Connellsville Cokers (baseball) explained

Connellsville Cokers
Firstseason:1907
Lastseason:1914
Allyears:1907–1909, 1912, 1914
City:Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Past Class Level:Class D
League:Pennsylvania–West Virginia League (1914)
Past League:
Pastnames:
  • Connellsville (1914)
  • Connellsville Cokers (1907–1909, 1912)

The Connellsville Cokers, based in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA, were a professional minor league baseball team that played in the Western Pennsylvania League in 1907, the Pennsylvania–West Virginia League in 1908 and 1909 and the Ohio–Pennsylvania League in 1912. An un-nicknamed Connellsville team then played in the PWVL in 1914. They were the first professional baseball team to be based in Connellsville.[1]

Notable players include major leaguers Roy Ellam,[2] Hy Myers and Huck Wallace.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?city=Connellsville&state=PA&country=US BR Minors
  2. BR Minors
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=e2af0932 BR Minors