Semi-pro Baseball Database: Oregon leagues

Oregon

State tournament

1937 Reliable Shoes of Portland

1938 Silverton Red Sox

1937-7-25 Roster of Reliable Shoes talked of; are about to face Johnson Paints of Tacoma in battle for inter-state championship. Manager, Vern Harrington, calls it best team he's ever managed.

Pic of Monroe Dean.

1937-7-26 Series: OR champs v. WA champs. Tacoma Johnson Paint 7, Portland Reliable Shoe 4. Portland now leads 2-1.

1937-7-27 Tacoma Johnson Paint 2, Portland Reliable Shoe 1. Fifth game forced.

Dean, Monroe PCL ss. bad hitter as pro

Lahti, Herb

Leptich, Joe-Marty Oakland backup catcher 1923-24. Born in Hungary, 1903.

Parker, Art PCL. 1b. Drove in 22 runs in five games of state tournament.

Ted Pillette p

Quinn, Wellington-Wimpy Made majors as CHC pitcher in 1941. A 3b in 1937. Very good in WINT.

1938-7-09 Expect 25K ATT over two weeks of ball at Silverton.

Pic of Johnny Pesky, Silverton third baseman.

Misc.

1938-9-14 Silverton Red Sox had 29-10 record; 312 RS, 153 RA.

Cascade League

1935

1936

1937

1938 6-15 batting

1939

1940 final batting

1941 6-30 batting 7-10 batting

1942 8-9 standings 8-14 batting

1943 batting (all) final pitching + league leaders for some batting categories

1944 pitching .250+

1945 batting .250+ final pitching final standings

1946 batting 8-18 standings

1947

1948 Miller Lumbermen final standings (both 1st + 2nd half) + Lumbermen batting 8-03 batting

1943 leaders pics - John Dunn & Bud Kelsay *Bun

1943 milb Bud Brewer also profile pic w/ 1942 Eugene Athletics

1944 three pitchers

1947 two managers pics + season preview

1948 Lumbermen player+mg pic

1948 leaders pics incl Barney Koch

1948 Gale Smith + Bill Hamel

Wellnitz, Ed 1941 1943 Giustina

Brewer, Bernard Bud "Cocky" Brewer 1943 Giustina Reds 1943 Springfield Cardinals - K leader

Koch, Barney 1945 Giustina Reds 1946 Reds 1948 Lumbermen (.416)

Roelandt, Frank 1948 Hills Creek

Volk, Joe 1947 Giustina

Windsor, Duke 1945 Hills Creek Billies

1943-6-11 Hills Creek roster

1943-6-12 Ed Brauner: Giustina Reds MG

1943-8-16 Wayne Phillips: Hills Creek MG; Robert "Bullet Bob" Wiltshire: Hills Creek RHP
only loss in 7 decisions a 10-inning loss to Giustina 1934 Wiltshire

1946 rosters

1948 stats for winners of Cascade Lg v winners of State Lg

1948-8-11 3K ATT - Lumbermen v. Snellstrom

Columbia-Willamette Shipbuilders' League

1918

Fisher, Gus 1918 Foundation 1919 McDougal-Overmire

Harkness, Spec 1919 Standifier Shipbuilders

Harstad, Oscar 1918 St. Helens

James, Lefty 1918 Foundation

Mensor, Ed 1918 St. Helens

Neighbors, Cecil 1918 Peninsula

Pillette, Herman 1918 Standifer 9-01 game

Stumpf, Bill 1918 Foundation

Sutherland, Suds 1918 Cornfoot

Foundation club actually represented Portland in PCIL.

Wayne Barham 1918 Grant Smith-Porter

Evans, Rube 1918 Foundation

Groce, Brownie 1918 Foundation

Ingles 1918 Foundation

Lodell, Al 1918 Foundation

Maxmeyer, Rube 1918 Peninsula 1918 Vancouver

Pembroke, George 1918 Peninsula

Sigsby 1918 Foundation

Wolfer, Ike 1918 Foundation

McQuarry, Leo pro at 16 1918 Foundation

Speas, Bill 1918 Foundation 2400 pro hits - Portland Beaver

good coverage in Oregon Daily Journal

https://www.newspapers.com/search/?query=%22lefty%20james%22&dr_year=1918-1918

1918-9-08 St. Helens wins first game of post-season series 3-1 v. Foundation

1918-3-31 pictures

Oregon State League

1932

1933 Salem final stats

1934 6-10 standings

1935 7-14 standings 9-3 standings

1936 Bend Elks

1937 Bend Elks 8-20 .428+ 6-29 standings 2K ATT

1938 Silverton final leading batters 9-2 top batters

1939

1941 8-04 standings

1942 Eugene Athletics 8-9 standings leaders - Red Miller top pitcher .300+ / all-star team Eugene as of 6-30

1952 final stats 1st half standings

Ault, Jim p 1935 Albany

Baer, Robert 1936 Hop Gold

Brewer, Bud 1942 Eugene Athletics

Gordon, Jack Joe Gordon's brother 1932 West Side Babes 1934 Eugene Townies 1942 Bend

