Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Pro players in semi-pro

Alabama

Fittery, Paul 1927 Lanett champions of GA-AL - "McHenry's long drive into to the colored bleachers"


Arizona

milb:

Waldschmidt, Wallie  1917 Junction-Briggs (box gives RBI & batter K)




 
Arkansas

milb: 

 California

 Army


MLB

Central California Baseball Managers' Association

Japanese Teams


Oakland Tribune Northern California Tourney

MLB:
Wright, Jiggs 1933 Richmond Produce

Oakland Tribune State Championship

MLB: 
both also played with Golden Glow
MILB:


Negro Leagues:

Sacramento Valley League cities
MLB:
Sacramento Teams
San Joaquin Valley League
Trolley League

Winter 

Pop Arlett 1922-23 Chevrolet


Allaire, Bob went straight to AA 1931 Houghton Park
Baum, Spider 1903 Baggotts
         1931-32 Acme Brews 
Bloomfield, Billy 1908 Newman see state champ list
Ferill, Dogs 1938 Iroquois Red Men
Gomes, Gene pitched for a good number of teams 
Gugich, Phil often played on the same teams as Ivaldi   1933 Santa Cruz Padres
    1938 Tye's Hop Gold (Alameda-San Jose Lg)
Lister, Walter 1943 Owl Drugs "threw 5th no-hitter a week ago
Robeke, Jazz 16-5 in PCIL in 1921 1923 San Leandro 1924 Willows 
            maybe same as SVL Charley/Jazz Robcke
Stassi, Bob 1957 Marysville
Valla, Gene 1921 Petaluma
Williams, Joe 5 seasons for Sacramento 1904-20 
        1920-6-16 PCL 3 for 3
          1938 Associated

Major League

Dejan, Mike 1948 Kopper Karts vs Rosabell Juniors
Falkenberg, Cy 1922 Raisin Belt League
Gedeon, Joe  1916 Trolley League 1916-17 Arata Brothers 
Heilmann, Harry HOF 1912 Hanford
Mishkin, Solly 1923 Hollywood
Rothrock, Jack 1923 Wilmington
Roush, Edd 1909 Oakland City Walkovers post #1682
Seats, Tom 1950 Double Play
Sulik, Ernie 1947 Bercovich 
Stroud, Sailor 1922 Hanford 
Uhalt, Frenchy 1929 Fresno Acorns

Negro Leagues:


Colorado

MLB: 

Connecticut

MLB:
  



District of Columbia

MLB:


milb:


Florida


Idaho



Illinois

Anson, Cap 1909 Anson's Colts
Stroner, Jim .367/42 1928WL 1924 Cermaks


Georgia


Indiana




MLB:

Buckeye, Garland 1919 Hammond won 5-0, got four hits incl. a homer
            in 1925 went straight to majors and won 13 games
Weaver, Buck 1927 Hammond
 
Iowa

MLB:


Merz, Otto 249W 1923 Corning box won championship of Southwestern Iowa before 5K ATT



Kansas

MLB:

Sanders, Roy 1922 Soldiers' Home

milb:
 
    1921 Louisburg Lost 13-4 - opponent, big Roy Sanders, spitball artist,, k'd 18 - 
    Shackleford uses emery - paid $100 for game
    1921-8-10 hasn't allowed a run in 55 innings (alleged)

Kentucky

MLB;


MILB:



Maine

MLB:
Del Bissonette 1918 Oakland 1921 Twin Town 1922 Lewiston 1922 Star Taxis

milb:

    1924 Easterns 1924 P.C.F. addit. in  Maine League section 
    Played in outlaw Colliery League in 1936
    a Penobscot Indian

Maryland

MLB:


 
Massachusetts

MLB:


MILB:


Michigan


MLB:


milb:
 



Minnesota


Gerkin, Steve 1952 Royals

Mississippi

MLB: 


Missouri

MLB:

        1922 Tarkio Gene Packard was a revolver. KS/MO

milb:


Nebraska

MLB:

Gene Packard, most of 1920s, up to at least 1932

milb:


 
New Jersey




Misc.
 

