Empire State League (1905–1907)

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Empire State League (1905–1907)
Classification Indpependent (1905)
Class D (1906–1907)
Sport Minor League Baseball
Inaugural season1905
Ceased1907
PresidentM.T. Roche (1905–1907)
No. of teams14
Country United States of America
Most titles2
Seneca Falls (1905–1906)
Related
competitions		 Empire State League (1913)
Empire State League (1987)

The Empire State League was a minor league baseball league that played from 1905 to 1907. The 14 different league franchises were based exclusively in New York (state). The league name was succeeded by the 1913 Empire State League based in Georgia and Empire State League (1987) based in New York (state).

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History

On March 22, 1905, the Empire State League was formed at a meeting held in Syracuse, New York. The teams were selected and R.C. Mayor of Rome was elected secretary and treasurer. Salaries were set at $600.00 per month for each team. [1]

The 1905 Empire State League began play as an eight–team independent league on May 26, 1905. Seneca Falls won the championship with a 42–26 record and several teams folded or relocated during the 1905 season. [2] [3]

In 1906, the Empire State League reduced to six teams, beginning the season on May 26, 1906 and becoming a Class D level minor league. [4] [5] With a record of 48–26, Seneca Falls again won the championship. [6] [7]

In its final season of play, the 1907 Empire State League continued play as a six–team Class D level league and crowned a new champion. [8] [4] The Oswego Starchmakers finished 1.0 game ahead of second place Seneca Falls to win the league championship. [9] [7]

M.T. Roche served as president of the Empire State League for all three seasons of play. [10] [7]

Cities represented

[11]

Standings & statistics

1905 Empire State League

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Seneca Falls4226.618-Larry Sutton / J. Doyle
Palmyra /
Geneva		3322.6002.5Bade Myers / George Williams
Rome 4130.5772.5NA
Lyons3135.47010.0 Jay Faatz
Oswego Starchmakers 3244.42114.0NA
Ilion /
Fulton		2039.33922.5NA
Oneida2213.629NAFlanagan
Canandaigua1119.367NANA
Cortland 0000.000NANA

Palmyra moved to Geneva in June; Ilion moved to Fulton July 10; Cortland disbanded July 18 (record unknown); Oneida disbanded July 25; Canandaigua disbanded July 27.

[3] [2] [7]

1906 Empire State League
schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Seneca Falls4832.600-Edward McGuire
Geneva4732.5950.5John Murray
Auburn 3735.5147.0 Willard Hoagland
Oswego Starchmakers 4038.5137.0Larry Sutton / William Mackey
Fulton3045.40015.5John Stevenson
Penn Yan /
Syracuse		2040.33318.0Manion / John O'Neil

Penn Yan (20–40) moved to Syracuse August 23; Syracuse folded before playing a game. [12] [6] [7]

1907 Empire State League
schedule

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Oswego Starchmakers 5529.655-Chauncer Elliot
Seneca Falls5632.6361.0T.C. Doyle
Auburn 4439.53010.5 Willard Hoagland
Fulton4342.50612.5John Stevenson
Geneva3451.40021.5John Murray
Lyons2564.28132.5J.M. Flynn

[9] [7]

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  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN   978-1932391176.
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  9. 1 2 "1907 Empire State League (ESL) Minor League Baseball Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
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