Roy Helser 1936 Hop Gold 1938 Silverton Red Sox 1939 Silverton

MVP of National semi-pro tourney new sensation

Houtchens, Bob w/ Portland (PCL) 1934-35 1942 Bend

Don Kirsch 1939 Silverton 1941 Eugene 1942 Eugene also in Southwestern Oregon League

Mako, Hank 1942 Bend

Oscar "Red" Miller 24-4 in 1937 WINT 1935 Hop Gold 6-2 2 HR 1941 Albany 1942 Eugene

Ted Pillette 1937 Toledo

Bevens, Bill 1935 Salem Senators

Clabaugh, Moose coming off three straight great seasons w. Portland 1938 Toledo Lions HR

Gehrman, Paul "Smiling" 1935 Bend Elks

Gordon, Joe hit .300 for Oakland the next year 1932 West Side Babes 1934 Eugene Townies

1935 Hop Gold

Koch, Barney 1941 Eugene

Howard Maple 1938 batting champ

Johnny Pesky 1937 Bend Elks (lg avg leader) 21 for 38 1938 Silverton 1939 Silverton

Sayles, Bill 1935 Hop Gold

1932-5-26 "newly organized state league"

1936-7-30 Salem Senators averages

1937-3-08 league line-up getting sorted out

1937-8-20 some players listed

1937 pro grads listed

1938-5-04 Moose Clabaugh signs with Toledo. Has been police officer in Corvallis last several months.

1938-5-10 Albany has new park; hopes it can seat 1500.

1938 championship game Duke Windsor throws 1-hitter

https://www.newspapers.com/image/97283676/?terms=%22george%20windsor%22&match=1

1938 Silverton 29-10

1941-3-23 George Wilhelm is league pres. for 25th straight year - pres. of Willamette Valley League & State League which is its outgrowth

1942-8-9 Eugene may not sign Byron Speece, submarine pitcher suspended by PCL Portland

Baer, Bob 1936 Hop Gold

Brewer, Bud profile pic w/ 1942 Eugene Athletics

Bubalo, Johnny 1942 Portland Firemen

Faubion, Juel 1941 Eugene Athletics

Gordon, Joe HOF 1935 Hop Gold

Kirsch, Don 1942 Eugene Athletics

Leptich, Joe 1942 Eugene Athletics

Nehl, Murel 1937 Bend

Stokoe, Clyde 1937 pic Bend Elks mg

1940 Billy McCluskey & Barney Koch of Portland Babes

1952 Jack Fassett

Oregon State League

1961

two Taggerts pics including ex Drain Black Sox

Portland City League

1915 8-23 standings 5-30 batting - very complete

1916 4-09 standings

1927

Bartholemy, Al Portland /LA 1915 Piedmont

Beck, Johnny Portland Beavers 1927 Salem Senators

Groce, Brownie citation 1915 Piedmont 500 ATT

Claxton, Jimmy 1915 Sellwood Dingbats (line-score at bottom of page) line-ups listed on prev. day

1915-8-14 Claxton signed by Sellwood - teammate of Rube Maxmeyer - 3rd lefty pitcher on team

"Chubby Al" Bartholemy

"Judge W.W. McCredie says that City League is one of the fastest circuits of its kind that he ever saw."

1916-3-21 William A. Ross will probably be ousted from lead of Gresham club

lists the 22 players signed by club w/ full names - includes Jimmy Claxton

1916-4-09 among others, Claxton is suspended by Gresham

1927-9-03 Jerry Goleman, cf, hitting .412 for the Salem Senators of the Portland League, works w/ Ike Wolfer (PCL) at service station in Portland - when Wolfer is busy with baseball Goleman keeps the station going - good description of Goleman as a player

1916-4-09 some pictures

Gerrick, Dave 1915 pitched in league - a Portland recruit - not on BR

Portland Valley League

1931 8-10 standings Salem Senators won 2nd-half championship with same line-up as in 1930

Rogue Valley League

1953 final standings

1957 6-28 standings

1960 Roseburg Whitesox Roseburg stats final standings

Gordon Avery 1961 Roseburg 1962 Roseburg (1963 Oregon Frosh Eugene Ducks

Mike Coen 1959 Roseburg 1960 Roseburg 1961 Roseburg

Jim Dietz 1960 Roseburg 1961 Roseburg

1959 Roseburg five players w/Mike Coen

1960 two pictures of Roseburg players

1960 Roseburg is in "pictures"

1961 Roseburg four players

Salem City League

1927 6-21 standings

Wayne Barham 1927 Salem Senators

Rube Maxmeyer 1927 Woodmen

Southern Oregon League

1930

1934 final standings + all-star team + final stats

1935 Klamath Falls Red Sox

1936 6-24 standings/batting

Best, Cliff also good hitter 1930 Medford Merchants

Risberg, Swede 1934 Shaw Bertram .419 in 7 games

1930-8-17 game protested because pitcher's rubber turned out to be 64' from the plate

