San Joaquin Valley League

San Joaquin Valley LeagueClassification| Class D (1910)
Independent (1911)

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Sport| Minor League Baseball
First season| 1910
Ceased| July 18, 1911
President| Newton Young (1910–1911)
No. of teams| 7
Country| United States of America
Most titles| 1
Bakersfield Drillers (1910)
Tulare Merchants (1911)
Related
competitions| Southern California League

The San Joaquin Valley League was a minor league baseball league that operated from 1910 through 1911. The league operated primarily in the San Joaquin Valley in California. The league disbanded on July 18, 1911. The Bakersfield Drillers and Tulare Merchants won league championships.

## Cities represented

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* Bakersfield, CA: Bakersfield Drillers 1910
* Coalinga, CA: Coalinga Savages 1910; Coalinga Tigers 1911
* Hanford, CA: Hanford Braves 1911
* Lemoore, CA: Lemoore Cubs 1911
* Porterville, CA: Porterville Orange Pickers 1911
* Tulare, CA: Tulare Merchants 1910–1911
* Visalia, CA: Visalia Pirates 1910; Visalia Colts 1911

## Standings & statistics

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### 1910 San Joaquin Valley League

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

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Bakersfield Drillers | 21 | 10 | .667 | - | Brick Devereaux
Visalia Pirates | 13 | 17 | .433 | 7.5 | Lou Maire
Tulare Merchants | 13 | 15 | .464 | NA | Gene Nast / Willis Kelley
Coalinga Savages | 9 | 14 | .391 | NA | Zed Phelps / Ed Householder

Tulare disbanded August 8; Coalinga disbanded August 18.
The league officially disbanded September 12.[1]

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

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Red Kuhn | Tulare | BA | .375 |  | Willard Meikle | Bakersfield | W | 11
Ned Smith | Visalia | Runs | 18 |  | Willard Meikle | Bakersfield | SO | 101
Brick Devereaux | Bakersfield | Hits | 34 |  | Willard Meikle | Bakersfield | PCT | .733; 11–4
Red Kuhn | Tulare | HR | 2
Roy Kuhn | Coalinga | HR | 2
Slim Bath | Tulare | HR | 2

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### 1911 San Joaquin Valley League

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

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Tulare Merchants | 9 | 4 | .692 | - | Otto Dye / Johnny Eagle
Coalinga Tigers | 8 | 6 | .571 | 1.5 | Clyde Williams
Lemoore Cubs | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.0 | Oscar Jones
Hanford Braves | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.0 | Sidney Jehl
Visalia Colts | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.0 | Artie Smith / Lou Maire
Porterville Orange Pickers | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.5 | Harry Simpson

Tulare and Porterville disbanded July 11.
The league officially disbanded July 18.[1]

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

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Tom Fitzsimmons | Porterfield | BA | .457 |  | Oscar Jones | Lemoore | W | 7
Billy Hamilton | Hanford | Runs | 12 |  | Curley Ray | Coalinga | W | 7
Sidney Jehl | Stockton | Hits | 21 |  | Curley Ray | Coalinga | SO | 98
George Porterfiel | Coalinga | HR | 2 |  | Lefty Tripplett | Hanford | PCT | .800 4–1

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## References

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* McCann, M. (n.d.). Minor League Baseball History. Retrieved April 27, 2007, from https://www.webcitation.org/5knFJjdCf?url=http://www.geocities.com/big_bunko/sanjoaquinvalley1011.htm

1. ^ a b c d Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.

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