Iowa State League

Iowa State LeagueClassification| Class D (1904–1907)
Independent (1912)

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Sport| Minor League Baseball
First season| 1904
Ceased| 1912
Replaced by| Central Association
President| Frank S. Norton (1904-1905)
L.S. Peckham (1906-1907)
D.M. Conroy (1912)
James Williams (1912)
No. of teams| 15
Country| United States of America
Most titles| 2
Ottumwa Snappers (1904–1905)
Related
competitions| Southwest Iowa League
Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League

The Iowa State League was a minor league baseball league that played from 1904 to 1907 and again in 1912. The Class D level league had franchises based in Illinois and Iowa. The Ottumwa Snappers franchise won league championships in 1904 and 1905. In 1908, the Iowa State League evolved to become the Central Association.

## History

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The Iowa State League began play in 1904 as an eight-team Class D level minor league in and around Iowa, United States. The league played four seasons and ceased operations following the 1907 season. Seven of the eight 1907 Iowa State League teams formed the Central Association in 1908. The Iowa State League had the formal name as the Iowa League of Professional Baseball Clubs.[1][2]

The Iowa State League reformed in 1912 as an Independent league. Estherville defeated Fort Dodge in the league playoffs to claim the championship. The league permanently folded after the season.[3]

## Cities represented

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* Boone, Iowa – Boone Coal Miners (1904), Boone Greyhounds (1905), Boone Miners (1906)
* Burlington, Iowa – Burlington River Rats (1904), Burlington Flint Hills (1905), Burlington Pathfinders (1906–1907)
* Clear Lake, Iowa – Clear Lake Fish Eaters (1912)
* Clinton, Iowa – Clinton Miners (1906)
* Emmetsburg, Iowa – Emmetsburg (1912)
* Estherville, Iowa – Estherville (1912)
* Fort Dodge, Iowa – Fort Dodge Gypsum Eaters (1904), Fort Dodge Gypsumites (1905–1906), Fort Dodge Boosters (1912)
* Jacksonville, Illinois – Jacksonville Lunatics (1907)
* Keokuk, Iowa – Keokuk Indians (1904–1907)
* Marshalltown, Iowa – Marshalltown Grays (1904–1905), Marshalltown Brownies (1906), Marshalltown Snappers (1906)
* Mason City, Iowa – Mason City Cementmakers (1912)
* Oskaloosa, Iowa – Oskaloosa Quakers (1904–1907)
* Ottumwa, Iowa – Ottumwa Snappers (1904–1905), Ottumwa Champs (1906), Ottumwa Packers (1907)
* Quincy, Illinois – Quincy Gems (1907)
* Waterloo, Iowa – Waterloo Microbes (1904–1906), Waterloo Cubs (1907)

## Standings & statistics

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### 1904 to 1907

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1904 Iowa State League
schedule

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

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Ottumwa Snappers | 70 | 36 | .660 | - | 17,630 | Snapper Kennedy
Waterloo Microbes | 64 | 43 | .598 | 6½ | 18,695 | James Myers / Charles Cole
Marshalltown Grays | 60 | 49 | .550 | 11.½ | 23,117 | Robert Warner
Keokuk Indians | 58 | 50 | .537 | 13 | 15,741 | Tom Hackett
Ft. Dodge Gypsum Eaters | 57 | 52 | .523 | 14½ | 13,582 | Frank Boyle
Boone Coal Miners | 50 | 61 | .450 | 22½ | 16,581 | Thomas Reynolds / Walter Holcomb
O.P. DePew
Oskaloosa Quakers | 38 | 69 | .355 | 32½ | 16,620 | William Tilley / Red Donahue
Burlington River Rats | 36 | 73 | .330 | 35½ | 21,352 | F.L. Sullivan / George Stovall
Bob Black
Player statistics Player | Team | Stat | Tot |  | Player | Team | Stat | Tot

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Snapper Kennedy | Ottumwa | BA | .325 |  | Louis Schaub | Ottumwa | W | 23
Snapper Kennedy | Ottumwa | Hits | 142 |  | Louis Schaub | Ottumwa | SO | 298
Joe Beaver | Ottumwa | Runs | 76 |  | Louis Schaub | Ottumwa | Pct | .767; 23-7
Al Spencer | Ottumwa | Runs | 76 |

