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Page 1: MINOR LEAGUE PRESIDENTS - Minor League Baseballs...The modern minor league system traces its roots to the formation of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (NAPBL)

MINOR LEAGUE

PRESIDENTS

compiled by

Tony Baseballswww.minorleaguebaseballs.com

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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.

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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)

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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 -

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ARIZONA LEAGUERookie 1988 -

Bob Richmond, 1988 -

ATLANTIC LEAGUEInd 1998 -

Bud Harrelson 1998 – 1999 Joe Klein 2000 – 2014

Rick White 2015 -

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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 -

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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 -

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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 -

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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 -

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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 -

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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 -

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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 -

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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 -

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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 -

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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 -

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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-

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UNITED SHORE LEAGUEIndependent 2016 -

Andy Appleby (founder, president of General Sports andEntertainment), 2016 -

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

???

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

????

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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