 (AR-LA-MS-TX; split into East Dixie League and West Dixie League 1934)
T.A. Ward, 1916 – 1917
J. Alvin Gardner, 1933
EAST DIXIE LEAGUEClass C 1934-1935 (created upon split of Dixie League)
J. Alvin Gardner, 1934 – 1935
EAST TEXAS LEAGUEClass D 1916, 1923-1926, 1931;
Class C 1936-1940, 1946, 1949-1950
Lawrence Jordan, 1916
Ike Hockwald, 1923T. Lamar Denman, 1924
H.E. Crosby, 1925T.H. Fisher, 1926
Harry Wanderling, 1931
J. Walter Morris, 1936 – 1937C.P. Mosley, 1938 – 1940
J. Walter Morris, 1946, 1949 – 1950
EASTERN ASSOCIATIONClass B 1913-1914
(renamed from Connecticut State League)
James H. O'Rourke, 1913 – 1914
EASTERN LEAGUEClass A, 1902-1911
(renamed to International League)
Patrick T. Powers, 1902 – 1905Harry L. Taylor, 1906
Patrick T. Powers, 1907 – 1911
EASTERN LEAGUE Class B, 1916 – 1918; Class A 1919 – 1932
Tim H. Murnane, 1916Daniel O'Neill, 1917 – 1926
Herman J. Weisman, 1926 – 1929William E. Carey, 1929 - 1930Fred J. Voos, Jr., 1931 – 1932
EASTERN CANADA LEAGUEClass B 1922-1923
Joseph H. Page, 1922 - 1923
EASTERN CAROLINA LEAGUEClass D 1908-1910, 1928-1929
J.W. Washington, 1908Dr. Joel Whitaker, 1909 – 1910
William G. Bramham, 1928 - 1929
EASTERN ILLINOIS LEAGUEClass D 1907-1908
Charles Welvert, 1907L.A.G. Schoaff, 1907 - 1908
EASTERN KANSAS LEAGUEClass D 1910
Bert E. Black/Irwin R. Curry
EASTERN SHORE LEAGUEClass D 1922-1928, 1937-1941, 1946-1949
Walter B. Miller, 1922M.B. Thawley, 1923J. Harry Rew, 1924M.B. Thawley, 1925
J. Harry Rew, 1926 – 1928
J. Thomas Kilber, 1937Harry S. Russell, 1938 – 1941
J. Thomas Kilber, 1946 – 1947Dallas Culver, 1948
Fred Lucas, 1949
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUEClass D 1913
(renamed to Georgia State League)
C.C. Vaughn/Oscar Grover, 1913
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUEInd 1987
John Palmer (Exec. Director)
EVANGELINE LEAGUEClass D 1934-1942, 1946-1948; Class C 1949-1957
William T. Daly, 1934 – 1936J. Walter Morris, 1937 – 1937
Frank F. Boustany, 1938A. Wilmont Dalferes, 1939 – 1942
J. Walter Morris, 1946 – 1948Edmond L. Deramee, 1949 – 1955
Ray Mullins, 1956 - 1957
FAR WEST LEAGUEClass D 1948-1951
Jerry Donovan, 1948 – 1951
FLAG (FLORIDA-ALABAMA-GEORGIA) LEAGUEClass D 1915
(renamed from Georgia State League mid-season 1915)
Richard Jemison
FLORIDA EAST COAST LEAGUEClass D 1940-1942
Judge Gordon Lynn, 1940J.B. Lemon, 1941 - 1942
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL LEAGUEClass C 1946-1948; Class B 1949-1954
Wayne Allen, 1946 – 1948Phil O'Connell, 1949 – 1951
Henry S. Baynard, 1952Phil O'Connell, 1953
Dale Miller, 1954
FLORIDA ROOKIE LEAGUERookie 1965
(renamed from Sarasota Rookie League;renamed to Gulf Coast League)
George MacDonald, Sr.
