South Central League Explained

South Central League
Sport:	Minor League Baseball
President:	J.M. McAllister (1906) Orville Frantz (1906) P.D. Harper (1906) Dr. D.M. Shiveley (1912) Luther Ellison (1912) Bill Lattimore (1912)
Inaugural:	1906
Teams:	13
Country:	United States of America
Continent:	or
Continents:	-->
Folded:	1912
Most Champs:	1 McAlester Miners (1906) Longview Cannibals (1912)
Classification:	Class D (1906, 1912)

The South Central League was a minor league baseball league that played in the 1906 and 1912 seasons, with franchises located in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. The McAlester Miners (1906) and Longview Cannibals (1912) won league championships.

History

The 1906 league consisted of teams from Arkansas and Oklahoma. The six–team league included the Fort Smith Razorbacks, the Guthrie Senators, the Muskogee Indians, the Shawnee Blues, the South McAlester Miners and the Tulsa Oilers. Guthrie and Shawnee disbanded on July 21, while the whole league disbanded in August. The Miners finished in first place. One notable player, Clyde Milan, spent time in the league.^[1]

Cities represented

• Cleburne, TX: Cleburne Railroaders 1912
• Fort Smith, AR: Fort Smith Razorbacks 1906
• Guthrie, OK: Guthrie Senators 1906
• Longview, TX: Longview Cannibals 1912
• Marshall, TX: Marshall Athletics 1912
• Muskogee, OK: Muskogee Indians 1906
• Paris, TX: Paris Boosters 1912
• Shawnee, OK: Shawnee Blues 1906
• Texarkana, TX: Texarkana Twins 1912
• McAlester, OK: McAlester Miners 1906
• Tulsa, OK: Tulsa Oilers 1906
• Tyler, TX: Tyler Elbertas 1912

League standings and statistics

1906 South Central Leagueschedule

Team standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
McAlester Miners	59	32	.648	--
Muskogee Indians	50	38	.568	7.5	J.W. Callahan / Muggsy Monroe
	47	39	.547	9.5	Fernandez / Walt Ahern
Tulsa Oilers	45	42	.517	12.0	Cap Smith / Bill Rupp
	29	42	.408	NA	J.B. Roe / J.B. McAlester
	18	55	.247	NA	Dad Bennett / Jim Greer / J.W. Faulkner

Guthrie and Shawnee started the second half July 4, but disbanded July 21.
The league disbanded August 5.^{[2] [3]}

1912 South Central Leagueschedule

Team standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Longview Cannibals	63	51	.553	--	Tully Spear / Jim Gardiner
Marshall Athletics	56	58	.491	7.0
	51	65	.440	13.0	Pat Woods / McLendon / Rudy Kling / Dee Poindexter
Paris Boosters	46	63	.422	14.5	Rick Adams / W.W. Hawker / Jack Jutze
	51	28	.646	NA	Dad Ritter
	40	42	.488	NA	Dee Poindexter

Tyler and Cleburne disbanded July 17.
Playoff: Texarkana was declared champion as first half winner Cleburne disbanded.^[3]

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

Ray Nagle	Marshall	BA	.368		Hugh Harbin	Cleburne	W	15
Ray Nagle	Marshall	Runs	42		Bill Daniels	Cleburne/Paris	SO	123
Ray Nagle	Marshall	Hits	76		Lindy Hiett	Cleburne	Pct	.875; 7–1

^[3]

External links

• Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: South Central League (D) Encyclopedia and History. Baseball-Reference.com.
2. Web site: 1906 South Central League (SCL) minor league baseball Standings on StatsCrew.com. www.statscrew.com.
3. Book: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball . Lloyd . Johnson . Miles . Wolff . Third . . 2007 . 978-1932391176.