Pennsylvania State Association
ClassificationClass D (1935–1942)
SportMinor League Baseball
Inaugural season1934
Ceased1942
PresidentElmer M. Daily (1935–1942, 1946–1951)
No. of teams11
CountryUnited States of America
Most titles5
Butler Yankees

The Pennsylvania State Association was a class D level league of minor league baseball that existed from 1934 until 1942. The league franchised were entirely based in Western Pennsylvania.

History

The Pennsylvania State Association was composed mostly of major league affiliate teams. During the nine-year run of the league there were eleven cities, all from Pennsylvania, that represented the league. Elmer M. Daily served as president of the league the full nine years of its existence. The Butler Yankees won five of the league's nine championships, winning back-to-back titles in 1937 and 1938 and winning the final three titles for the league in 1940, 1941 and 1942. There were at least sixteen known players from the league who managed to make it to the majors. Also, in the league, there were some twenty-one team managers who had been affiliated with a major league team, during their baseball careers. The Pennsylvania State Association did not restart after World War II and it has been dormant since that time.

Cities represented

The Pennsylvania State Association had teams playing in eleven western PA. cities

League champions

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