Mid-Atlantic League

The Middle Atlantic League (or Mid-Atlantic League) was a lower-level circuit in American minor league baseball that played during the second quarter of the 20th century.

History[[[Middle Atlantic League|edit]]]

The Middle Atlantic League played from 1925 through 1951, with the exception of three seasons (1943-45) when the loop suspended operations during World War II. The league primarily featured clubs based in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, although it had a team in Maryland and, in its final season, one in New York. Its longest-tenured team, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania - the Johnnies - existed for 19 seasons. Its final champion was the 1951 Erie Sailors, an affiliate of the Washington Senators.

Throughout its 24-year history, the Middle Atlantic League was a Class-C level, one rung up from the lowest classification, Class-D.

Elmer M. Daily was president of the league through all 24 years of its existence.

List of teams[[[Middle Atlantic League|edit]]]

*Akron Yankees 1935-1941 Altoona Engineers 1931 Beaver Falls Beavers 1931 Beckley Black Knights 1931-1934 Beckley Miners 1935 Butler Yankees 1946-1947 Butler Tigers 1948-1951 Canton Terriers 1936-1942 Charleroi Babes 1927-1928 Charleroi Governors 1929-1931 Charleston Senators 1931-1942 Clarksburg Generals 1925-1932 Cumberland Colts 1925-1932, 1941-1942 Dayton Ducks 1933-1938 Dayton Wings 1939-1940 Erie Sailors 1938-1939, 1941-1942,1946-1951 Fairmont Black Diamonds 1926-1931

*Fairmont Maroons 1925 Hagerstown Hubs 1931 Huntington Boosters 1931-1933 Huntington Red Birds 1934-1936 Jeannette Jays 1926-1931 Johnstown Johnnies 1925-1938, 1946-1950 Lockport Locks 1951 New Castle Chiefs 1948 New Castle Nats 1949-1950 New Castle Indians 1951 Niagara Falls Citizens 1950-1951 Niagara Falls Frontiers 1946-1947 Oil City A's 1951 Oil City Oilers 1946 Oil City Refiners 1947-1950 Parkersburg Parkers 1931 Portsmouth Pirates 1935-1936

*Portsmouth Red Birds 1937-1940 Scottdale Scotties 1925-1931 Springfield Chicks 1933 Springfield Indians 1937-1939 Springfield Pirates 1934 Springfield Cardinals 1941-1942 Uniontown Cokers 1926 Uniontown Coal Barons 1947-1949 Vandergrift Pioneers 1947-1950 Wheeling Stogies 1925-1931, 1933-1934 Youngstown Athletics 1949-1951 Youngstown Browns 1939-1941 Youngstown Colts 1947-1948 Youngstown Gremlins 1946 Youngstown Tubers 1931 Zanesville Cubs 1941-1942 Zanesville Grays 1933-1937