Newark Indians
Encyclopedia
- Location: Newark, NJ
- League: Eastern LeagueInternational LeagueThe International League is a minor league baseball league that operates in the eastern United States. Like the Pacific Coast League and the Mexican League, it plays at the Triple-A level, which is one step below Major League Baseball. It was so named because it had teams in both the United States...
1908-1911; International LeagueInternational LeagueThe International League is a minor league baseball league that operates in the eastern United States. Like the Pacific Coast League and the Mexican League, it plays at the Triple-A level, which is one step below Major League Baseball. It was so named because it had teams in both the United States...
1912-1916 - Affiliation:
- Ballpark: Wiedenmayer's Park
In 1908, the Newark Sailors changed their name to the Newark Indians. From the start, the team featured great pitching - in '08 Tom Hughes led the Eastern League
International League
The International League is a minor league baseball league that operates in the eastern United States. Like the Pacific Coast League and the Mexican League, it plays at the Triple-A level, which is one step below Major League Baseball. It was so named because it had teams in both the United States...
in strikeouts, in '09 Joe McGinnity led in wins (29), games (55) and strikeouts (195) while allowing just 297 hits in 422 innings, in '10 McGinnity won 30 and Rube Waddell
Rube Waddell
George Edward Waddell was an American southpaw pitcher in Major League Baseball. In his thirteen-year career he played for the Louisville Colonels , Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Orphans in the National League, and the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns in the American League...
went 5-3 and McGinnity continued as player-manager for two more years. In '13 the team won the International League
International League
The International League is a minor league baseball league that operates in the eastern United States. Like the Pacific Coast League and the Mexican League, it plays at the Triple-A level, which is one step below Major League Baseball. It was so named because it had teams in both the United States...
pennant but they slipped from there and by '16 were in last place in the IL. The team was replaced by the Newark Bears
Newark Bears
The Newark Bears are an American professional baseball team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are a member of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. Since the 1999 season, the Bears have played their home games at Bears &...
in 1917.
Year-by-year record
Year | Record | Finish | Manager | Playoffs | |
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1908 | 79-58 | 3rd | George Stallings George Stallings George Tweedy Stallings was an American manager and player in Major League Baseball. His most famous achievement – leading the Boston Braves from last place in mid-July to the National League championship and a World Series sweep of the powerful Philadelphia Athletics – resulted in a nickname he... |
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1909 | 86-67 | 2nd | Harry Wolverton Harry Wolverton Harry Sterling Wolverton , nicknamed "Fighting Harry", was a third baseman who played for the Chicago Orphans, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators, Boston Beaneaters, and New York Highlanders.-Biography:... / Joe McGinnity |
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1910 | 88-66 | 2nd | Joe McGinnity | none | |
1911 | 57-95 | 7th | Joe McGinnity | none | |
1912 | 80-72 | 3rd | Joe McGinnity | none | |
1913 | 95-57 | 1st | Harry Smith | none League Champs | |
1914 | 73-77 | 5th | Harry Smith | none | |
1915 | 26-26 (61-76 overall) | -- | Harry Smith | none | Team moved to Harrisburg Harrisburg Senators The Harrisburg Senators are a minor league baseball team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The team, which plays in the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals.... July 2 |
1916 | 52-87 | 8th | Fred Tenney Fred Tenney Frederick Tenney was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Beaneaters/Doves/Rustlers and New York Giants .-See also:... |
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