North Texas League

The North Texas League was a Class D level minor baseball league that played during the 1905 and 1907 seasons. The league featured teams based in Arkansas and Texas.

North Texas League
ClassificationClass D (1905, 1907)
SportMinor League Baseball
Inaugural season1905
Ceased1907
PresidentCaptain J.B. King (1905)
W.E. Craddock (1907)
No. of teams7
CountryUnited States of America
Most titles1
Paris Parasites/Hope (1905)
Corsicana Oilers (1907)
Related
competitions		South Texas League

History

The 1905 North Texas League consisted of four charter teams, initially all from Texas. They were the Paris Parasites, of Paris, the Greenville Midlands of Greenville, an un-nicknamed team from Clarksville and an un-nicknamed team from Texarkana. Partway through the year, the Paris club moved to Hope, Arkansas, making it the only non-Texas city to be represented in the league. Clarksville disbanded on July 21 after going 34–42, while Texarcana - with a 36–46 record - disbanded on August 2, forcing the league to disband on August 6, 1905. The Parasites finished first in the league with a 48–32 record, while the Midlands had a 41–40 record.[1] Dode Criss and Clyde Milan played in the league that year.

The North Texas League did not play in 1906.

Reformed in 1907, the North Texas League featured the Corsicana Oilers/Desperados of Corsicana, Paris Athletics, Greenville Hunters and Terrell Red Stockings of Terrell. Corsicana finished first in the league with a 38–21 record, while Paris was 36–23, Greenville was 24–35 and Terrell was 18–38. Greenville folded on June 28, 1907, causing the league to cease operations on June 30, 1907. Notable players include Hippo Vaughn.[2] and Bill Yohe.

Cities represented

Standings & statistics

1905 North Texas League
Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Paris Parasites/
Hope		4832.600–E.W. Dunaway / Dad Ritter
Greenville Midlands4140.5067.5William Owen /
Richard Bendel / Cy Mulkey
Clarksville3442.44712.0Ray Taylor
Texarkana3646.43913.0Robert Shelton

Paris (5–2) in the second half, moved to Hope July 20;Clarksville disbanded July 31;Texarcana disbanded August 2, causing the league to disband August 6.[3]

Player statistics
PlayerTeamStatTotPlayerTeamStatTot
Jack LoveTexarkanaBA.327Charles YeagerGreenvilleW16
Ben WhittenburgParis/HopeRuns54SelfClarksvilleW16
E.D. StuttsmanGreenvilleHits98Charles YeagerGreenvilleSO201
Parker ArbogastClarksvilleHR9Dode CrissParis/HopePCT.778 14–4

1907 North Texas League

schedule

Team StandingsWLPCTGBManagers
Corsicana Oilers/Desperados3821.644–Dee Poindexter
Paris Athletics3623.6102.0Robert Shelton / Everett Sheffield
Greenville Hunters2435.40714.0Horace Kelton / William Owen
Terrell Red Stockings1938.33318.0Luke Rash / Cy Mulkey /
Rube Walters / T.R. Bell

Greenville disbanded June 28, causing the league to disband June 30.[4]

Player Statistics
PlayerTeamStatTotPlayerTeamStatTot
Harry WelchGreenvilleBA.309W. JenkinsCorsicanaW16
Bill YoheGreenvilleRuns42Joe BuenchGreenvilleSO130
Elmer CoyleCorsicanaHits78W. JenkinsCorsicanaPCT.800 16–4
Jim HeigelfortTerrellHR4

References
  1. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 1993
  2. "1907 Corsicana Oilers/Desperados Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. "1905 Texarkana minor league baseball Roster on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  4. "1907 Greenville Hunters minor league baseball Roster on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
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