American former minor-league baseball league
TheMiddle Atlantic League (or Mid-Atlantic League) was a lower-level circuit inAmerican minor league baseball that played during the second quarter of the 20th century.
The Middle Atlantic League played from1925 through1951 , except for three seasons (1943–45) when the loop suspended operations duringWorld War II . The league primarily featured clubs based in the U.S. states ofPennsylvania ,Ohio , andWest Virginia , although it had a team inMaryland and, in its final season, one inNew York . Its longest-tenured team, theJohnstown Johnnies fromJohnstown, Pennsylvania , played for 19 seasons. The final champions were the 1951Niagara Falls Citizens .
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 23 years of its existence.
Akron, OH :Akron Yankees 1935–1941Altoona, PA :Altoona Engineers 1931Beaver Falls, PA :Beaver Falls Beavers 1931Beckley, WV :Beckley Black Knights 1931–1934;Beckley Miners 1935Butler, PA :Butler Yankees 1946–1947;Butler Tigers 1948–1951Canton, OH :Canton Terriers 1936–1942Charleroi, PA :Charleroi Babes 1927–1928;Charleroi Governors 1929–1931Charleston, WV :Charleston Senators 1931–1942Clarksburg, WV :Clarksburg Generals 1925–1932Cumberland, MD :Cumberland Colts 1925–1932, 1941–1942Dayton, OH :Dayton Ducks 1933–1938;Dayton Wings 1939–1940Erie, PA :Erie Sailors 1938–1939, 1941–1942,1946–1951Fairmont, WV :Fairmont Maroons 1925;Fairmont Black Diamonds 1926–1931Hagerstown, MD :Hagerstown Hubs 1931Huntington, WV :Huntington Boosters 1931–1933;Huntington Red Birds 1934–1936Jeannette, PA :Jeannette Jays 1926–1931Johnstown, PA :Johnstown Johnnies 1925–1938, 1946–1950Lockport, NY :Lockport Locks 1951New Castle, PA :New Castle Chiefs 1948;New Castle Nats 1949–1950;New Castle Indians 1951Niagara Falls, NY :Niagara Falls Frontiers 1946–1947;Niagara Falls Citizens 1950–1951Oil City, PA :Oil City Oilers 1946;Oil City Refiners 1947–1950;Oil City A's 1951Parkersburg, WV :Parkersburg Parkers 1931Portsmouth, OH :Portsmouth Pirates 1935–1936;Portsmouth Red Birds 1937–1940Scottdale, PA :Scottdale Scotties 1925–1930;Scottdale Cardinals 1931Springfield, OH :Springfield Chicks 1933;Springfield Pirates 1934;Springfield Indians 1937–1939;Springfield Cardinals 1941–1942Uniontown, PA :Uniontown Cokers 1926;Uniontown Coal Barons 1947–1949Vandergrift, PA :Vandergrift Pioneers 1947–1950Wheeling, WV :Wheeling Stogies 1925–1931, 1933–1934Youngstown, OH :Youngstown Tubers 1931;Youngstown Browns 1939–1941;Youngstown Gremlins 1946;Youngstown Colts 1947–1948;Youngstown Athletics 1949–1951Zanesville, OH :Zanesville Grays 1933–1937;Zanesville Cubs 1941–1942[ 1]
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