FREEDOM PRO BASEBALL LEAGUEInd 2012 - 2013
Joe Sperle, 2012 - 2013
GEORGIA STATE LEAGUEClass D 1906, 1914
(renamed from Empire State League 1914;renamed to FLAG League mid-season 1915)
J.W. Thomas, 1906I.J. Kalmon, 1914
GEORGIA STATE LEAGUE Class D 1948-1956
Joseph W. Matt, Jr., 1948 – 1949
Earl Blue, 1950J.T. Morris, 1951
Bill Estroff, 1952 – 1954John Krider, 1955
Oswald Hadden, 1956
GEORGIA-ALABAMA LEAGUEClass D 1913-1917, 1928-1930, 1946-1951
(known as Georgia State League, Class D 1920-1921)
W.J. Boykin, 1913 – 1914CL Bruner, 1915
Dick Jemison, 1916 – 1917Dred Johnson, 1917
J.P Nichols, Jr., 1920H.P. Meikleham, 1921
CI Scarborough, 1928 – 1929L.H. Carre, 1930
Carl W. East, 1946Arthur R. Decatur, 1947 - 1951
GEORGIA-FLORIDA LEAGUEClass D 1935-1942, 1946-1958, 1962; Class A 1963
Hollis Fort, 1935 – 1936A.D. “Doc” Walker, 1937 – 1941
W.T. Anderson, 1942, 1946 – 1958Larry Brumitt, 1962-1963
GOLDEN BASEBALL LEAGUEInd 2005-2010
(merged with Northern League and United Baseball League to form North American League)
David Kaval, 2005 - 2010Brian MacInnes, 2010
Kevin Outcalt (Commissioner)
GOLDEN STATE LEAGUEInd 1995
Robert M. Weinstein
GREAT CENTRAL LEAGUEInd 1994
Eileen Knudtson
GULF COAST LEAGUEClass D 1907-1908, 1926; Class C 1950; Class B 1951-1953
Paul O. Moss, 1907 – 1908Pat Newman, 1926
Howard Green, 1950 – 1952Guy Airey, 1953
HEARTLAND LEAGUEInd 1996 – 1998
(renamed from Mid-America League)
Bradley L. Cohen, 1996David Arch, 1997-1998
HUDSON RIVER LEAGUEClass D 1903; Class C 1904-1907
Henry D. Ramsey, 1903C.S. Harvey, 1903 - 1907
ILLINOIS STATE LEAGUEClass D 1947-1948
(renamed to Mississippi-Ohio Valley League 1949)
Howard V. Millard, 1947 - 1948
ILLINOIS-MISSOURI LEAGUEClass D 1908-1914
A.E. Blain 1908 – 1910R.E. Rollins, 1911
Charles A. Cline, 1912 - 1914
INDIANA-MICHIGAN LEAGUEClass D 1910
Robert Proctor
INLAND EMPIRE LEAGUEClass D 1908
W.L. Thompson
INTER-AMERICAN LEAGUEInd (recognized as Triple-A by MLB but no affiliations) 1979
Roberto Maduro
INTER-MOUNTAIN LEAGUEClass D 1909
William H. Lucas
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUEClass D, 1908
George Long
INTERSTATE ASSOCIATIONClass C 1906
George F. Rindernecht
INTER-STATE LEAGUEClass D 1905-1908, 1914-1916; Class B 1913; Class D 1932;
Class C 1939; Class B 1940-1952
Frank Baumeister, 1905George F. Rindernecht, 1905 – 1906
Frank Baumeister, 1907CL Rexford, 1908
Charles A. Dawson, 1913Milton A. Jordan, 1914
W. Duke, Jr., 1914James A. Lindsey, 1915 - 1916
William J. Willenbecher, 1932
Harold G. Hoffman, 1939 – 1940Arthur H. Ehlers, 1941 – 1945
J. Vincent Jamison, Jr. 1946Gerald P. Nugent, 1947 - 1952
IOWA STATE LEAGUEClass D 1904-1907
(formal name was Iowa League of Professional Baseball Clubs;renamed to Central Association)
Frank S. Norton, 1904 – 1905L.S. Peckham, 1906 – 1907
IOWA-SOUTH DAKOTA LEAGUEClass D 1902-1903
W.E. Lockhart, 1902J.U. Sammis, 1903
KANSAS STATE LEAGUEClass D 1905-1906, 1909-1911;
Class D 1913-1914(renamed from Central Kansas League 1913)
George T. Tremble, 1905Edward Bero, Jr., 1906
P.H. Hostutler, 1909 – 1910C.A. Case, 1911
Roy C. Gafford, 1913 - 1914
KANSAS-OKLAHOMA-MISSOURI (KOM) LEAGUEClass D 1946-1952
E.L. Dale, 1946 – 1952
KENTUCKY-ILLINOIS-TENNESSEE (KITTY) LEAGUEClass D 1903-1906, 1910-1914, 1916, 1922-1924, 1935-1942, 1946-1955
W.I. Thompson, 1903 – 1905Charles C. Gosnell, 1905 – 1906, 1910-1911
