Empire State League Explained

Empire State League (1913)
Sport:	Minor League Baseball
President:	C.C. Vaughn (1913) Oscar Grover (1913)
Inaugural:	1913
Teams:	6
Country:	United States of America
Continent:	or
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Folded:	1913
Most Champs:	1 Valdosta Millionaires (1913)
Classification:	Class D (1913)

The Empire State League was a Minor league baseball circuit which operated in the 1913 season. It was a Class-D, six-team league, with teams based exclusively in Georgia, U.S. In 1914, the league evolved to become the Georgia State League.

Cities represented

• Americus, GA: Americus Muckalees 1913
• Brunswick, GA: Brunswick Pilots 1913
• Cordele, GA: Cordele Babies 1913
• Thomasville, GA: Thomasville Hornets 1913
• Valdosta, GA: Valdosta Millionaires 1913
• Waycross, GA: Waycross Blowhards 1913

Standings & statistics

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Manager(s)
	58	40	.592	–
	56	40	.583	1.0	Martin Dudley / George Durley
	49	50	.495	9.5	Eddie Reagan
	45	54	.455	13.5	Harry Weber / Hal Griffin   William Kuhlman
	43	52	.453	13.5
	42	57	.424	16.5	Bert Kite / Charles Moran Whitey Morse

Player statistics !Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot

Henry Chancey	Americus	BA	.383		Vincent Roth	Thomasville	W	18
Van Landingham	Valdosta	Runs	72		Red Dacey	Americus	PCT	.750 9-3
Henry Chancey	Americus	Hits	142
Henry Chancey	Americus	HR	10

Notes

• In the best-of-seven series, second place Thomasville defeated first place Valdosta, four games to two.
• Henry Chancey (Americus) won the batting title (.383), while Vincent Roth (Thomasville) collected 18 wins and Red Dacey (Americus) posted the best W-L% (9-3, .750).
• In 1914, the Empire State League renamed itself Georgia State League.

Players of note

• Willie Clark
• Dutch Jordan
• Charles Moran
• Harry Weber

Sources

• Book: Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd . Johnson . Miles . Wolff . Baseball America. 1993. 978-0-96-371898-3.

External links

• Baseball Reference: 1913 Empire State League