![]() | This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations .(September 2013) |
Classification | Class D (1936–1942) |
---|---|
Sport | Minor League Baseball |
First season | 1934 |
Ceased | 1942 |
President | J. Frank Wilson (1934) Dr. J.E. Taylor (1935) Jake Wells (1936) Win Clark (1937) Joseph Garrett (1938-1940) J. P. Wells (1941) Dr. T. S. Wilson (1942) |
No. of teams | 14 |
Country | United States of America |
Most titles | 3 Bassett Furnituremakers Danville Leafs/Danville-Schoolfield Leafs |
Related competitions | Bi-State League (1915) |
The Bi-State League was an American baseball minor league formed in 1934 with teams in Virginia and North Carolina. The league held together for nine seasons, being represented by ten cities from North Carolina and eight from Virginia. Only the Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets, a team that was a combination of those three cities from North Carolina, was able to make the entire nine-year run. This combination also captured the league title in two seasons, 1935 and 1941. The squad from Bassett, Virginia, won four league titles during the span, coming out on top three times in a row, 1936, 1937, 1938 and closing it out with the 1940 pennant before losing in the finals. The league's final season was 1942, as it was not revived after World War II. [1]
1934 Bi-State League
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danville Leafs | 53 | 25 | .679 | 0 | Herb Brett |
Martinsville Manufacturers | 46 | 29 | .613 | 5.5 | Jimmy Sanders |
Fieldale Virginians | 36 | 41 | .468 | 16.5 | D. L. Hodge |
Mount Airy Graniteers | 33 | 43 | .434 | 19.0 | Cecil Harris / G. Thomas |
Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets | 32 | 45 | .416 | 20.5 | Oscar Langley / Blackie Carter |
Mayodan Senators | 29 | 46 | .387 | 22.5 | Zip Payne / Charles Eadmon / Monroe Mitchell |
Playoff: Danville 4 games, Martinsville 1.
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jimmy Sanders | Martinsville | BA | .423 | Cletus Voss | Fieldale | W | 17 | |
Woodrow Williams | Leaksville | Runs | 86 | Cletus Voss | Fieldale | SO | 126 | |
Zip Payne | Mayodan | Hits | 134 | Spencer Bruce | Danville | Pct | .813; 13-3 | |
Eddie Weston | Mayodan | HR | 26 |
1935 Bi-State League
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets | 71 | 44 | .617 | - | Blackie Carter |
Danville Leafs | 68 | 46 | .596 | 2.5 | Herb Brett |
Bassett Furniture Makers | 68 | 47 | .591 | 3.0 | Lefty Jenkins |
Mount Airy Reds | 67 | 47 | .588 | 3.5 | Mickey Shader |
Mayodan Mills | 51 | 62 | .451 | 19.0 | Phil Lundeen |
Fieldale Towlers | 50 | 64 | .439 | 20.5 | Dixie Parker |
Martinsville Manufacturers | 42 | 71 | .372 | 28.0 | Harold Bohl |
Reidsville Luckies | 39 | 75 | .342 | 31.5 | Glenn Bickerstaff / L.J. Perry |
Playoff: Danville 4 games, Bassett 3.
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ralph Hodgin | Fieldale | BA | .387 | Fred Pipgras | Danville | W | 25 | |
Woody Williams | Leaksville | Runs | 111 | Jeff Jeffcoat | Leaksville | SO | 222 | |
Ralph Hodgin | Fieldale | Hits | 187 | Fred Pipgras | Danville | Pct | .806; 25-6 | |
Blackie Carter | Leaksville | HR | 30 |
1936 Bi-State League
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bassett Furniture Makers | 74 | 43 | .632 | - | Lefty Jenkins |
Danville Leafs | 74 | 45 | .622 | 1 | Herb Brett |
Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets | 65 | 51 | .560 | 8.5 | Clyde Sukeforth |
Martinsville Manufacturers | 59 | 58 | .504 | 15.0 | Jimmy Sanders |
Reidsville Luckies | 54 | 61 | .470 | 19.0 | Jimmy Maus |
Mount Airy Reds | 53 | 63 | .457 | 20.5 | Mickey Shader / Elbert Conway / Frank Packard |
Fieldale Towlers | 52 | 62 | .456 | 20.5 | Joe Guyon / Red Smith |
Mayodan Orphans | 35 | 83 | .297 | 39.5 | Phil Lundeen / Bill Ragsdale |
Playoff: Bassett 4 games, Leaksville 2.
