Inter-Mountain League

Former American baseball competition

Inter-Mountain LeagueClassification| Independent (1901)
Class D (1909)

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Sport| Minor League Baseball
First season| 1901
Ceased| 1909
Replaced by| Utah State League (1902)
President| William Henry Lucas (1901, 1909)
No. of teams| 9
Country| United States of America
Most titles| 1
Ogden Lobsters (1901)
Helena Senators (1909)

The Inter–Mountain League was a minor league baseball league that played in the 1901 and 1909 baseball seasons. League franchises were based in Idaho, Montana and Utah.

## History

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The 1901 Inter–Mountain League was an Independent league that fielded four clubs, all based in Utah: the Ogden Lobsters, Salt Lake City White Wings, Railway Ducks/Lagoon Farmers and Park City Miners. The league folded after the 1901 season, with the forming of the 1902 Utah State League.[1][2]

The league reformed in 1909. The 1909 Inter–Mountain League was a Class D level minor league, comprising the Helena Senators, Salt Lake City Mormons (moved to Livingston), Butte Miners and Boise Irrigators (moved to become Bozeman Irrigators. The Inter–Mountain league permanently disbanded on July 25, 1909.[2]

## Cities represented

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* Boise, ID: Boise Irrigators 1909
* Bozeman, MT: Bozeman Irrigators 1909
* Butte, MT: Butte Miners 1909
* Farmington, UT: Lagoon Farmers 1901
* Helena, MT: Helena Senators 1909
* Livingston, MT: Livingston 1909
* Ogden, UT: Ogden Lobsters 1901
* Park City, UT: Park City Miners 1901
* Salt Lake City, UT: Salt Lake City White Wings 1901; Salt Lake City, UT: Salt Lake City Mormons 1909

## Standings and statistics

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### 1901

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schedule

Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers

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Ogden Lobsters | 31 | 10 | .756 | – | Dad Gimlin
Salt Lake City White Wings | 26 | 15 | .634 | 5.0 | C.H. Griffin
Railway Ducks /
Lagoon Farmers | 23 | 19 | .548 | 8.5 | James Clippinger / John Crichlow
Park City Miners | 3 | 39 | .071 | 28.5 | H.S. Townsend

Railway (5–7) sold franchise to the owner of Lagoon Resort, June 8
Park City disbanded July 15 with remaining games forfeited.

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Player statistics Player | Team | Stat | Tot |  | Player | Team | Stat | Tot

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Homer Chase Hausen | Ogden | BA | .438 |  | George Borchers | Ogden | W | 15
Pearl Casey | Ogden | Runs | 51 |  | Harry Newmeyer | Lagoon | SO | 129
Homer Chase Hausen | Ogden | Hits | 67 |  | Edwin Kidder | Railway/Salt Lake City | PCT | .857 6–1
Homer Chase Hausen | Ogden | HR | 3

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### 1909

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schedule

Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers

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Helena Senators | 43 | 19 | .694 | – | John Huston
Salt Lake City Mormons /
Livingston | 39 | 23 | .629 | 4.0 | E.S. Farnsworth
Butte Miners | 21 | 36 | .368 | 10.5 | John Barnes
Boise Irrigators /
Bozeman Irrigators | 16 | 41 | .281 | 22.0 | Con Strothers

Salt Lake City (34–17) moved to Livingston July 10; Boise (13–38) moved to Bozeman July 10; Butte disbanded July 18.
League disbanded July 25.

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## See also

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* Intermountain West

## References

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1. ^ "1901 Inter-Mountain League". Retrieved 2012-08-25.
2. ^ a b c d e Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.

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