John Barnes (baseball manager) explained

John Sloane Barnes (August 30, 1855 – September 15, 1929) was a Minor League Baseball manager,^[1] athlete, promoter, and proponent of physical fitness.

Born in Ireland, Barnes organized the Pacific Northwest League in 1890, the first professional baseball league in the region.^[2] In that same year, he led the Spokane team to the Pacific Northwest League pennant. After managing the Portland Webfeet in 1892, he played a key role in the reorganization of the Western League, which later became the American League, before devoting a decade to the promotion of physical fitness in China. In 1909, Barnes returned to manage the Butte Miners in Montana, and in 1915 operated the Aberdeen Black Cats franchise.^[3] Barnes is interred at Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park in Seattle, Washington.

Career

Year	Team	League	Classification
		Northwestern League	N/A
		Northwestern League	N/A
		Western Association	N/A
		Pacific Northwestern League	B
		Pacific Northwestern League	B
		Western League	N/A
		Western League	A
		Inter-Mountain League	D

News: Baseball-Reference.com : John Barnes – Minors Managing .
Web site: Spokane Indians Era 1: Birth of the Indians . . Jim . Price . June 21, 2003 . October 23, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322012848/http://www.spokesmanreview.com/indians/century/storytemplate.asp?ID=oralhistory1 . March 22, 2012 .
News: Barnes' Career Big. The Sunday Oregonian. September 26, 1915. October 23, 2014. 6.