Union Association
ClassificationClass D (1911–1914)
SportMinor League Baseball
Inaugural season1911
Ceased1914
PresidentWilliam Henry Lucas (1911–1912)
Van Patte (1912)
E. C. Mulroney (1913)
Edward F. Murphy (1914)
No. of teams8
CountryUnited States of America
Most titles2
Great Falls Electrics (1911, 1913)

The Union Association was a Class D level Minor league baseball circuit that operated from 1911 through 1914, with franchises based in Idaho, Montana and Utah. It was unrelated to the like-named 1884 major league.

History

Beginning play in 1914, the Union Association was classified as a Class D league, based in the Rocky Mountains of the Western United States. The 1911 charter members were the Great Falls Electrics, Salt Lake City Skyscrapers, Butte Miners, Boise Irrigators, Helena Senators and Missoula.[1][2]

Frank Huelsman was a star player in the league, completing the Triple Crown in 1911 and 1913, while winning 3 of the 4 league batting titles. The Salt Lake City, Helena and Ogden franchises played for the entire duration of the Union Association. On July 20, 1914, Boise and Murray disbanded, then on August 5, 1914 Butte dropped out, which led to the disbandment of the entire league. Despite the rest of the league disbanding, Salt Lake City and Ogden played 16 games against each other to complete their seasons.[1]

Teams

City Team Seasons
Boise, IdahoBoise Irrigators1911, 1914
Butte, MontanaButte Miners1911–1914
Great Falls, MontanaGreat Falls
Great Falls Electrics
1911–1912
1913
Helena, MontanaHelena Senators1911–1914
Missoula, MontanaMissoula1911–1913
Murray, UtahMurray Infants1914
Ogden, UtahOgden Canners1912–1914
Salt Lake City, UtahSalt Lake City Skyscrapers1911–1914

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Champions

Season Champion
1911Great Falls Electrics
1912Missoula
1913Great Falls Electrics
1914Ogden Canners

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Standings & statistics

1911 Union Association - schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Great Falls9046.662George Reed
Salt Lake City Skyscrapers8558.5948.5Cliff Blankenship
Butte Miners7760.56213.5John McCloskey
Boise Irrigators6478.45129.0Hugh Kellackey
Helena Senators6078.43531.0Charles Irby
Missoula4298.30050.0William Joyce / Charles McCaffery
Player statistics
PlayerTeamStatTotPlayerTeamStatTot
Frank HuelsmanGreat FallsBA.411Roswell HildebrandGreat FallsW30
Howard MurphyGreat FallsRuns146Amos MorganSalt Lake CitySO267
Howard MurphyGreat FallsHits220Leo DressenSalt Lake CityPCT.813 13–3
Frank HuelsmanGreat FallsRBI125
Frank HuelsmanGreat FallsHR17

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1912 Union Association - schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Missoula8351.620Cliff Blankenship
Salt Lake City Skyscrapers7761.5588.0Art Weaver
Great Falls7261.54110.5George Reed
Ogden Canners7168.51114.5John McCloskey
Butte Miners5382.39330.5Charles McCaffery /Jesse Stovall
Helena Senators5083.37632.5Charles Irby
Player statistics
PlayerTeamStatTotPlayerTeamStatTot
Howard MurphyGreat FallsBA.390Joe BushMissoulaW29
Jacob BauerSalt Lake CityRuns143Joe BushMissoulaPCT.709 29–12
Howard MurphyGreat FallsHits240
Frank HuelsmanGreat FallsRBI114
A.E. SpencerHelenaHR14
Mike KillilayHelena3B25

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1913 Union Association - schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Great Falls Electrics7842.650Harry Hester
Salt Lake City Skyscrapers7547.6154.0John McCloskey
Butte Miners5464.45823.0Arthur Merkle / Frank Kafora
Missoula5468.44325.0Cliff Blankenship / Nig Perrine
Helena Senators5267.43725.5Danny Shay
Ogden Canners4974.39830.5George Knight / Dad Gimlin
Player statistics
PlayerTeamStatTotPlayerTeamStatTot
Frank HuelsmanSalt LakeBA.423Amos MorganSalt LakeW26
Frank HuelsmanSalt LakeRuns123Pat BohenMissoulaSO228
Frank HuelsmanSalt LakeHits200Amos MorganSalt LakePCT.722 26–10
Frank HuelsmanSalt LakeRBI126
Frank HuelsmanSalt LakeHR22

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1914 Union Association - schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Ogden Canners5432.628Dad Gimlin
Salt Lake City Skyscrapers5234.6052.0Harry Hester
Butte Miners4440.5249.0Ducky Holmes
Helena Senators2753.33824.0Jesse Garrett / William Quigley
Boise Irrigators3239.451NAErvin Jensen
Murray Infants3142.425NACliff Blankenship

Boise and Murray disbanded July 20; Butte disbanded August 5; League disbanded August 5.
Ogden & Salt Lake played 16 games with each other to complete their seasons; Ogden won 10 games and Salt Lake won 6.
Playoff: Ogden 4, Salt Lake 2.[1]

Player statistics
PlayerTeamStatTotPlayerTeamStatTot
Frank HuelsmanSalt LakeBA.424Amos MorganSalt LakeW16
Swede RisbergOgdenRuns84George KnightOgdenW16
Fred CarmenOgden/BoiseHits130Tom TomerBoise/Salt LakeSO124
Frank HuelsmanSalt LakeHR23Amos MorganSalt LakePCT.762 16–5

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson & Miles Wolff, editors (Third ed.). Baseball America. 2007. ISBN 978-1932391176.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. "1911 Union Association". Baseball-Reference.com.

Sources

The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia – Gary Gillette, Peter Gammons, Pete Palmer. Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY), 2007. Format: Paperback, 1824 pp. Language: English. ISBN 1-4027-4771-3


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