Minor League Baseball of the Cleveland Indians
Where did Minor League baseball start? When did it start? If you have never looked into the answers to those questions you may be surprised! I'm not going into a lot of general details but you can can get more info here:http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/history/ and here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball .
This post is concerned with the teams, over the years, that have been affiliated with the Cleveland Indians.
The following is a list of those teams through 1939
A rough comparison to today's classification would go like this:
Open = AAA
A,A1,A,A- = AA / A
B,C,D,E, = Rookie Leagues
YEAR / CLASS / LEAGUE / CITY-TEAM NAME
1929 D Blue Ridge League ( PA-MD-WV ) * Frederick Warriors
1930 D Blue Ridge League ( PA-MD-WV ) * Frederick Warriors
1931
1932 B Central League* Ft. Wayne Chiefs
B Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League * Quincy Indians
B New York-Pennsylvania League * Williamsport Grays
D Mississippi Valley League * Burlington Bees
1933 A1 Southern Association * New Oleans Pelicans
C Middle Atlantic League * Zanesville Grays
1934 A1 Southern Association * New Oleans Pelicans
C Middle Atlantic League * Zanesville Grays
D Northern League * Fargo-Moorhead Twins
D Pennsylvania State Association * Monessen Indians
1935 AA American Association * Minneapolis Millers
A1 Southern Association * New Oleans Pelicans
C Middle Atlantic League * Zanesville Grays
D Evangeline League * Opelousas Indians
D Northern League * Fargo-Moorhead Twins
D Pennsylvania State Association * Butler Indians
1936 AA American Association * Minneapolis Millers
A1 Southern Association * New Oleans Pelicans
C Cotton States League * Clarksdale Ginners
C Middle Atlantic League * Zanesville Grays
D Evangeline League * Opelousas Indians
D Northern League * Fargo-Moorhead Twins
D Northern League * Wausau Timberjacks
D Ohio State League *Mansfield Tigers
D Pennsylvania State Association * Monessen Indians
1937 AA American Association * Milwaukee Brewers
A1 Southern Association * New Oleans Pelicans
B Southeastern League * Montgomery Bombers
C Canadian-American League * Oswego Netherlands
C Middle Atlantic League * Springfield Indians
D Evangeline League * Opelousas Indians
D Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League * Hopkinsville Hoppers
D Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League * Owensburg Oilers
D North Carolina State League * Newton-Conover Twins
D Northern League * Fargo-Moorhead Twins
D Northern League * Wausau Timberjacks
1938 AA American Association * Milwaukee Brewers
A1 Southern Association * New Oleans Pelicans
C Canadian-American League * Oswego Netherlands
C Middle Atlantic League * Springfield Indians
B South Atlantic League * Spartanburg Spartans
D Florida State League * Gainesville G-Men
D Georgia-Florida League * Tallahassee Capitals
D Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League * Hopkinsville Hoppers
D Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League * Owensburg Oilers
D Northern League * Fargo-Moorhead Twins
1939 AA International Buffalo Bisons
A1 Southern Association * New Oleans Pelicans
A Eastern Wilkes- Barre Barons
A- Penn-Ontario-NY (PONY) Niagara Falls Rainbows
B Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League * Cedar Rapids Raiders
B Piedmont League * Winston-Salem Twins
B South Atlantic League * Spartanburg Spartans
C East Texas League * Tyler Trojans
C Middle Atlantic League * Springfield Indians
D Alabama-Florida League * Troy Trojans
D Bi-State League ( NC-VA ) * Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets
D Evangeline League * Opelousas Indians
D Mountain State League * Logan Indians
D Northern League * Fargo-Moorhead Twins
D Ohio State League * Mansfield Braves
Obviously there were many more leagues and teams in the early days.
Baseball was THE sport during the late 19th and early to mid 20th centuries. That's when it was a game. Today all sports are more business than pleasure, just as many bloggers have noted the changes in the card companies and collecting habits.Card collecting is still a hobby and a lot of fun to me and probably to most of you who are reading this. If only we could get more young kids interested again. I've tried and tried but it's hard to compete with computers and video games.
If I build it,will you come?
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