| Southern Tier League | |
| Sport: | Minor League Baseball |
| Commissioner: | Unknown (1904–1905) |
| Inaugural: | 1904 |
| Teams: | 7 |
| Continent: | or |
| Continents: | --> |
| Folded: | 1905 |
| Most Champs: | 1 Addison White Sox (1904)* |
| Classification: | Independent (1904–1905) |
The Southern Tier League was a six–team Independent level minor league baseball league that played in the 1904 and 1905 seasons. The Southern Tier League featured franchises based in New York and Pennsylvania. The Southern Tier League permanently folded after the 1905 season.
The Southern Tier League formed as Independent level minor league in 1904. The charter league members were the Addison White Sox, Corning White Ponies, Coudersport, Elmira, New York, Hornellsville Maple Cities, Penn Yan Grape Pickers and Wellsville Oil Drillers. League standings in some references list Hornellsville as the first place team, but August 20 newspaper accounts show Addison in first place with Hornellsville well behind in fifth place. The league was also referred to as the "Southern Tier Association."[1] [2] [3] [4]
The 1905 Southern Tier League continued play as a four–team Independent league. The four teams were the Addison-Wellsville Tobacco Strippers, Corning Glassblowers, Elmira and Hornellsville Blue Birds. The 1905 standings and statistics are unknown.[5]
The Southern Tier League permanently folded as a minor league after the 1905 season. A league with the same name later played as a semi–pro league.[5] [6]
| Team name(s) | City represented | Manager(s) | Year(s) active |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addison White Sox (1904) Addison-Wellsville Tobacco Strippers (1905) | Addison, New York | Bill Heine (1904–1905) | to [7] [8] |
| Corning White Ponies (1904) Corning Glassblowers (1905) | Corning, New York | Quinton Farr / Charles M. Turrell(1904) Jimmie Heffernan (1905) | to [9] [10] [11] |
| Coudersport | Coudersport, Pennsylvania | Charles Eichberger | [12] |
| Elmira | Elmira, New York | Cooney Rice / Ray Hagan (1904) Harry Curtis / Cooney Rice (1905) | to [13] [14] |
| Hornellsville Maple Cities (1904) Hornellsville Blue Birds (1905) | Hornellsville, New York | Charles H. Landon (1904) Jack Quinn (1905) | to [15] [16] [17] |
| Penn Yan Grape Pickers | Penn Yan, New York | John Davis | [18] |
| Wellsville Oil Drillers | Wellsville, New York | Fred Arnold | [19] |
The 1904 and 1905 Southern Tier League records and statistics are unknown. The 1904 reported standings on August 20, 1904, are listed below. The 1905 standings are unknown.[1] [5] [2] [4]
| Team standings | W | L | PCT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addison | 22 | 11 | .666 | |
| "Father Matthew" | 22 | 12 | .647 | |
| Corning | 19 | 14 | .575 | |
| Wellsville | 12 | 18 | .400 | |
| Hornellsville | 12 | 22 | .352 | |
| Cloudersport | 9 | 19 | .321 |