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gene Handley | Mt. Airy | BA | .403 | Lefty Jenkins | Bassett | W | 25 | |
Ken Keltner | Fieldale | Runs | 120 | Weaver Nowlin | Leaksville | SO | 167 | |
Ken Keltner | Fieldale | Hits | 175 | Lefty Jenkins | Bassett | Pct | .833; 25-5 | |
Woody Traylor | Danville | HR | 34 | Woody Traylor | Danville | RBI | 120 |
1937 Bi-State League
schedule
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bassett Furniture Makers | 68 | 45 | .602 | - | Ray White |
Mayodan Senators | 69 | 46 | .600 | 0.0 | Harry Daughtry |
Danville Leafs | 68 | 47 | .591 | 1.0 | Herb Brett |
Martinsville Manufacturers | 63 | 50 | .558 | 5.0 | Arnold Anderson |
Mount Airy Reds | 52 | 61 | .460 | 16.0 | Walt Novak |
Reidsville Luckies | 51 | 65 | .440 | 18.5 | Charley Moore |
South Boston Twins | 43 | 68 | .387 | 24.0 | Jimmy Shelton |
Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets | 41 | 73 | .360 | 27.5 | Clarence Blethen / Dave Lawless / Charles Wills |
Playoff: Bassett 3 games, Danville 1; Martinsville 3 games, Mayodan 2, (one tie).
Finals: Bassett 4 games, Martinsville 3.
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Wheeler | Mayodan | BA | .359 | Jesse Plummer | Mayodan | W | 21 | |
Doug Wheeler | Mayodan | Runs | 111 | Weaver Nowlin | Reidsville | SO | 168 | |
Cecil Payne | Mayodan | Hits | 167 | Jack Zerblis | Bassett | ERA | 2.23 | |
Doug Wheeler | Mayodan | RBI | 71 | Herb Leary | Reidsville | HR | 29 |
1938 Bi-State League
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bassett Furniture Makers | 76 | 40 | .655 | - | Walter Novak |
Mayodan Millers | 73 | 46 | .613 | 4.5 | Harry Daughtry |
Reidsville Luckies | 71 | 48 | .597 | 6.5 | Jim Poole |
Danville Leafs | 63 | 55 | .534 | 14.0 | Red Barnes |
Martinsville Manufacturers | 61 | 56 | .521 | 15.5 | Arnold Anderson |
Mount Airy Graniteers | 49 | 69 | .415 | 28.0 | Dick Goldberg |
South Boston-Halifax Wrappers | 43 | 77 | .358 | 35.0 | James Calleran |
Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets | 37 | 82 | .311 | 40.5 | Joe Feori |
Playoff: Bassett 3 games, Reidsville 2; Danville 3 games, Mayodan 0.
Finals: Bassett 4 games, Danville 2.