1905 Iowa State League
schedule

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

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Ottumwa Snappers | 74 | 45 | .621 | - | 22,261 | Snapper Kennedy
Ft. Dodge Gypsumites | 73 | 49 | .599 | 2½ | 19,270 | Frank Boyle
Boone Greyhounds | 65 | 54 | .546 | 9 | 19,588 | Frank Haller
Oskaloosa Quakers | 65 | 56 | .537 | 10 | 22,256 | Howard Cassiboine
Keokuk Indians | 59 | 62 | .488 | 16 | 18,931 | Ned Egan
Marshalltown Grays | 55 | 66 | .454 | 20 | NA | Bobby Warner
Waterloo Microbes | 56 | 69 | .448 | 21 | 19,754 | Harry Meek / Frank Lohr
Burlington Flint Hills | 37 | 83 | .368 | 37½ | 26,635 | Rusty Owens / Thomas Reynolds
Charlie Frisbee
Player statistics Player | Team | Stat | Tot |  | Player | Team | Stat | Tot

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Harry Meek | Waterloo/Boone | BA | .320 |  | Harry Corns | Boone | W | 25
Harry Meek | Waterloo/Boone | Hits | 152 |  | Melvin Blexurd | Keokuk | SO | 207
John Bassey | Boone | Runs | 83 |  | Fred Steel | Oskaloosa | Pct | .857; 18-3
Red Fisher | Boone | Runs | 83 |

1906 Iowa State League
schedule

Team Standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers

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Burlington Pathfinders | 83 | 39 | .680 | - | Ned Egan
Oskaloosa Quakers | 75 | 49 | .605 | 9 | Ham Patterson
Fort Dodge Gypsumites | 68 | 49 | .581 | 12½ | Frank Boyle
Marshalltown Brownies | 65 | 55 | .542 | 17 | Rollo Brown
Keokuk Indians | 53 | 67 | .442 | 24 | Pat McAndrews
Boone Miners/Clinton Miners | 46 | 70 | .397 | 34 | William Wooley / Pat Ryan
Harold Johnson
Waterloo Microbes | 48 | 76 | .387 | 36 | Charlie Frisbee / Ernest G. Anklam
Ottumwa Champs | 44 | 77 | .364 | 38½ | William Niles / William Everett

Boone moved to Clinton July 14.

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

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Bill Davidson | Ft. Dodge | BA | .344 |  | Frank Shaw | Oscaloosa | W | 29
Cy Neighbors | Burlington | Hits | 161 |  | Joe Bills | Keokuk | SO | 209
Cy Neighbors | Burlington | Runs | 96 |  | Frank Dick | Marshalltown | Pct | .857; 18-3

1907 Iowa State League
schedule

Team Standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Attend | Managers

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Waterloo Cubs | 79 | 45 | .637 | - | 27,992 | Frank Boyle
Burlington Pathfinders | 77 | 51 | .602 | 4 | 43,420 | Ned Egan
Oskaloosa Quakers | 70 | 55 | .560 | 9½ | 22,585 | Ham Patterson
Jacksonville Lunatics | 63 | 61 | .508 | 16 | 29,448 | Frank Belt
Marshalltown Snappers | 62 | 61 | .504 | 16½ | 14,992 | Snapper Kennedy
Quincy Gems | 61 | 66 | .480 | 19½ | 37,000 | Harry Hofer
Ottumwa Packers | 51 | 74 | .408 | 28½ | 24,974 | Jack Corbett
Keokuk Indians | 39 | 89 | .305 | 42 | 20,760 | Cy Black / Charles Yeager
Player statistics Player | Team | Stat | Tot |  | Player | Team | Stat | Tot

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John House | Burlington | BA | .308 |  | Frank Green | Burlington | W | 28
John House | Burlington | Hits | 158 |  | Fred Steel | Oscaloosa | Pct | .817; 9-2
John House | Burlington | Runs | 91 |

### 1912

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1912 Iowa State League
schedule

Team Standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers

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Mason City Cementmakers | 38 | 27 | .585 | - | Frank Barber
Fort Dodge Boosters | 34 | 25 | .576 | 1 | Connie Collins
Estherville | 28 | 22 | .560 | 2½ | Harry Welch
Emmetsburg | 24 | 38 | .387 | 12½ | Ed Smithson
Clear Lake Fish Eaters | 11 | 24 | .314 | NA | Dick Wells / M. Bacon

Clear Lake folded July 14
Playoffs: Estherville 4 games, Fort Dodge 1.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd and Miles Wolff, editors, The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, Second Edition (1997), pp. 142,146,151,155. Baseball America, Inc. ISBN 0-9637189-7-5.
2. ^ "Iowa League of Professional Baseball Clubs (D) Encyclopedia and History". Baseball-Reference.com.
3. ^ a b Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.

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