Newark Newks Explained

Newark Newks
Firstseason:1905
Lastseason:1915
Allyears:1905–1912, 1915
City:Newark, Ohio
Past Class Level:
  • Class D (1911–1912, 1915)
  • Class B (1911)
  • Class D (1908–1910)
  • Class C (1905–1907)
League:
Pastnames:
  • Newark New Socks (1915)
  • Newark Newks (1912)
  • Newark Skeeters (1911)
  • Newark Newks (1907–1910)
  • Newark Cotton Tops (1906)
  • Newark Idlewilds (1905)

The Newark Newks was the predominant name of a minor league baseball team based in Newark, Ohio from 1905 until 1915. The team was first known as the Newark Idlewilds and began playing in the Ohio–Pennsylvania League. In 1906 the club changed its name to the Newark Cotton Tops. Finally in 1907, the team took on the Newks name. In 1908 the team moved in the Ohio State League, where they played until 1911. On June 22, 1911, the team moved to Piqua, Ohio to become the Piqua Picks. However that June, the Grand Rapids Furniture Makers of the Central League moved to Newark and became the Newark Skeeters. The next season the Skeeters played in the Ohio State League and posted a 72–68 record before vanishing. The city fielded the Newark New Socks (sometimes referred to as the Newsocks) in the 1915 Buckeye League. Newark was without a team until the 1944 Newark Moundsmen returned to play in the Ohio State League.

Year-by-year records

Year Record Finish Manager Notes
1905 37–46 NA
1906 65–74 6th Gene Bates, Bill Bottenus,
Andy Sommers & Walter Snodgrass
1907 86–53 2nd Bob Berryhill
1908 74–75 5th
1909 46–64 NA Homer Davidson & Erve Wratten
1910 58–80 4th
1911 29–33 5th Alfred Newnham Team moved to Piqua, Ohio on June 22
1911 34–42 7th Harley Parker & John Pendry Grand Rapids moved to Newark on June 27
1912 70–68 3rd Jack Grim, Sandy Murray & Barry McCormick
1915 14–24 4th Erv Wrattan
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Timeline

Year(s)
  1. Yrs.
Team Level LeagueAffiliate
18891 Newark Ohio State LeagueNone
19051 Newark IdlewindsOhio-Pennsylvania League
19061 Newark Cotton Tops
19071 Newark Newks
1908–19103 Ohio State League
19111 Newark
19121 Newark Skeeters
19151 Newark New SocksBuckeye League
1944–19474 Ohio State LeagueSt. Louis Browns
1948–19514 Newark YankeesOhio-Indiana LeagueNew York Yankees
19941 Newark BuffalosIndependentFrontier LeagueNone

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball . Lloyd . Johnson . Miles . Wolff . Third . . 2007 . 978-1932391176.