Utah-Idaho Intermountain League

The Utah–Idaho Intermountain League was an Independent baseball minor league baseball league that played in the 1900 season. As the name indicates, the four–team Utah–Idaho Intermountain League teams were based in Idaho and Utah. The Utah–Idaho Intermountain League played just the 1900 season before permanently folding.

Utah-Idaho Intermountain League
ClassificationIndependent (1900)
SportMinor League Baseball
Inaugural season1900
CeasedSeptember 19, 1900
Replaced byInter-Mountain League (1901)
PresidentUnknown (1900)
No. of teams4
Most titles1
Ogden Lobsters (1900)
Related
competitions		Northern Utah League

History

The Utah–Idaho Intermountain League began minor league play as an Independent four–team league, with the Ogden Lobsters, Pocatello Indians, Rio Grande Rios, and Short Line Shorts as the charter members.[1][2]

On April 25, 1900, the Utah–Idaho Intermountain League officially began play, with the schedule continuing until September 19, 1900.[3] The Ogden Lobsters won the 1900 Utah-Idaho Intermountain League Championship, ending the season with a 32–13 regular season record, finishing 4.5 games ahead of the 2nd place Rio Grande Rios (23–20).[4] They were followed by the Pocatello Indians (21–24) and Short Line Shorts (12–23) in the final standings. There were no playoffs.[5][6]

The Utah–Idaho Intermountain League permanently folded after the 1900 season ended on September 19, 1900. In 1901, the Ogden franchise and a Salt Lake City franchise joined two new clubs in another four–team league known similarly as the Inter-Mountain League.[7]

Utah–Idaho Intermountain League teams
Team name(s) City represented Ballpark Year
Ogden Lobsters Ogden, Utah Unknown[4] 1900
Pocatello Indians Pocatello, Idaho Unknown[8]
 1900
Rio Grande Rios Salt Lake City, Utah Unknown[9]
 1900
Short Line Shorts Salt Lake City, Utah Unknown[10] 1900

League standings

1900 Utah–Idaho Intermountain League

Team standingsWLPCTGBManagers
Ogden Lobsters3213.711–Dad Gimlin
Rio Grande Rios2320.5344.5Dan Hickey / Dud Risley
Pocatello Indians2124.4325.5Billy Trapp
Short Line Shorts1223.34210.0Clippinger

[6][7]

References
  1. "1900 Utah-Idaho (Intermountain) League (UIL) minor league baseball on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  2. "1900 Utah-Idaho League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. "1900 Utah-Idaho (Intermountain) League (UIL) on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  4. "1900 Ogden Lobsters Roster on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  5. "The Ogden Raptors: Small Town Baseball – Big Town Heart | Think Blue LA".
  6. "1900 Utah-Idaho (Intermountain) League (UIL) Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  7. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson & Miles Wolff, editors (Third ed.). Baseball America. 2007. ISBN 978-1932391176.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. "1900 Pocatello Indians Roster on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  9. "1900 Rio Grande Rios Roster on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  10. "1900 Short Line Shorts Roster on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
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