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Americo Rossomando | Bassett | BA | .390 | Wes Livengood | Bassett | W | 21 | |
Ray Scantling | Reidsville | Runs | 130 | Raymon Voight | Reidsville | SO | 200 | |
Harry Lee Daughtry | Mayodan | Hits | 174 | Wes Livengood | Bassett | ERA | 3.06 | |
Ray Scantling | Reidsville | RBI | 147 | Ray Scantling | Reidsville | HR | 33 |
1939 Bi-State League
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danville-Schoolfield Leafs | 70 | 44 | .614 | - | Red Barnes |
Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets | 67 | 48 | .583 | 3.5 | Arnold Anderson |
Bassett Furnituremakers | 60 | 51 | .541 | 8.5 | Walter Novak |
Martinsville Manufacturers | 61 | 52 | .540 | 8.5 | Jim Poole / Al Krupski / Harry Daughtry |
Mayodan Millers | 58 | 57 | .504 | 12.5 | Harry Daughtry / Ramon Couto / Chink Outen |
Reidsville Luckies | 48 | 65 | .425 | 21.5 | Watty Clark / Broaddus Culler |
South Boston Wrappers | 46 | 65 | .414 | 22.5 | Dixie Parker |
Mount Airy Graniteers | 42 | 70 | .375 | 27 | Guy Lacy / Walter Stephenson |
Playoff: Leaksville 4 games, Martinsville 1; Danville 4 games, Bassett 3.
Finals: Danville 4 games, Leaksville 2.
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sam Gentile | Danville | BA | .392 | Joseph Weir | Danville | W | 19 | |
Jim Gruzdis | Leaksville | Runs | 145 | George Kadis | Danville | SO | 199 | |
Sam Gentile | Danville | Hits | 199 | Frank Hoerst | Mayodan | ERA | 2.82 | |
James Payne | Leaksville | RBI | 126 | Amerigo Scagliarini | Mayodan | HR | 27 |
1940 Bi-State League
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bassett Furnituremakers | 73 | 44 | .624 | - | Einar Sorenson |
Martinsville Manufacturers | 68 | 49 | .581 | 5.0 | Harry Daughtry |
Mount Airy Graniteers | 63 | 56 | .529 | 11.0 | Walter Novak |
Danville-Schoolfield Leafs | 59 | 58 | .504 | 14.0 | Red Barnes |
South Boston Wrappers | 56 | 60 | .483 | 16.5 | Jack Crosswhite / H.A. Mobley |
Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets | 56 | 63 | .471 | 18.0 | Arnold Anderson |
Mayodan Millers | 53 | 66 | .445 | 21.0 | Pete Siciliano |
Reidsville Luckies | 43 | 75 | .364 | 30.5 | Jim Callahan / Jim Gruzdis |
Playoff: Martinsville 4 games, Danville 2; Bassett 4 games, Mt Airy 1.
Finals: Martinsville 4 games, Bassett 3.
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dan Amaral | Mayodan | BA | .387 | Roy Peeler | Bassett | W | 17 | |
Alex Johnson | Mayodan | Runs | 119 | Flory Wojcik | Bassett | W | 17 | |
Alex Johnson | Mayodan | Hits | 178 | Flory Wojcik | Bassett | ERA | 2.95 | |
Clyde Vollmer | Bassett | RBI | 117 | Paige Dennis | Reid/Mt.Air | SO | 187 | |
Orville Nesselrode | South Boston | HR | 25 |
1941 Bi-State League
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets | 64 | 46 | .582 | - | Tim Murchison / Wes Ferrell |
Martinsville Manufacturers | 63 | 49 | .563 | 2.0 | George Ferrell |
Danville-Schoolfield Leafs | 64 | 50 | .561 | 2.0 | Elmer Yoter |
Sanford Spinners | 58 | 54 | .518 | 7.0 | Zeb Harrington |
Mount Airy Graniteers | 42 | 70 | .375 | 23.0 | Jimmy Maus |
Mayodan Millers | 25 | 47 | .347 | NA | Taylor Sanford |
Mayodan disbanded July 18.
Playoff: Sanford 4 games, Martinsville 3,(one tie); Danville-Schoolfield, 4 games, Leaksville 1.
Finals: Sanford 4 games, Danville-Schoolfield 2.
