West Virginia League Explained

Sport:Minor league baseball
Teams:4
Country:USA
Most Champs:1
Fairmont Champions (1910

The West Virginia League was a Class D level minor baseball league that played during the 1910 season. It featured four teams, all from West Virginia - the Clarksburg Bees of Clarksburg, the Fairmont Champions of Fairmont the Grafton team based in Grafton and the Mannington Drillers based in Mannington.[1]

The league disbanded on July 5 after Grafton disbanded. In the shortened season, Fairmont finished first in the standings with a 37-18 record, while Mannington was second with a 33-21 mark, Grafton was third at 20-30 and Clarksburg was last with a 14-35 record. Future major leaguer Everett Scott played in the league.[2]

Cities represented

Standings & statistics

1910 West Virginia League
schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
3718.673--Lewis Hunt
Mannington Drillers3321.6113.5George Pritchard / Charles McClosky
2030.40014.5Dan Raily
1435.28620.0
The league disbanded July 5 after Grafton disbanded.[3]

Notes and References

  1. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Second and Third Editions
  2. Web site: 1910 Fairmont Champions Statistics. Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. Book: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball . Lloyd . Johnson . Miles . Wolff . Third . . 2007 . 978-1932391176.