Central California League Explained

Central California League
Sport:	Minor League Baseball
President:	E.H. Raymond (1910) D.C. Anderson (1910–1911) E.T. Shortall (1910–1911)
Inaugural:	1910
Teams:	15
Continent:	or
Continents:	-->
Folded:	July 9, 1911
Most Champs:	1 Alameda Alerts (1910) San Leandro Cherry Pickers (1911)
Classification:	Class D (1910–1911)

The Central California League was a minor league baseball league that played in the 1910 and 1911 seasons. The Class D level league franchises were based exclusively in California. The league had a multitude of franchise relocations, before it permanently folded during the 1911 season. The 1910 Alameda Alerts and 1911 San Leandro Cherry Pickers captured league championships.

History

The league franchises were unstable during two seasons of play. The league began play on April 17, 1910 and played through November 6, 1910.^[1] Of the eight original teams that started 1910 league play, seven of the eight teams moved during the season, with three teams moving twice or more, while three teams disbanded. In all, 15 different sites were used in the 1910 season, with two cities hosting two different Central California League teams.^{[2] [3]} In 1911, two teams moved and two folded before the league permanently folded on July 9, 1911.^[4] The league played a full schedule, but only the weekend games counted in the standings.^[3]

Cities represented

• Alameda, CA

Alameda Bracketts 1910; Alameda Alerts 1910–1911; Alameda Monday Models 1911

• Berkeley, CA

Berkley 1910; Berkeley Clarions 1911

• Elmhurst, CA

Elmhurst 1910; Elmhurst Carroll & Tilden 1911

• Fruitvale, CA

Fruitvale 1910; Fruitvale Travelers 1911

• Hayward, CA

Hayward 1910; Hayward Cubs 1911

• Healdsburg, CA

Healdsburg Grapevines 1910

• Napa, CA

Napa 1910

• Oakland, CA

Oakland Basches 1910; Oakland Emery Arms 1911

• Petaluma, CA

Petaluma Incubators 1910

• Richmond, CA

Richmond Merchants 1910–1911

• St. Helena, CA St. Helena 1910
• San Leandro, CA

San Leandro Grapevines 1910; San Leandro Cherry Pickers 1911 ^[5]

• San Rafael, CA

San Rafael 1910

• Santa Rosa, CA

Santa Rosa Prune Pickers 1910

• Vallejo, CA

Vallejo 1910; Vallejo Pastimes 1911 ^[3]

Standings & statistics

1910 Central California League

Team standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Richmond Merchants	18	10	.643	–	John Luce^[6]
Healdsburg Grapevines / San Leandro Grapevines	17	11	.607	1.0	Pop Wieland
	19	13	.594	1.0	Nathan Coombs
Santa Rosa Prune Pickers / Alameda Bracketts / Oakland Basches / Berkeley	14	15	.483	4.5	William Bailey / Tom Walton
Petaluma Incubators / Elmhurst	8	18	.308	9.0	Dennis Healy / W.D. Thomas
San Rafael / Hayward / Fruitvale	7	17	.292	9.0	George Englefield / William Hull / C. Heyer
Vallejo	4	2	.667	NA	Charles McCauley
Napa	3	4	.429	NA	Earl Raymond

The league played a full schedule but only the weekend games counted.
Healdsburg moved to San Leandro April 24; St. Helena moved to Fruitvale April 24, then to Alameda July 10; Santa Rosa moved to Alameda May 5, then to Oakland July 10, then to Berkeley July 31.
Valleyjo and Napa disbanded May 29; Petaluma moved to Elmhurst June 5; San Rafael moved to Hayward June 12, then to Fruitvale July 10. The franchise disbanded October 9.
Playoff: Alameda Alerts 2 games, Richmond 0.

1911 Central California League
schedule

Team standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
San Leandro Cherry Pickers	10	3	.769	–	Pop Wieland ^[7]
	8	5	.615	2.0	Tom Walton^[8]
Vallejo Pastimes	8	5	.615	2.0	Dave Orr^[9]
Richmond Merchants	8	6	.571	2.5	John Luce^[10]
Berkeley Clarions	5	6	.455	4.0	Jim Kane^[11]
	4	7	.364	5.0	George Worthington^[12]
Hayward Cubs	4	9	.308	6.0	Len Schroeder^[13]
	4	10	.286	6.5	NA

Fruitvale (1–7) moved to Alameda May 28; Elmhurst moved to Oakland June 4, disbanded June 18; Berkeley disbanded June 23
The league disbanded July 9.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1910 Central California League (CCL) Minor League Baseball on StatsCrew.com. www.statscrew.com.
2. Book: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball . Lloyd Johnson . Miles Wolff . Third . . 2007 . 978-1932391176.
3. Web site: Central California League (D) Encyclopedia and History. Baseball-Reference.com.
4. Web site: 1911 Central California League (CCL) Minor League Baseball on StatsCrew.com. www.statscrew.com.
5. Web site: 1910 Heraldsburg/San Leandro Grapevines Statistics .
6. Web site: 1910 Richmond Merchants minor league baseball Roster on StatsCrew.com. www.statscrew.com.
7. Web site: 1911 San Leandro Cherry Pickers minor league baseball Roster on StatsCrew.com. www.statscrew.com.
8. Web site: 1911 Alameda Alerts minor league baseball Roster on StatsCrew.com. www.statscrew.com.
9. Web site: 1911 Vallejo Pastimes minor league baseball Roster on StatsCrew.com. www.statscrew.com.
10. Web site: 1911 Richmond Merchants minor league baseball Roster on StatsCrew.com. www.statscrew.com.
11. Web site: 1911 Berkeley Clarions minor league baseball Roster on StatsCrew.com. www.statscrew.com.
12. Web site: 1911 Elmhurst Carroll & Tilden/Oakland Emery Arms minor league baseball Roster on StatsCrew.com. www.statscrew.com.
13. Web site: 1911 Hayward Cubs minor league baseball Roster on StatsCrew.com. www.statscrew.com.