MLB:

Bruggy, Frank 1917 Jersey City
Urbanski, Billy 1923 Carteret 1923 Maurer


New Mexico

New York 

                      1925 Holland

MILB:

Lapp, Frankie 1918 Central Depew 1919 Central Depew


NY-NJ


North Carolina

MILB:


MLB:


North Dakota


Claxton, Jimmy 1917 Ipswich played for salaried Herreid in 1916

 Oklahoma

Baer, Jack 1950 Elk City Elks 1951 Hobart 1951 Mangum hobart and mangum at same time

MLB:

Eaves, Vallie SABR bio 1934 Shawnee Redmen (NBC) 1935 Ada 1937 Ada / NBC Enid Seminoles
Waner, Lloyd 1924 Ada play by play
Waner, Paul 1921 Ada 1922 Ada (p) both have play by play 
            SABR bio says he had 23-4, 1.70 in 1922

Ohio

Eastern Ohio League:

MLB:
 
Uchrinscko, Jim 1927 Coshocton

MILB:

 
  
Oregon

MLB:


MILB: especially Columbia-Willamette Shipbuilders League great coverage Foundation club actually represented Portland in PCIL. 


Helser, Roy 158W, mostly in PCL 1938 Hillsboro
Miller, Oscar "Red" 1943 Albina Hellships died 1957

MLB:


O'Rourke, Jim national tourney MVP 1958 Drain Black Sox

Pennsylvania

MILB:

Konnick, Andrew 1909 Brookside brother of Mike Konnick Anthracite
        1924 Cressona Tigers


MLB:

             1928 Bradford
             1922 Mahanoy City
                1923 Chester       1925 Catasauqua
Steen, Bill 1921 Cressona 
Wagner, Honus 1919 Wagner's Stars

Lancaster New Era (1923) carried box scores for Hershey, Klein Chocolate, and others

South Carolina

Lodestro, Larry 1920 Holly Hill


 Tennessee

Negro Leagues:


Fowlkes, Cy (actually Hy, not Cy) vg milb 1919 Dyersburg

Prothro, Doc never played pro ball til 26 - MLB - 9yrs for Memphis
            1919 Dyersburg beat Memphis
            1920 Dyersburg beat Memphis Chicks 1921 Dyersburg
Sewell, Rip odd - MUCH more successful in majors than minors tho was 31 when he made it
        in 1935 for Louisville was 6-20, 8.12 ERA
        1930 Old Hickory Nashville City League

Texas

MLB:  

Kane, Harry 1913 El Paso
 


Utah

MLB:



milb:

       1925 Brigham
Menges, Billy 1923 Provo


Vermont

NN-Maj 


Virginia



    1928 Richmond Independents  1930-4-5 Everett-Waddey loses to Reading IL 3-1
    
Lodestro, Larry 
Tignor, Rex 1942 vg article played for 30 years

MLB:


Washington

Koehler, Pip 1943 Tacoma Sea-Tacs Puget Sound Shipyards League

            1943 Everett Puget Sound Shipyards


Wisconsin

MLB:


milb:

Grant, Bud NBA 1950 Osceola



Wyoming

MLB:


Black Baseball


Canada

Nova Scotia

MLB:

Bissonette, Del 1936 Glace Bay Miners (p.98 ibid)
Hunnefield, Bill 1936 Glace Bay Miners (p.96 ibid)
Merullo, Len 1936 New Waterford Dodgers (p.80 Hard Ball)
Small, Charlie 1936 Sydney Mines Ramblers (p.80 Hard Ball)

milb:

Moore, Roy 1936 Glace Bay Miners (p.96 ibid) pitched for House of David, 1935
Quinn, John 1936 Sydney (p.92 ibid)

Ontario


Quebec

MLB:


milb:

Duchesnil, Arthur also "Duke" 51-28 in 4 years 1910 Wild Rose 1911 Canadiens 

Saskatchewan

(from WCB)

Negro Leagues:


Herron, Bob 1950 Saskatoon Cubs (pic) hit .315 and had an 8-3 record


England

Yorkshire Baseball League
       1936 Greenfield Giants











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