Virginia League (1900) Explained

Virginia League
Sport:Minor League Baseball
Replaced:Virginia-North Carolina League (1901)
Virginia League (1906–1924)
President:Jake Wells (1900)
E.Harvie Cunningham (1900)
John Brady (1900)
Inaugural:1900
Teams:6
Country:United States of America
Continent:or
Continents:-->
Folded:1900
Most Champs:1
Norfolk Phenoms (1900)
Classification:Class D (1900)

The Virginia League was a Class D level minor baseball league based in Virginia that played in the 1900 season. It was the second formation of the "Virginia League," succeeding the first edition of the Virginia League (1894–96) and preceding the Virginia League (1906–1928).

The 1900 Virginia League was composed entirely of teams from Virginia. The six–team league consisted of the Norfolk Mary Janes, Portsmouth Pirates, Newport News Shipbuilders and Richmond Colts, as well as teams in Hopewell and Petersburg.

In June, both the Petersburg and Richmond teams disbanded during the season.[1] Following the 1900 season, the league became the Virginia-North Carolina League.

Baseball Hall of Fame member Christy Mathewson pitched for the Norfolk Phenoms in 1900, leading Virginia League in both wins and strikeouts.[2]

1900 cities represented

Richmond Bluebirds

Standings & statistics

1900 Virginia League

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
4314.754-
Hampton Crabs2929.50014.0Edward Ashenbach
Portsmouth Boers2930.49214.5
Newport News Shipbuilders2339.37122.0Hunter Harvey /
Michael Trost / Kid Weaver
2115.583NA
Petersburg Farmers826.235NAFred Foster / George Kelly
Petersburg disbanded June 11; Richmond disbanded June 13.
Player statistics !Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot!!!!Player!!Team!!Stat!!Tot
Jim MurrayPortsmouthBA.337Christy MathewsonNorfolkW18
Jim MurrayPortsmouthRuns66Christy MathewsonNorfolkSO121
Jim MurrayPortsmouthHits126Christy MathewsonNorfolkPCT.900 18-2
Jim MurrayPortsmouthRBI98
Jim MurrayPortsmouthHR11
[3]

Notes and References

  1. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Second Edition
  2. Web site: Christy Mathewson Minor & Cuban Leagues Statistics & History. Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. Book: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball . Lloyd . Johnson . Miles . Wolff . Third . . 2007 . 978-1932391176.