Pacific Coast International League

Pacific Coast International LeagueFormerly| Northwestern League

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Classification| Class B (1918, 1920–1921)
Sport| Minor League Baseball
First season| 1918
Ceased| 1921
Replaced by| Western International League
President| Bob Blewett (1918)
Louis H. Burnett (1920–1921)
No. of teams| 9
Country| Canada
United States of America
Most titles| 1
Seattle Giants (1918)
Victoria Islanders (1920)
Yakima Indians (1921)
Related
competitions| Northwest International League (1919)

The Pacific Coast International League was a minor league baseball league that played between 1918 and 1922. The Class B level league franchises were based in the Northwest United States and British Columbia.

## History

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The Pacific Coast International League was a re–branding of the former Northwestern League and was known as the Northwest International League in 1919. In 1922, the name was changed to the Western International League.

Teams in the league included the Aberdeen Black Cats, Portland Buckaroos, Seattle Giants, Spokane Indians, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Beavers, Victoria Islanders and Yakima Indians.

As the Northwest International League, it consisted of two Washington–based teams and two Canada-based teams: the Seattle Drydockers, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Beavers and Victoria Tyrees. On June 8, 1919, the league disbanded, with the Beavers in first place. Therefore, they were the de facto league champions. The Tigers finished in last place with a 5–17 record. Wally Hood, who played in the major leagues from 1920 to 1922, spent time in the league.

Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Joe McGinnity played for the Vancouver Beavers in 1918.[1]

## Cities represented

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* Aberdeen, WA: Aberdeen Black Cats 1918
* Portland, OR: Portland Buckaroos 1918
* Seattle, WA: Seattle Giants 1918, 1920
* Spokane, WA: Spokane Indians 1918, 1920
* Tacoma, WA: Tacoma Tigers 1918, 1920–1921
* Vancouver, BC: Vancouver Beavers 1918, 1920–1921
* Vancouver, WA: Vancouver Beavers 1918
* Victoria, BC: Victoria Islanders 1920; Victoria Bees 1921
* Yakima, WA: Yakima Indians 1920–1921

## Standings and statistics

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### 1918 Pacific Coast International League

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schedule

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

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Seattle Giants | 40 | 28 | .588 | – | Bill Leard
Portland Buckaroos | 37 | 28 | .569 | 1.5 | Bill Fisher
Aberdeen Black Cats | 32 | 35 | .478 | 7.5 | Dick Egan
Vancouver Beavers /
Vancouver (WA) Beavers | 26 | 39 | .388 | 16.0 | Robert Brown
James A. Hamilton
Tacoma Tigers | 13 | 9 | .591 | NA | Bill Speas
Spokane Indians | 9 | 16 | .360 | NA | Nick Williams

Tacoma and Spokane disbanded May 26; Vancouver, British Columbia (26–28) moved to Vancouver, Washington June 25.
The league suspended operations July 7.

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

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Cliff Lee | Portland | BA | .359 |  | Cyrus Young | Seattle | W | 13
Bob Smale | Seattle | Runs | 62 |  | Frank Rapp | Portland | SO | 80
Bevo LeBourveau | Seattle | Hits | 91 |  | Cyrus Young | Seattle | Pct | .867; 13–2
Bill Fisher | Portland | HR | 4

### 1920 Pacific Coast International League

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schedule

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

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Victoria Islanders | 69 | 46 | .600 | – | Bill Leard
Yakima Indians | 65 | 48 | .575 | 3.0 | Frank Raymond
Vancouver Beavers | 65 | 50 | .565 | 4.0 | Bob Brown / William Kirby
Tacoma Tigers | 66 | 53 | .555 | 5.0 | Bobby Vaughn
Spokane Indians | 56 | 58 | .491 | 12.5 | Cliff Blankenship
Seattle Giants | 24 | 90 | .211 | 44.5 | Dave Hillyard /
Bill Kenworthy / Bill Hoffman

No Playoffs Scheduled.

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

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Paul Strand | Yakima | BA | .339 |  | Bert Cole | Tacoma | W | 24
Charlie Gorman | Yakima | Runs | 101 |  | Harry Morton | Victoria | SO | 198
Jim Harrigan | Yakima | Hits | 156 |  | Bert Cole | Tacoma | Pct | .774; 24–7
Tiny Graham | Tacoma | Hits | 156
Lee Dempsey | Victoria | HR | 19

### 1921 Pacific Coast International League

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schedule

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

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Yakima Indians | 79 | 36 | .687 | – | Frank Raymond
Tacoma Tigers | 63 | 53 | .543 | 16.5 | Charles Mullen
Victoria Bees | 45 | 71 | .388 | 34.5 | Cliff Blankenship / Elmer Hansen
Vancouver Beavers | 45 | 72 | .385 | 35.0 | Billy Purtell

No Playoffs Scheduled.

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

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George Lafayette | Yakima | BA | .428 |  | Guy Cooper | Yakima | W | 22
George Lafayette | Yakima | Runs | 132 |  | Guy Cooper | Yakima | SO | 162
George Lafayette | Yakima | Hits | 179 |  | Henry Robcke | Tacoma | Pct | .762 16–5
Ed Handley | Victoria | HR | 15

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## References

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1. ^ "1918 Vancouver Beavers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
2. ^ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.

## External links

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* Baseball Reference

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Israel

Other|

* Yale LUX