Everett Smokestackers

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Everett Smokestackers
Minor league affiliations
Class Class B (1905)
League Northwestern League (1905)
Major league affiliations
TeamNone
Minor league titles
League titles (1)1905
Team data
NameEverett Smokestackers (1905)
BallparkFairgrounds Stadium (1905)

The Everett Smokestackers were a minor league baseball team based in Everett, Washington. In 1905, the Smokestackers played as members of the Class B level Northwestern League, winning the league championship in their only season of play. Everett hosted home games at Fairgrounds Stadium.

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Many decades later, the Everett Smokestackers were succeeded in minor league play by the 1984 Everett Giants, who began play as members of the Class A level Northwest League.

History

Minor league baseball began in Everett, Washington in 1905. The Everett Smokestackers franchise were charter members of the reformed four–team Class B level Northwestern League. The Smokestackers were joined by the Bellingham Yankees, Vancouver Horse Doctors and Spokane Indians in completing 1910 league play. [1] [2]

The Everett use of the "Smokestackers" moniker corresponds to local business and industry in the era. With numerous factories on the waterfront in the era in Everett, Washington, the city became known as the "City of Smokestacks." [3]

On the home opening day on May 13, 1905, Bellingham reportedly drew over 5,000 fans for the home opener. It was noted that local businesses closed at 2:30 P.M for the home game and that the local sawmills also closed at 12:00P P.M. Everett defeated the Bellingham Yankees 9–3 in their home opener. [4]

After beginning league play on May 9, 1905, the Everett Smokestackers won the Northwestern League championship, as the planned season schedule was shortened to ending on September 11, 1905. Everett placed first in the final league standings with a record of 60–37, playing the season under manager Billy Hulen. Everett finished 11.0 games ahead the second place Bellingham Yankees (49–48) in the final standing as the league had no playoffs due to Everett winning both halves of the split–season schedule. It was reported that the first–half season schedule ended in a tie between Vancouver and Everett. As Everett won the second half, the championship was awarded to Everett. The Vancouver Horse Doctors (45–52) and Spokane Indians (41–58) followed in the final league overall standings. Pitcher Hick Belt of Everett led the Northwestern League with 18 wins. [5] [6] [7] [8]

After winning the 1905 championship, the Everett franchise did not return to play in the 1906 Northwestern League season, as Spokane was the only surviving franchise. The 1906 Northwestern League continued as a four–team league, with a lineup of the Butte Miners, Grays Harbor Grays, Spokane Indians and Tacoma Tigers, with Tacoma winning the championship. [9] [10]

In 1984, minor league baseball returned to Everett, Washington as the Everett Giants franchise began play. The Everett Giants became members of the Northwest League, a Class A level league. [11] [12]

(1914) Everett waterfront and Port Gardner Bay. Everett, Washington. Everett waterfront and Port Gardner Bay viewed from high on Rucker Hill, 1914 (CURTIS 357).jpeg
(1914) Everett waterfront and Port Gardner Bay. Everett, Washington.

The ballpark

The 1905 Everett Smokestackers played home minor league games at Fairgrounds Stadium. The ballpark was located at Broadway Avenue & Everett Avenue in Everett. [13] [4]

Year–by–year record

YearRecordFinishManagerPlayoffs/Notes
190560–371st Billy Hulen League champions

Notable alumni

See also

Everett Smokestackers players

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  2. ↑ "1905 Northwestern League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. ↑ "A Review of the Resources and Industries of Washington 1905: Published Under Authority of the Legislature, for Gratuitous Distribution." C.W. Gorham, public printer. 1905.
  4. 1 2 "Biggest crowd ever was in 1905". HeraldNet.com. September 9, 2002.
  5. ↑ "1905 Northwestern League (NL) minor league baseball Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  6. ↑ "1905 Everett Smokestackers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. ↑ "A Review of the Resources and Industries of Washington 1905: Published Under Authority of the Legislature, for Gratuitous Distribution." C.W. Gorham, public printer. 1905.
  8. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN   978-1932391176.
  9. ↑ "1906 Northwestern League (NL) minor league baseball on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  10. ↑ "1906 Northwestern League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  11. ↑ "Everett Giants minor league baseball Statistics and Roster on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
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  13. ↑ "Unknown in Everett, WA minor league baseball history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
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