Dr. Frank H. Bassett, 1912 – 1914, 1916, 1922 – 1924, 1935 – 1937J.E. Hannephin, 1938
B.F. Howard, 1939 – 1940Shelby Peace, 1941 – 1942, 1946 - 1955
LONE STAR LEAGUEClass D 1927-1929; Class C 1947-1948; Class A 1977
(renamed from Gulf States League in 1977)
Pat Newnam, 1927 – 1928T.H. Fisher, 1929
Fred Nicholson, 1947 – 1948
Vernon L. Harrison, 1977
LONGHORN LEAGUEClass D 1947-1950; Class C 1951-1955
(renamed to Southwestern League)
Howard Green, 1947 – 1948Hal Sayles, 1949 – 1953
Harry A. James, 1954J.C. Cunningham, 1955
LOUISIANA STATE LEAGUEClass D 1920
Jay Davidson
MAINE STATE LEAGUEClass D 1907
Fred K. Owen
MICHIGAN STATE LEAGUEClass D 1902, 1910-1914; Class B 1926; Class C 1940-1941
(known as WEST MICHICAN LEAGUE 1910; formed by mid-season merger of Michigan-Ontario League and Central League 1926;
sometimes known as Michigan League)
G.E. Morrison, 1902
Thomas Jones, 1910Emerson W. Dickerson, 1911 – 1914
Thomas J. Halligan, 1926, 1940 – 1941
MICHIGAN-ONTARIO LEAGUEClass B 1919-1926 (merged mid-season 1926 with Central League to form Michigan State League)
Joseph S. Jackson, 1919George H. Maines, 1920 – 1921Thomas J. Halligan, 1922 – 1926
MID-AMERICA LEAGUEInd 1995
(renamed to Heartland League)
Jim Gonzales, 1995
MIDDLE ATLANTIC LEAGUEClass C 1925-1942, 1946-1951
Ray H. Archibald, 1925Elmer M. Daily, 1926 – 1942, 1946 – 1951
MIDDLE TEXAS LEAGUEClass D 1914-1915
W.F. Blum, Jr., 1914Hulen P. Robertson, 1915
MINNESOTA-WISCONSIN LEAGUEClass C 1909-1911; Class D 1912(renamed from Northern League)
John A. Elliot, 1909 – 1910Frank Force, 1911
John A. Elliot, 1912
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LEAGUEClass D 1922-1932; Class B 1933
Michael H. Sexton, 1922 – 1924Belden Hill, 1925 – 1931Charles A. Logan, 1932
MISSISSIPPI-OHIO VALLEY LEAGUEClass D 1949-1955
(renamed from Illinois State League;renamed to Midwest League)
CC “Dutch” Hoffman, 1949 - 1955
MISSOURI STATE LEAGUEClass D 1911
W.G. Lynch/James Lay
MISSOURI VALLEY LEAGUEClass D 1902-1903; Class C 1904-1905
(renamed to Western Association)
Dr. D.M. Shiveley, 1902 – 1904Richard Robertson, Jr., 1905
MISSOURI-IOWA-NEBRASKA-KANSAS (MINK) LEAGUEClass D 1910-1913
T.A. Wilson, 1910 – 1911Frederick Carey, 1911
Warren Cummings, 1912 – 1913
MOUNTAIN STATES LEAGUEClass D 1911-1912
Class D 1948-1953; Class C 1954
Lon H. Barringer, 1911S.J. Wright, 1912
Virgil Q. Wacks, 1948 - 1954
NEBRASKA STATE LEAGUEClass D 1910-1915, 1922-1923, 1928-1938, 1956-1959
(became Western League in 1939, reformed in 1956)
Harry A. Sievers, 1910 – 1911A.C. Felt, 1912 – 1913
Clarence J. Miles, 1914 – 1915, 1922 – 1923Richard R. Grotte, 1923
James E. Beltzer, 1928 – 1930Robert C. Russell, 1931 – 1932
James E. Beltzer, 1933J. Roy Carter, 1934 – 1938
Mike Hollinger, 1956 – 1959
NEW BRUNSWICK-MAINE LEAGUEClass D 1913
W.L. Hooper
NEW ENGLAND LEAGUEClass B 1902-1915, 1919, 1926-1930, 1933, 1946-1949
(renamed to Northeastern League 1934)
Tim H. Murnane, 1902 – 1915
John H. Donnelly, 1919
Claude B. Davidson, 1926 – 1930, 1933, 1946 - 1949
NEW YORK STATE LEAGUEClass B 1902-1917
John H. Farrell, 1902 – 1917
NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY LEAGUEClass D 1913
(renamed to Atlantic League)
Rosslyn M. Cox
NEW YORK-PENNSYLVANIA LEAGUEClass B 1923-1932; Class A 1933-1937
(renamed to Eastern League)
John H. Farrell, 1923 – 1929Perry B. Farrell, 1929 – 1937
NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUEInd 2011 – 2012
(formed by merger of Northern League, United League Baseball, and Golden Baseball League)
Brian MacInnes, 2011 - 2012
NORTH ATLANTIC LEAGUEClass D 1946-1950
Ernest C. Landgraf, 1946 – 1950
NORTH ATLANTIC LEAGUEInd 1995-1996
(surviving teams joined the Northeast League in 1997)
Edward Broidy, 1995 – 1996
NORTH CAROLINA STATE LEAGUEClass D 1913-1917, 1937-1942, 1945-1952
(also known as NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE;renamed from Carolina Association 1913;
combined with Western Carolina League to form the Tar Heel League 1953)
Joseph H. Wearn, 1913Arthur Lyon, 1914 – 1915
William G. Bramham, 1916 – 1917
Gene Lawing, 1937 – 1938C.M. Llewellyn, 1939 – 1942, 1945 – 1946
Robert A. Collier, 1947 – 1948Frank Spencer, 1949
Robert A. Collier, 1950Walter H. Woodson, Jr., 1951 - 1952
NORTH CENTRAL LEAGUEInd 1994-1995
George Vedder, 1994 - 1995
NORTH COUNTRY BASEBALL LEAGUEInd 2015
(Conceived as East Coast Baseball League; renamed to Empire Professional Baseball League, 2016 - )
Bruce Zicari, 2015
NORTH DAKOTA LEAGUEClass D 1923
Logan Powell
NORTH TEXAS LEAGUEClass D 1905, 1907
Capt. J.B. King, 1905W.E. Craddock, 1907
NORTHEAST LEAGUEInd 1995-1998, 2003-2004
(Merged with Northern League in 1999, reformed in 2003)
Denise Byrd, 1995Jeffrey Kunion, 1996
Thomas Sullivan, 1997 – 1998Dan Moushon, 2004
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS LEAGUEClass D 1909-1911, 1936-1941
R.M. Rider, 1909J.E. Doherty, 1910
Joseoph R. Bertig, 1910 – 1911, 1936 - 1941
NORTHERN ASSOCIATIONClass D 1910
C.A. Burton
NORTHERN LEAGUEInd 1902; Class D 1903-1905, 1908, 1917, 1933-1940;
Class C 1913 – 1916, 1941-1942, 1946-1962;Class A 1963-1971
(merged with Copper County Soo League to form Northern-Copper County League 1906;renamed to Minnesota-Wisconsin League 1909;
renamed from Central International League 1913)
D.J. Laxdal, 1903 – 1904W.W. Kent, 1905
John M. Lamb, 1908
George A. Barton, 1917
Russel L. Voelz, 1933Lute J. Boone, 1933 – 1934
Herman D. White, 1935 – 1942, 1946 – 1957Peter Bradbury, 1958 – 1959
Herman D. White, 1960 – 1961Brooks Baukol, 1962 – 1964
Roland E. Parcel, 1965 – 1970Arthur O. White, 1971
NORTHERN LEAGUEInd 1993 -2010
(Merged with the Golden Baseball League and United League Baseball to form the North AmericanLeague in 2011)
(The league attempted to reform in 2014 and again in 2015)
Miles Wolff (Commissioner), 1993 – 2002Dan Moushon (President), 1998-2002
Mike Stone (Commissioner), 2003 - 2005 Jim Weigel (Commissioner), 2006
Clark C. Griffith (Commissioner), 2007 – 2010
Dan Evans (Commissioner), 2014 -
NORTHERN-COPPER COUNTRY LEAGUEClass C 1906; Class D 1907
(aka Northern Copper League)
W.J. Price, 1906Percy Glass, 1907
NORTHERN STATE OF INDIANA LEAGUEClass D 1909-1911
(aka INDIANA STATE LEAGUE)
C.A. Klunk, 1909 - 1911
NORTHWESTERN LEAGUEClass B 1907-1917
William H. Lucas, 1907 – 1910Robert H. Lindsay, 1911Daniel E. Dugdale, 1911Fieler Jones, 1912 – 1914
E.H. Hughes, 1914R.L. Blewett, 1915 - 1917
OHIO STATE LEAGUEClass D 1908-1916, 1936-1941, 1944-1947
Robert Quinn, 1908 – 1909Robert W. Read (or Reid), 1910 – 1914
Joseph T. Carr, 1915 – 1916
Harry Smith, 1936 – 1937Paul H. Shank, 1938 – 1940
Joe Donnelly, 1941, 1944Frank M. Colley, 1945 - 1947
OHIO-INDIANA LEAGUEClass D 1908, 1948-1951
(also known as Indiana-Ohio League)
Frank Gamble, 1908
