Missouri State League Explained

Missouri State League
Sport:Minor League Baseball
Director:W.G. Lynch (1911)
James Lay (1911)
Inaugural:1911
Teams:5
Country:United States of America
Continent:or
Continents:-->
Folded:June 4, 1911
Most Champs:1
Brookfield Cubs (1911)
Classification:Class D (1911)

The Missouri State League was a short–lived Class D level baseball minor league that played in the 1911 season. The league began play with five teams, all based in Missouri. The Missouri State League folded during the 1911 season.

History

The Missouri State League began the 1911 season as a five–team league with charter franchises based in Brookfield, Missouri, Jefferson City, Missouri, Kirksville, Missouri, Macon, Missouri, and Sedalia, Missouri. The Brookfield Hustlers folded on May 19, 1911 and the Sedalia Cubs moved to Brookfield after the Hustlers folded. On June 2, 1911, the Jefferson City Senators franchise folded. The Missouri State League permanently folded after play on June 4, 1911. The Sedalia/Brookfield Cubs finished in 1st place with a record of 11–8, compiling a 7–3 record based in Sedalia and 4–5 in Brookfield.[1] [2] [3]

The league began play on May 11, 1911, before folding on June 5, 1911.[4]

1911 cities represented

Brookfield Hustlers, Brookfield Cubs

Sedalia Cubs[1]

1911 Standings and statistics

Missouri State League standings
schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
118.579--R.T. Easley
Macon Athletics108.5660.5Brooks Gordon
Jefferson City Senators119.5500.5Chief Myers
Kirksville Osteopaths912.4293.0Senter Rainey
Brookfield Hustlers04.000NAGinger Lyons
Brookfield Hustlers disbanded May 19.
Sedalia (7–3) moved to Brookfield May 24.
Jefferson City disbanded June 2
League folded June 5.
1911 player statistics !Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot
John HermanMaconBA.407Gunder
William Akers
Monegan
Jefferson City
Macon
Kirksville
W
W
W
2
2
2
Bert St. JohnMaconRuns9MoneganKirksvilleSO44
KlineJefferson CityHits13Four tiedPCT1.000 1–0
David KraftKirksvilleHR3
[2]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1911 Missouri State League. Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. Book: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball . Lloyd . Johnson . Miles . Wolff . Third . . 2007 . 978-1932391176.
  3. Web site: 1911 Missouri State League (MSL) Minor League Baseball Standings on StatsCrew.com. www.statscrew.com.
  4. Web site: 1911 Missouri State League (MSL) Minor League Baseball on StatsCrew.com. www.statscrew.com.