MG:

1930

Medford Merchants: Court Hall

Southwestern Oregon League (Southern Oregon League -1950)

1947 Grants Pass Merchants top batters final standings

1948 Central Point Millers top batting Roseburg 8-17

1949 Roseburg Chiefs (season), Medford Craters (play-offs) final standings + final batting

1950 Cheney Studs final batting 8-25 standings

1951 Coos Bay-North Bend Lumberjacks CB-NB final standings 8-24 standings

1952 Drain Black Sox 7-06 .300+ 8-9 .300+ 8-16 final standings

1953 Drain Black Sox final standings 8-08 .300+ .500+w-l

1954 Drain Black Sox final standings 8-27 Coquille Loggers batting

1955 Drain Black Sox final standings

1956 7-20 standings 8-13 standings really blurry .300+ complete pitching

Buzz Arlitt .318 avg in C/D 245 lb 1952 Coos Bay-North Bend

Bill Beard 1954 Drain Black Sox

Bailey Brem 1952 Bandon Millers

Jerry Cade 1955 Drain

Chez, Joe 1950 Cheney

Mickey Coen 1952 Roseburg Chiefs

Del Coursey 1954 Drain

Richard Duerr 1955 Drain

LaVere Herrmann 1949 Medford

Roy Helser 1952, MG of Drain Black Sox (pic) 1953 Drain 1954 Drain 1955 Drain

only occasionally pitching by 1955 1956 Drain

Mel Krause 1949 Roseburg

Cal McIrvin two-way player as pro 1954 CB-NB

Joe Mishasek 1954 Coquille

Herb Moreno 1954 CB-NB

Gene Peterson 1952 Douglas County

Jay Ragni (two-way player in pro) 1953 CB-NB

Frank Roelandt born in Belgium 1950 Central Point 1950 Cheney 1952 Medford

1956 Medford 1957 Medford

Jim Sinovich in pro career, played for 9 tms in 4 yrs 1952 Bandon Millers

Bus Sporer

Glenn Stetter 1952 CB-NB batting champ (.430) 1953 Drain 1955 Drain

Harvey Storey 1768 pro hits 1952 Drain Black Sox

Al Treichel 1952 Coos Bay-North Bend

Ernie Velasquez 1952 Roseburg

Zurcher, Harold 1952 Roseburg Chiefs 1955 Roseburg

Earl Averill Jr. 1952 Bandon Millers

Paul Gehrman 1948 Cheney (10-2) 1950 Central Point 9-3 as of 8-20

Barney Koch 1949 Roseburg (MVP) 1951 CB-NB 1952 Roseburg Chiefs 1953 Drain

Ad Liska 1952 Bandon Millers

Aldon Wilkie 1952 Drain (threw only no-hitter of season)

1948 MVP voting - Tex Chandler top

1949 Medford post-season account w/ some stats

1949 all-star team named

1950 Bus Sporer all-star team named

1952 roster

1952 Medford had loss of $8279 for year

1952 Jerry Cade signed w/Vancouver right before play-offs

raiding WIL

1952 SWO getting fasterr

1953 Drain beats Salem (WINT) preview of game billed as championship of Oregon

1954 Roseburg baseball post-mortem after 0-12 season

1954 Drain finishes regular schedule with 25-3 record

1954 after defeat by Drain CB-NB had 29-2 record 8-5 30-2

1954 3-way tie for MVP

1955 Dan Luby action shot

1955 MVP Dan Luby

1956 MVP Bill Beard MVP voting

1957 Ray Stratton replaces Helser as Drain manager- Drain plays as independent club

XTRA
1952-5-01 Roseburg Chiefs prospective roster

Pictures:

1948 Norval Ritchey, Drain catcher

1949 Roseburg

1949 Lamport Trophy presented to Chiefs

1950 Cheney Studs

1950 Bus Sporer 1950 MVP 17-6 record

1951 Bus Sporer w/season record 5-8

1952 Medford owner+mg+player

1952 Roseburg Chiefs with Barney Koch and Harold Zurcher

1952 Harvey Storey

1952 Glenn Stetter

1952 Clarence Wellbye Medford pitcher at plate

Barney Koch, 1952 w/bio

Roy Helser, 1953 1955

1955 Drain

1956 Jerry Droscher Medford

Don White 1956 Roseburg

Upper Willamette Valley League

1922

Harkness, Spec 1922 Harrisburg

Willamette Valley League

1930 8-26 batting 8-21 pitching (w-l only)

1930-8-21 Andy Peterson, Willamette University man pitching for the Salem Senators, has won nine straight games with 80 strikeouts, 22 walks, and 59 hits. Threw the valley's first no-hitter since Larry French in 1925.

Pros:

MLB:

Bevens, Bill 1936 Salem Senators

Pillette, Herman 1918 Standifer-Clarkson

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