Frank M. Colley, 1948 – 1951
OHIO-PENNSYLVANIA LEAGUEClass C 1905-1911; Class D 1912
Charles H. Morton, 1905 – 1908Samuel L. Wright, 1909 – 1910
George L. Moreland, 1910 – 1911G.Y. Travis, 1912
OKLAHOMA STATE LEAGUEClass D 1912, 1922-1924
Leo Meyer, 1912
C.E. Plott, 1922E.A. Daniels, 1922 - 1924
OKLAHOMA-ARKANSAS-KANSAS (OAK) LEAGUEClass D 1907
(renamed to Oklahoma-Kansas League)
Fred McDaniel
OKLAHOMA-KANSAS LEAGUEClass D 1908
(renamed from Oklahoma-Arkansas-Kansas League)
Dr. D.M. Shiveley
ONTARIO LEAGUEClass C 1930
Walter McMullen
OREGON STATE LEAGUEClass D 1904
???
PACIFIC COAST INTERNATIONAL LEAGUEClass B 1918-1921
(aka Pacific International League;known as NORTHWEST INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE 1919;
renamed to Western International League )
R.L. Blewitt, 1918J.M. Osmond, 1919
Louis H. Burnett, 1920 - 1921
PACIFIC NATIONAL LEAGUEClass A 1903; Class B 1904
(renamed from Pacific Northwest League)
William H. Lucas, 1904
PALMETTO LEAGUEClass D 1931
Charles H. Garrison
PANHANDLE-PECOS VALLEY LEAGUEClass D 1923
(renamed from West Texas League)
S.D. Hunter
PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOCIATIONClass D 1934-1942
Elmer M. Daily, 1934 - 1942
PENNSYLVANIA-OHIO-MARYLAND (POM) LEAGUEClass D 1906-1907
Richard R. Guy, 1906 - 1907
PENNSYLVANIA-WEST VIRGINIA LEAGUEClass D 1908-1909
James D. Groninger, 1908 - 1909
PIEDMONT LEAGUEClass D 1920; Class C 1921-1931; Class B 1932-1955
William G. Bramham, 1920 – 1932Dan W. Hill, 1933 – 1937
Ralph Daughton, 1938 – 1945Richard A. Carrington, 1946 – 1947
Richard A. Carrington, Jr., 1948 – 1950Frank L. Summers, 1951 – 1954
Benjamin L. Campbell, 1955
PRAIRIE LEAGUEInd 1995-1997
Chris Ferguson, Sr., 1995 – 1996David Ferguson, 1997
PROVINCIAL LEAGUEInd 1948-1949; Class C 1950-1955
(Also known as QUEBEC PROVINCIAL LEAGUE)
Albert Molini, 1948 – 1955
QUEBEC PROVINCIAL LEAGUEClass B 1940
Jean Barrette
QUEBEC-ONTARIO-VERMONT LEAGUEClass B 1924; (also known as Quebec-Ontario League)
Joseph H. Page
RIO GRANDE ASSOCIATIONClass D 1915
John McCloskey/E.P. Hughes
RIO GRANDE VALLEY LEAGUEClass D 1931, 1949; Class C 1950
George P. Blevins, 1931C.F.C. Ladd, 1931
William R. Byrd, 1949 - 1950
ROCKY MOUNTAIN LEAGUEClass D 1912
Ira Bidwell
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY LEAGUEClass D 1910-1911
J. Newton Young, 1910 - 1911
SOONER STATE LEAGUEClass D 1947-1957
Jack Mealey, 1947 – 1951Ucal Clanton, 1952 – 1955George Barr, 1956 - 1957
SOPHOMORE LEAGUEClass D 1958-1961
(renamed from Southwestern League)
Grady Terry, 1958 – 1960C.F. Montgomery, 1960 – 1961
SOUTH ATLANTIC (SALLY) LEAGUE(known as SOUTH ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION, 1926-1930)
Class C 1904-1917, 1919-1920; Class B 1921-1930,1936-1942; Class A 1946-1962; Class AA 1963 -(renamed to Southern League)
Charles W. Boyer, 1904 – 1908N.J. Etheridge, 1909
W.R. Joyner, 1909 – 1911Nick P. Corish, 1911 – 1917W.H. Walsh, 1919 – 1924
William G. Bramham, 1924 – 1930Dr. E.M. Wilder, 1936 – 1942, 1946
Earl Blue, 1947 – 1952Dick Butler, 1953 – 1954Bill Terry, 1955 – 1957
Sam Wolfson, 1958Sam C. Smith, Jr., 1959 – 1963
SOUTH CAROLINA LEAGUEClass D 1907-1908
Mendel L. Smith, 1907 - 1908
SOUTH CENTRAL LEAGUEClass D 1906, 1912
J.M. McAllister/Orville Frantz/P.D. Harper, 1906
Dr. D.M. Shiveley/Luther Ellison/W.H. “Bill” Lattimore, 1912
SOUTH COAST LEAGUEInd 2007
????
