Independence Coyotes

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Independence Coyotes
Minor league affiliations
ClassClass D [1]
League Kansas State League
Minor league titles
League titles 1906

The Independence Coyotes were a minor league baseball team located in Independence, Kansas, for the 1906 baseball season.

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The Coyotes went 69-48 and were champions of the Class D Kansas State League by 4.5 games over the second-place Cherryvale Boosters. [2] Ben Haas hit .341 to lead the league, while pitcher Chick Brandom paced the circuit with 16 wins and 121 strikeouts.[ citation needed ]

The Kansas State League folded after the season, and the Coyotes moved to the Oklahoma–Arkansas–Kansas League and became known as the Independence Champs. [1] [2] Drummond Brown and Chick Brandom from the Coyotes would go on to play in the major leagues. [3] [4] Brandom would end up winning the World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1909. [5]

Year-by-year record

YearRecordFinishManager
190669-481st League Champs Charles McLinn / Richard Louis Crutcher / John Hendley

Timeline of Independence minor league teams

Year(s)# Yrs.TeamLevelLeagueAffiliate
18961IndependenceIndependent Kansas State League None
19061Independence Coyotes Class D None
19071 Independence Champs Oklahoma-Arkansas-Kansas League None
19081 Independence Jewelers Oklahoma-Kansas League None
19111Independence Packers Western Association None
19211 Independence Producers Southwestern League None
1922–19232 Class C None
19241 Class D None
1925, 1928–19326 Class C Western Association None
1947–19504 Independence Yankees Class D Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri League New York Yankees
19521Independence Browns St. Louis Browns

References

  1. 1 2 "1906 Kansas State League". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Sumner, Benjamin Barrett (2000). Minor league baseball standings : all North American leagues, through 1999. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 356. ISBN   978-0-7864-0781-1 . Retrieved November 17, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Drummond Brown Minor Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Chick Brandom Minor Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
  5. ↑ Lamb, Bill. "Chick Brandom". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved November 17, 2025.


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