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albert Behrends | Martinsville | BA | .378 | Dave Odom | Sanford | W | 16 | |
Richard Kalal | Danville | Runs | 119 | Charles Cuellar | Leaksville | W | 16 | |
Albert Behrends | Martinsville | Hits | 171 | Dave Odom | Sanford | SO | 190 | |
Tom Burnette | Martinsville | RBI | 114 | Roy Boles | Mt. Airy | Pct | .714; 10-4 | |
Tom Burnette | Martinsville | HR | 29 | George Ferrell | Martinsville | RBI | 114 |
1942 Bi-State League
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wilson Tobs | 69 | 53 | .566 | - | Bill Herring |
Sanford Spinners | 62 | 59 | .512 | 6.5 | Frank Rodgers |
Rocky Mount Rocks | 63 | 60 | .512 | 6.5 | George Ferrell |
Burlington Bees | 62 | 62 | .500 | 8.0 | Rube Wilson |
Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets | 57 | 66 | .463 | 12.5 | Zip Payne |
Danville-Schoolfield Leafs | 54 | 67 | .446 | 14.5 | Elmer Yoter |
Playoff: Rocky Mount 4 games, Wilson 3; Sanford 4 games, Burlington 1.
Finals: Rocky Mount 4 games, Sanford 1.
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Hoyle | Wilson | BA | .338 | Charles Cuellar | Leaksville | W | 22 | |
Richard Hoyle | Wilson | Runs | 108 | Charles Cuellar | Leaksville | SO | 204 | |
George Biershenk | Rocky Mount | Hits | 151 | Charles Cuellar | Leaksville | ERA | 1.67 | |
George Ferrell | Rocky Mount | RBI | 105 | Harry Soufas | Rocky Mount | HR | 29 |
1934: Danville Leafs
1935: Danville Leafs
1936: Bassett Furniture Makers
1937: Bassett Furniture Makers
1938: Bassett Furniture Makers
1939: Danville-Schoolfield Leafs
1940: Martinsville Manufacturers
1941: Sanford Spinners
1942: Rocky Mount Rocks [1]
The Carolina League is a Minor League Baseball league which has operated along the Atlantic Coast of the United States since 1945. Having been classified at various levels throughout its existence, it operated at Class A-Advanced from 1990 until its demotion to Single-A following Major League Baseball's 2021 reorganization of the minor leagues. The league temporarily operated for the 2021 season as the Low-A East before reassuming its original moniker in 2022.
Rockingham County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,096. Its county seat is Wentworth. The county is known as "North Carolina's North Star".
Eden is a city in Rockingham County in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Greensboro-High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area of the Piedmont Triad region. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,405. From the late nineteenth century through much of the 20th, the city was a center of textile mills and manufacturing. The city was incorporated in 1967 through the consolidation of three towns: Leaksville, Spray, and Draper.
The Piedmont League was a minor league baseball league that operated from 1920 through 1955. The league operated principally in the Piedmont plateau region in the eastern United States.
The Danville Leafs were a professional minor league baseball team that played in the city of Danville, Virginia. During 1935–1942, they were also known as the Danville-Schoolfield Leafs.
The Coastal Plain League was a Minor league baseball affiliated circuit which, except for the war years (1942–1945), operated in North Carolina between 1937 and 1952. It was classified as a "D" league. It grew out of a semi-pro league that operated from 1935 to 1936 under the same Coastal Plain League name. Today, the summer collegiate baseball league has adopted the Coastal Plain League moniker.
Bassett High School is a comprehensive public high school in Bassett, Virginia, USA. The school currently enrolls about 1,100 students in grades 9–12. It is one of two public high schools operated by Henry County Schools.
Joseph "Tweet" Patrick Walsh, was a professional minor and Major League Baseball player. Walsh played shortstop from 1936 to 1941 and compiled a batting average of .284 with 21 home runs in his 235-game career.
The Class D Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets was a Minor League Baseball team who played in three different leagues between the 1934 and 1948 seasons. The team was a combination of three separate towns from North Carolina.
