This article is about the minor league which operated between 1902 and 1971. For the independent league, which operated between 1993 and 2010, see Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010).
Fourth Northern League: 1933–1971 (suspended operations 1943–1945 due to World War II)
Historical overviewedit
The first Northern League operated between 1902 and 1905. Charter members were the Winnipeg Maroons, Crookston Crooks, Fargo, Devil's Lake, Grand Forks and Cavalier.[1]
In 1906, the league merged with the Copper Country Soo League to become the Northern-Copper Country League (1906–1907). A second Northern League was attempted in 1908, but did not finish its first season. The third Northern League appeared when the Central International League of 1912 expanded and changed its name in 1913. This third Northern League would last until 1917, when it was forced to disband due to a lack of players as a result of World War I.
While the Northern League in its various incarnations began as an independent loop in 1902, it was Class D (1903–1905, 1908, 1917, 1933–1940) and Class C (1913–1916, 1941–1942, 1946–1962) under the antiquated classification system for Minor League Baseball. The league operated as Class A (1963–1971) under the modern minor league classification system.[3] When the league folded after the 1971 season, the remaining teams were the Aberdeen Pheasants, Sioux Falls Packers, St. Cloud Rox and Watertown Expos.[4]
Superior, WI: Superior Longshoremen 1903–1905 ** The first Longshoremen team disbanded August 8, 1903. The third Longshoremen was the relocated St. Cloud-Brainerd franchise, which moved on June 25, 1905.
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This article is about the minor league which operated between 1902 and 1971 For the independent league which operated between 1993 and 2010 see Northern League baseball 1993 2010 The Northern League was a name used by several minor league baseball organizations that operated off and on between 1902 and 1971 in the upper midwestern United States and Manitoba Canada The name was later used by the independent Northern League from 1993 to 2010 Northern LeagueSportBaseballFounded1902CountriesUnited StatesCanadaContinentNorth AmericaMost titles10 Duluth Duluth Superior Contents 1 Incarnations 2 Historical overview 2 1 League Champions 2 2 Cities represented 2 3 1902 1905 2 4 1908 2 5 1913 1917 2 6 1932 1971 3 ReferencesIncarnations editThe Northern League name represented four leagues in this time frame First Northern League 1902 1905 Northern Copper Country League 1906 1907 Second Northern League 1908 Minnesota Wisconsin League 1909 1911 Central International League 1912 Third Northern League 1913 1917 Fourth Northern League 1933 1971 suspended operations 1943 1945 due to World War II Historical overview editThe first Northern League operated between 1902 and 1905 Charter members were the Winnipeg Maroons Crookston Crooks Fargo Devil s Lake Grand Forks and Cavalier 1 In 1906 the league merged with the Copper Country Soo League to become the Northern Copper Country League 1906 1907 A second Northern League was attempted in 1908 but did not finish its first season The third Northern League appeared when the Central International League of 1912 expanded and changed its name in 1913 This third Northern League would last until 1917 when it was forced to disband due to a lack of players as a result of World War I The league did not re emerge until 1933 when it began play with the Brainerd Muskies Brandon Grays Crookston Pirates East Grand Forks Colts Eau Claire Cardinals Fargo Moorhead Twins Superior Blues and Winnipeg Maroons 2 The league did not operate between 1943 and 1945 because of a lack of manpower during World War II and finally folded again in 1971 While the Northern League in its various incarnations began as an independent loop in 1902 it was Class D 1903 1905 1908 1917 1933 1940 and Class C 1913 1916 1941 1942 1946 1962 under the antiquated classification system for Minor League Baseball The league operated as Class A 1963 1971 under the modern minor league classification system 3 When the league folded after the 1971 season the remaining teams were the Aberdeen Pheasants Sioux Falls Packers St Cloud Rox and Watertown Expos 4 League Champions edit 1902 Winnipeg Maroons 1903 Winnipeg Maroons 1904 Duluth White Sox 1905 Duluth White Sox 1906 Calumet Aristocrats NCCL 1907 Winnipeg Maroons NCCL 1908 Brandon Angels 1909 Duluth White Sox MWL 1910 Eau Claire Commissioners MWL 1911 Superior Red Sox MWL 1912 Duluth White Sox CIL 1913 Winona Pirates 1914 Duluth White Sox 1915 Fargo Moorhead Graingrowers 