SOUTH DAKOTA LEAGUEClass D 1920, 1923
(known as DAKOTA LEAGUE 1921-1922)
M.E. Cantillon, 1920 – 1923
SOUTH TEXAS LEAGUEClass C 1903-1906
James Nolan, 1903Max Stubenraugh, 1903 – 1904Bliss P. Gorman, 1904 – 1905Dr. William R. Robbie, 1906
SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUEClass D 1910-1912; Class B 1926-1930, 1932, 1937-1942, 1946-1950)
J.H. O'Neill, 1910 – 1911H.W. Roberts, 1912
Cliff Green, 1926 – 1930
Roy Williams, 1932
Maurice I. Bloch, 1937Stuart X. Stephenson, 1938 – 1941
Pat Moulton, 1942
Stuart X. Stephenson, 1946 - 1950
SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUEInd 2002-2003
L.J. Dupuy
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATIONClass A 1901-1935; Class A1 1936-1945; Class AA 1946-1961
(frequently called Southern League prior to 1920)
J.B. Nicklin, 1902William M. Kavanaugh, 1902 – 1915
Robert H. Baugh, 1916 – 1918John D. Martin, 1919 – 1937
Jack Troy, 1938Trammell Scott, 1939 – 1942
Billy Evans, 1943 – 1946Charles A. Hurth, 1947 – 1959
Hal Totten, 1960 – 1961
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LEAGUEClass D 1913
Jay Davidson, 1913
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TROLLEY LEAGUEClass D 1910
James McCormick
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS LEAGUEClass D 1910
C.C. Wright
SOUTHERN MICHIGAN ASSOCIATIONClass D 1910, 1912-1913; Class C 1911, 1914-1915
SOUTHERN MICHIGAN LEAGUEClass D 1906-1909 (aka South Michigan League)
Joseph S. Jackson, 1906 – 1910Judge James P. Bowen, 1911 – 1912
James Frank, 1913 - 1915
SOUTHWEST BASEBALL LEAGUEInd 1995-1997
????