The Mayodan Millers was the final and primary name of the Bi-State League baseball team based in Mayodan, North Carolina, United States that played from 1934 to 1941. They were affiliated with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1939. The franchise previously played in the Bi-State League as the Mayodan Senators, Mayodan Mills (1935) and Mayodan Orphans (1936).
Talmadge Lafayette Abernathy, also known as Ted Abernathy, was a professional baseball player whose playing career spanned eight seasons, including parts of three in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics (1942–1944). Abernathy was a pitcher. Over his major league career, he went 0–3 with an 11.07 earned run average (ERA), one complete game and 13 strikeouts in seven games, two starts. Abernathy batted right-handed and threw right-handed.
Frederick Marvin Archer, also known as "Lefty" Archer, was an American professional baseball player whose career spanned 10 seasons, including parts of two in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1936 and 1937. Over his major league career, Archer would compile a record of 2–3 with a 6.35 earned run average (ERA) and 11 strikeouts in seven games, five starts. He also pitched in the minor leagues with the Class-D Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets, the Class-A Williamsport Grays, the Double-A Buffalo Bisons, the Class-D Lexington Indians, the Class-A1 New Orleans Pelicans, the Class-B Hazleton Mountaineers, the Class-B Lancaster Red Roses, the Class-B Winston-Salem Twins, the Class-D Landis Senators, the Class-D Statesville Owls and the Class-D Kingsport Cherokees. In 245 minor league games, Archer compiled a record of 57–84.
The Mount Airy Graniteers were a minor league baseball Class D team that represented the city of Mount Airy, North Carolina. The team played under two different names in two leagues over their 13 non-consecutive seasons spanning 1934–1950. The club joined the Bi-State League for the 1934 season. In 1935, the Graniteers changed its name to the Mount Airy Reds and continued to operate in the league through 1937.
The Fieldale Towlers was the primary moniker of the minor league baseball teams based in Fieldale, Virginia from 1934 to 1936. Fieldale teams played as members of the Class D level Bi-State League from 1934 to 1936. The Fieldale Towlers were an affiliate of the Detroit Tigers (1936).
The South Boston Wrappers were a minor league baseball team based in South Boston, Virginia. South Boston based teams played as members of the Class D level Bi-State League from 1937 to 1940, hosting home games at Fairgrounds Park. After playing as the "Twins" in their first season, they adopted the "Wrappers" nickname in 1938, while playing in partnership with Halifax, Virginia for that season. South Boston hosted minor league home games at Fairgrounds Park in South Boston,
The Snow Hill Billies was a minor league baseball team based in Snow Hill, North Carolina. From 1937 to 1940, the Snow Hill Billies played exclusively as members of the Coastal Plain League, winning the 1937 league championship. The Billies played home minor league games at Snow Hill Park.
The Sanford Spinners were a professional minor league baseball team based in Sanford, North Carolina. The Spinners played as members of the Class D level Bi-State League in 1941 and 1942 and the Tobacco State League from 1946 to 1950, winning league championships in 1942 and 1946. The Spinners hosted minor league home games at Temple Park.
The Lenoir Red Sox were a minor league baseball team based in Lenoir, North Carolina. Between 1937 and 1951, Lenoir teams played as members of the 1937 and 1938 Carolina League, 1939 and 1940 Tar Heel League, 1946 and 1947 Blue Ridge League and the Western Carolina League from 1948 to 1951, winning three league championships. Lenoir teams hosted home minor league games at the Lenoir High School Field.
The North Wilkesboro Flashers were a minor league baseball team based in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States. From 1948 to 1950, the "Flashers" played exclusively as members of the Class D level Blue Ridge League, winning the 1949 league championship. North Wilkesboro hosted home minor league games at Memorial Park. The team nickname was in reference to team manager Harry Lohman, whose nickname was "Flash."