The Independence Champs were a Class-D minor league baseball team based in Independence, Kansas that played in the Oklahoma–Arkansas–Kansas League in 1907. Multiple notable players spent time with the team, including Chick Brandom, Drummond Brown, Dick Crutcher, Danny Friend and Marc Hall.[1]
| Year(s) |
| Team | Level | League | Affiliate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | 1 | Independence | Independent | None | |
| 1906 | 1 | Class D | None | ||
| 1907 | 1 | Independence Champs | Oklahoma-Arkansas-Kansas League | None | |
| 1908 | 1 | Oklahoma-Kansas League | None | ||
| 1911 | 1 | Independence Packers | Western Association | None | |
| 1921 | 1 | Southwestern League | None | ||
| 1922–1923 | 2 | Class C | None | ||
| 1924 | 1 | Class D | None | ||
| 1925, 1928–1932 | 6 | Class C | Western Association | None | |
| 1947–1950 | 4 | Independence Yankees | Class D | Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League | New York Yankees |
| 1952 | 1 | Independence Browns | St. Louis Browns | ||