SOUTHWEST INTERNATIONAL LEAGUEClass C 1951-1952
(created upon merger of Arizona-Texas League and Sunset League)
Leslie E. Powers, 1951Harry Ledell, 1952
SOUTHWEST IOWA LEAGUEClass D 1903
E.H. Whiteside, 1903
SOUTHWEST TEXAS LEAGUEClass D 1910-1911
B.S. Dicksinson, 1910 - 1911
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON LEAGUEClass D 1903-1906
John P. Fink, 1903 – 1904Colonel Fox, 1904
Will Campbell, 1905???? 1906
SOUTHWESTERN LEAGUEClass D 1904, 1921, 1924-1926; Class C 1922-1923;
Class B 1956-1957(renamed from Longhorn League 1956;renamed to Sophomore League 1958)
Will Kimmel, 1904D.F. Smith, 1904
Ensley Barbour, 1921 - 1923J.W. Harris, 1924
Dale D. Gear, 1925 - 1926
W.J. Green, 1956 – 1957
SUNSET LEAGUEClass C 1947-1950
(merged with Arizona-Texas League to form Southwest International League 1951)
W.R. “Bill” Schroeder, 1947Leslie Powers, 1948 – 1950
TAR HEEL LEAGUEClass D 1939-1940, 1953-1954
(reformed in 1953 from combined North Carolina State and Western Carolinas League)
M.C. Campbell, 1939 – 1940Walter H. Woodson, Jr., 1953
Lawson Brown, 1954
TEXAS ASSOCIATIONClass D 1923-1926
W.R. Davidson, 1923A.B. Johnson, 1924J.G. McIntosh, 1925
Charles L. Clover, 1925Mark H. Dewitt, 1926
TEXAS VALLEY LEAGUEClass D 1927-1928, 1938
???? 1927-1928
Guy F. Airey, 1938
TEXAS-LOUISIANA LEAGUEInd 1994-2001
(renamed to Central League)
Byron Pierce, 1994Doug Theodore, 1995
Byron Pierce, 1996 – 2000Rick Carden, 2001
TEXAS-OKLAHOMA LEAGUEClass D 1911-1914, 1921-1922
F.P. St. Clair, 1911Tom D. Newcomb, 1912
C.O. Johnson, 1912 – 1914
A.M. Keisker, 1921J. Doak Roberts, 1922
THREE-I LEAGUE(ILLINOIS-INDIANA-IOWA LEAGUE)
Class B 1902-1917, 1919-1932, 1935, 1937-1942, 1946-1961*
Michael H. Sexton, 1902 – 1904Edward Holland, 1905 – 1907
Thomas J. Loftus, 1908Michael H. Sexton, 1909
Albert R. Tearney, 1910 – 1917, 1919 – 1924L.J. Wiley, 1924 – 1932, 1935
Tom Fairweather, 1937 – 1942, 1946 – 1950Vern McMillan, 1951
Hal Totten, 1952 – 1959Vern Hoscheit, 1960 – 1961
*- balls exist that were made by Wilson for the 1962 season stamped with “Ken Blackman Pres.”Blackman had been hired before the league folded
TOBACCO STATE LEAGUEClass D 1946-1950
J.E.L. Wade, 1946Arthur T. Moore, 1947 - 1950
TRI-STATE LEAGUEInd 1904-1906; Class B 1907-1914 (PA-DE-NJ)
Classs D 1924 (NE-IA-SD)Class D 1925-1926 (AR-MS-TN)Class B 1946-1955 (NC-SC-TN)
Charles F. Carpenter, 1904 – 1913George M. Graham, 1914
Richard R. Grotto, 1924
John D. Martin, 1925 – 1926
C.M. Llewellyn, 1946 – 1950Robert E. Hipps, 1951 - 1955
TWIN PORTS LEAGUEClass E 1943
Frank Wade, 1943
TWIN STATES LEAGUEClass D 1911
Major F.M. Keys
UNION ASSOCIATIONClass D 1911-1914
William H. Lucas, 1911 – 1912Van Patte, 1912
E.C. Mulroney, 1913Edward F. Murphy, 1914
UNITED LEAGUE BASEBALLInd 2006-2010, 2013-2014
(merged with Golden Baseball League and Northern League in 2011 to form the North American League,which folded after 2012 season)
John Bryant, 2013 – 2014
UNITED STATES LEAGUEInd 1912
William A. Whitman, 1912
UTAH-IDAHO LEAGUEClass C 1926-1928
Fred M. Nye, 1926 - 1928
VIRGINIA LEAGUEClass C 1906-1919, 1941-1942;
Class B 1920-1928; Class D 1939-1940, 1948-1951
Jacob Wells, 1906 – 1910C.R. Williams, 1911
Jacob O. Boatwright, 1912 – 1915Burrus Corprew, 1916
William B. Bradley, 1917 – 1921W.S. Moye, 1922 – 1924
William G. Bramham, 1925 - 1928
Ray Ryan, 1941C.R. Williams, 1942
Robert S. Brenaman, 1948 – 1950Benjamin L. Campbell, 1951
VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN LEAGUEClass D 1914
B.F. Donovan, 1914
