Virginia League (1894–1896)
ClassificationIndependent (1894)
Class B (1895–1896)
SportMinor League Baseball
Inaugural season1894
Ceased1896
Replaced byVirginia League (1900)
PresidentCamden Sommers (1894)
Judge Samuel B. Witt,Jr. (1895)
James McLaughlin (1896)
No. of teams8
Country United States
Most titles2
Richmond Bluebirds (1895–1896)

The Virginia League (1894–1896) was a minor league baseball organization active in central Virginia.

History

In 1894, the Virginia League began play as an Independent level league and fielded six teams: the Lynchburg, Virginia based Lynchburg Hill Climbers, the Norfolk, Virginia based Norfolk Clam Eaters, the Petersburg Farmers, the Richmond Bluebirds, the Roanoke, Virginia based Roanoke Magicians, and the Staunton, Virginia based Staunton Hayseeds / Newport News, Virginia-Hampton, Virginia based Newport News-Hampton Deck Hands (the Staunton team relocated in the middle of the 1894 season).[1]

In 1895, the league was upgraded to a Class B level league. The teams during the 1895 season were the Lynchburg Hill Climbers, the Norfolk Clams/Crows, the Petersburg Farmers, the Portsmouth Truckers, the Richmond Blue Birds, and the Roanoke Magicians.[2]

In 1896, the Norfolk team became the Norfolk Braves, the Portsmouth team became the Portsmouth Browns and then moved to Hampton and became the Hampton-Newport News Clamdiggers.[3]

1894–1896 cities represented

1894–1896 standings and statistics

1894 Virginia State League

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Petersburg Farmers7244.621-H.P. Harrison
Norfolk Clam Eaters6645.5953.5Camden Sommers
Richmond Crows /
Richmond Colts
6748.5834.5Timothy West
Staunton Hayseeds /
Newport News-Hampton Deck Hands
5064.43921.0Pat Ziegler
C.A. Gaussen / William Donovan
Roanoke Magicians4571.33827.0George Houston / Hal O'Hagan /
Shadrack McHooveter / Bill Stephenson
Lynchburg Hill Climbers4371.37728.0E.J. Kerry / Samuel Shaw
J. Hofford / S. Moran

Staunton (36-53) moved to Newport News-Hampton August 14.

Player statistics
PlayerTeamStatTot
Stuart SanfordPetersburgHits121

1895 Virginia State League

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Richmond Bluebirds7845.634-Jake Wells
Lynchburg Tobacconists6752.5639.0Bill Smith
Norfolk Clams/Crows5661.47919.0Camden Sommers
Bill Hoggins / Pop Tate
Portsmouth Truckers5768.45622.0John Brady
Charles Bland / George Reed
Petersburg Farmers5569.44423.5Bob Pender
Roanoke Magicians5270.43125.5Jim Breen / Dick Padden

No Playoffs Scheduled.

Player statistics
PlayerTeamStatTotPlayerTeamStatTot
Pop TatePortsmouth/NorfolkBA.412Carney FlynnRichmondW25
Hal O'HaganNorfolkRuns125Carney FlynnRichmondSO203
Pop TatePortsmouth/NorfolkHits194Al OrthLynchburgPCT.774 24-7
Bob BerryhillLynchburgHR19
Charles McIntyreLynchburgHR19
Louis LippertPetersburgSB77

1896 Virginia State League

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Richmond Bluebirds7155.563-Jake Wells
Norfolk Braves7060.5383.0Claude McFarland
Portsmouth Browns6564.5047.5Lefty Marr / Bill Hall
Petersburg Farmers /
Hampton-Newport News Clamdiggers
3990.30233.5James Breen
George Kelly / Charles Boyer
Lynchburg Tobacconists6837.648NABill Smith
Roanoke Magicians4956.467NACharles Boyer / Pop Tate

Petersburg (32–60) moved to Hampton August 13.
Roanoke disbanded August 20; Lynchburg disbanded August 22.
The league played a three part split season.

Player statistics
PlayerTeamStatTotPlayerTeamStatTot
Pop TateRoanokeBA.384Jesse TannehillRichmondW27
Claude McFarlandNorfolkRuns123Cy MalarkeyRichmondSO208
Claude McFarlandNorfolkHits194W.F. McFarlandLynchburgPCT.741 20-7
Zeke WrigleyRoanokeHR16
Joe DolanLynchburgHR16
Dummy StephensonNorfolk/Portsmouth/PetersburgHR16
Barley KainRichmondSB94

[4]

References

  1. "1894 Virginia League". Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  2. "1895 Virginia League". Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  3. "1896 Virginia League". Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  4. 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)


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