1916 Winnipeg Maroons 1917 Fargo Moorhead Graingrowers 1918 1932 league did not operate 1933 Superior Blues 1934 Fargo Moorhead Twins 1935 Winnipeg Maroons 1936 Eau Claire Bears 1937 Duluth Dukes 1938 Duluth Dukes 1939 Winnipeg Maroons 1940 Grand Forks Chiefs 1941 Eau Claire Bears 1942 Winnipeg Maroons 1943 1945 league did not operate 1946 St Cloud Rox 1947 Sioux Falls Canaries 1948 Grand Forks Chiefs 1949 Aberdeen Pheasants 1950 Sioux Falls Canaries 1951 Grand Forks Chiefs 1952 Superior Blues 1953 Fargo Moorhead Twins 1954 Fargo Moorhead Twins 1955 St Cloud Rox 1956 Duluth Superior White Sox 1957 Winnipeg Goldeyes 1958 Fargo Moorhead Twins 1959 Winnipeg Goldeyes 1960 Winnipeg Goldeyes 1961 Aberdeen Pheasants 1962 Eau Claire Braves 1963 Grand Forks Chiefs 1964 Aberdeen Pheasants 1965 St Cloud Rox 1966 St Cloud Rox 1967 St Cloud Rox 1968 St Cloud Rox 1969 Duluth Superior Dukes 1970 Duluth Superior Dukes 1971 St Cloud Rox Source 5 Cities represented edit 1902 1905 edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Cavalier ND Cavalier 1902 Disbanded on July 21 1902 Crookston MN Crookston Crooks 1902 1905 Devils Lake ND Devil s Lake 1902 Disbanded on July 21 1902 Duluth MN Duluth White Sox 1903 1905 Fargo ND Fargo 1902 1905 Grand Forks ND Grand Forks Forkers 1902 1905 St Cloud MN amp Brainerd MN St Cloud Brainerd 1905 Moved to Superior on June 25 1905 Superior WI Superior Longshoremen 1903 1905 The first Longshoremen team disbanded August 8 1903 The third Longshoremen was the relocated St Cloud Brainerd franchise which moved on June 25 1905 Winnipeg MB Winnipeg Maroons 1902 1905 5 1908 edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Brandon MB Brandon Angels 1908 Duluth MN Duluth White Sox 1908 Fargo ND Fargo Browns 1908 Winnipeg MB Winnipeg Maroons 1908 5 1913 1917 edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Duluth MN Duluth White Sox 1913 1916 Fargo ND amp Moorhead MN Fargo Moorhead Graingrowers 1914 1917 Fort William Ontario Fort William Canadians 1914 1915 Fort William Ontario amp Port Arthur Ontario Fort William Port Arthur Canadians 1916 Withdrew July 10 1916 Grand Forks ND Grand Forks Flickertails 1913 1915 The team withdrew from the league on July 5 1915 LaCrosse WI LaCrosse Colts 1913 Moved from St Paul July 23 1913 Minneapolis MN Minneapolis Millers 1913 Minot ND Minot Why Nots 1917 St Boniface MB St Boniface Bonnies 1915 St Paul MN St Paul Colts 1913 Moved to LaCrosse July 23 1913 Superior WI Superior Red Sox 1913 1915 Withdrew July 5 1915 Virginia MN Virginia Ore Diggers 1913 1916 Withdrew July 10 1916 Warren MN Warren Wanderers 1917 Winnipeg MB Winnipeg Maroons 1913 1917 Winona MN Winona Pirates 1913 1914 5 1932 1971 edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Aberdeen SD Aberdeen Pheasants 1946 1971 Bismarck ND amp Mandan ND Bismarck Mandan Pards 1962 64 Bismarck Mandan Pards 1966 Brainerd MN amp Little Falls MN Brainerd Muskies 1933 Brainerd Little Falls Muskies 1934 Brainerd Blues 1935 Brandon MB Brandon Grays 1933 Crookston MN Crookston Pirates 1933 1941 Duluth MN Duluth White Sox 1934 Duluth Dukes 1935 1942 1946 1955 Duluth MN amp Superior WI Duluth Superior White Sox 1956 1959 Duluth Superior Dukes 1960 1970 East Grand Forks MN East Grand Forks Colts 1933 Eau Claire WI Eau Claire Cardinals 1933 Eau Claire Bears 1934 1942 1946 1953 Eau Claire Braves 1954 1962 Fargo ND amp Moorhead MN Fargo Moorhead Twins 1933 1942 1946 1960 Grand Forks ND Grand Forks Chiefs 1934 35 Grand Forks Chiefs 1938 1942 1946 1963 Grand Forks Dodgers 1964 Huron SD Huron Phillies 1965 1968 Huron Cubs 1969 1970 Jamestown ND Jamestown Jimmies 1936 1937 Mankato MN Mankato Mets 1967 1968 Minot ND Minot Mallards 1958 1960 Minot Mallards 1962 St Cloud MN St Cloud Rox 1946 1971 Sioux Falls SD Sioux Falls Canaries 1942 1946 1953 Sioux Falls Packers 1966 1971 Superior WI Superior Blues 1933 1942 1946 1955 Watertown SD Watertown Expos 1970 1971 Wausau WI Wausau Lumberjacks 1936 1939 Wausau Timberjacks 1940 1942 Wausau Lumberjacks 1956 1957 Winnipeg MB Winnipeg Maroons 1933 1942 Winnipeg Goldeyes 1954 1964 Winnipeg Goldeyes 1969 5 References edit 1902 Northern League Baseball Reference com 1933 Northern League Baseball Reference com Northern League D Encyclopedia and History Baseball Reference com Northern League Independent Encyclopedia and History Baseball Reference com a b c d e Northern League 1933 1971 Ballparkwatch Northern League history An Informal History of the Northern League by Herman D White Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Northern League baseball 1902 71 amp oldid 1116803792, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