VIRGINIA VALLEY LEAGUEClass D 1910
John A. Spinney/John C. Bond
VIRGINIA-NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUEClass D 1905
L.J. Brandt
WASHINGTON STATE LEAGUEClass D 1910-1912
Walter R. McFarlane, 1910O.J. Albers, 1911
???? 1912
WEST DIXIE LEAGUEClass C 1934-1935 (created upon split of Dixie League)
J. Alvin Gardner, 1934J. Walter Morris, 1935
WEST TEXAS LEAGUEClass D 1920-1922, 1928-1929
Walter Morris, 1920Richard Hodges, 1921
Gordon W. Northen, 1922
J. McAllister Stevenson, 1928E.E. Lowrie, 1928
D.L. Snodgrass, 1929
WEST TEXAS-NEW MEXICO LEAGUEClass D 1937-1942; Class C 1946-1954; Class B 1955
Milton E. Price, 1937 – 1942, 1946 – 1951Ray Winkler, 1952
Hal Sayles, 1953 - 1955
WEST VIRGINIA LEAGUEClass D 1910
Thomas S. Haymond
WESTERN ASSOCIATIONClass C 1905-1910, 1922-1932, 1934-1942, 1946-1954;
Class D 1911, 1914-1917, 1920-1921(renamed from Missouri Valley League)
Dr. D.M. Shiveley, 1905 – 1910J.H. Shaw, 1910
Tom C. Hayden, 1911Herbert Slater, 1911
A.J. Baker, 1914William P. Hill, 1914 – 1916
J.W. Bell, 1916 – 1917
J.C. Letcher, 1920George LaMotte, 1921
E.A. Daniels, 1922 – 1923J.W. Seabaugh, 1924 – 1926Dale D. Gear, 1927 – 1932
Tom Fairweather, 1934 – 1942, 1946 – 1949Howard Goetz, 1950 – 1952George Barr, 1953 – 1954
WESTERN LEAGUEClass A 1902-1937, 1947-1958
Michael H. Sexton, 1902 – 1904Norris L. O'Neil, 1905 – 1916
F.C. Zehrung, 1917Emerson W. Dickerson, 1917 – 1918
Albert R. Tearney, 1919 – 1925Dale D. Gear, 1926 – 1935
Dr. A.J. McLaughlin, 1936 – 1937
Senator Edwin C. Johnson, 1949 – 1953Governor Edwin C. Johnson, 1954 – 1955
O'Neal M. Hobbs, 1956 - 1958
WESTERN LEAGUEClass D 1939-1941
(renamed from Nebraska State League )
J. Roy Carter, 1939 - 1941
WESTERN BASEBALL LEAGUEInd 1995-2002
Bruce Engel, 1995 – 1998Bob Linscheid, 1999 – 2001
Sam Pepper, 2002
WESTERN CANADA LEAGUEClass D 1907, 1909-1914; Class C 1919; Class B 1920-1921
Bruce L. Robinson, 1907
C.J. Eckstrom, 1909 – 1911Fred Johnson, 1912John Dewar, 1912
Frank M. Gray, 1913James E. Fleming, 1914
Charles F. Moll, 1919Frank H. Miley, 1919 – 1920
Robert Pearson, 1921
WESTERN CAROLINA(S) LEAGUEClass D 1948-1952, 1960-1962; Class A 1963-1979
(combined with North Carolina State League in 1953 to form the Tar Heel League; renamed to South Atlantic League in 1980)
John H. Moss, 1948Cloyd A. Hager, 1949 – 1950
P.W. Deaton, 1951T. Earl Franklin, 1952
John H. Moss, 1960 – 1979
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LEAGUEClass B 1922, 1937-1942, 1946-1951; Class A 1952-1954
(renamed from Pacific Coast International League;renamed to Northwest League)
Louis H. Burnett, 1922Deacon White, 1922
Roger W. Peck, 1937F.H. Knickerbocker, 1938 – 1939Judge Stanley A. Webster, 1940
Robert B. Abel, 1941 – 1942, 1946 – 1952Robert P. Brown, 1953Robert B. Abel, 1954
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA LEAGUEClass D 1907
Alex J. Lawson/Charles B. Powers
WESTERN TRI-STATE LEAGUEClass D 1912-1914
W.N. Sweet, 1912 – 1913Roy W. Ritner, 1914
WISCONSIN STATE LEAGUEClass D 1905-1907, 1940-1942, 1946-1953
(also known as Wisconsin Association 1905-1906; renamed to Wisconsin-Illinois League in 1908)
John T. Powers, 1905 – 1906Charles F. Moll, 1907
Herman D. White, 1940 – 1942, 1946 – 1947Judge Arold F. Murphy, 1948 – 1951
Dan G. Cisco, 1952Duane F. Bowman, 1953
WISCONSIN-ILLIONIS LEAGUEClass D 1908-1909; Class C 1910-1914
(renaemd from Wisconsin State League 1907;renamed to Bi-State League 1915)
Charles F. Moll,1908 – 1911Frank S. Edmison, 1912
Frank R. Weeks, 1913 - 1914