South Central League

South Central LeagueFormerly| Missouri Valley League

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Classification| Class D (1906, 1912)
Sport| Minor League Baseball
First season| 1906
Ceased| 1912
Replaced by| Oklahoma-Kansas League
President| J.M. McAllister (1906)
Orville Frantz (1906)
P.D. Harper (1906)
Dr. D.M. Shiveley (1912)
Luther Ellison (1912)
Bill Lattimore (1912)
No. of teams| 13
Country| United States of America
Most titles| 1 McAlester Miners (1906)
Longview Cannibals (1912)

The South Central League was a minor league baseball league that played in the 1906 and 1912 seasons, with franchises located in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. The McAlester Miners (1906) and Longview Cannibals (1912) won league championships.

## History

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The 1906 league consisted of teams from Arkansas and Oklahoma. The six–team league included the Fort Smith Razorbacks, the Guthrie Senators, the Muskogee Indians, the Shawnee Blues, the South McAlester Miners and the Tulsa Oilers. Guthrie and Shawnee disbanded on July 21, while the whole league disbanded in August. The Miners finished in first place. One notable player, Clyde Milan, spent time in the league.[1]

## Cities represented

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* Cleburne, TX: Cleburne Railroaders (1912)
* Fort Smith, AR: Fort Smith Razorbacks (1906)
* Guthrie, OK: Guthrie Senators (1906)
* Longview, TX: Longview Cannibals (1912)
* Marshall, TX: Marshall Athletics 1912
* Muskogee, OK: Muskogee Indians (1906)
* Paris, TX: Paris Boosters (1912)
* Shawnee, OK: Shawnee Blues (1906)
* Texarkana, TX: Texarkana Twins (1912)
* McAlester, OK: McAlester Miners (1906)
* Tulsa, OK: Tulsa Oilers (1906)
* Tyler, TX: Tyler Elbertas (1912)

## League standings and statistics

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1906 South Central League schedule

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

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McAlester Miners | 59 | 32 | .648 | \-- | Jud Smith
Muskogee Indians | 50 | 38 | .568 | 7.5 | J.W. Callahan / Muggsy Monroe
Ft. Smith Razorbacks | 47 | 39 | .547 | 9.5 | Fernandez / Walt Ahern
Tulsa Oilers | 45 | 42 | .517 | 12.0 | Cap Smith / Bill Rupp
Shawnee Blues | 29 | 42 | .408 | NA | J.B. Roe / J.B. McAlester
Guthrie Senators | 18 | 55 | .247 | NA | Dad Bennett /
Jim Greer / J.W. Faulkner

Guthrie and Shawnee started the second half July 4, but disbanded July 21.
The league disbanded August 5.[2][3]

1912 South Central League schedule

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

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Longview Cannibals | 63 | 51 | .553 | \-- | Tully Spear / Jim Gardiner
Marshall Athletics | 56 | 58 | .491 | 7.0 | Harry Kane
Texarkana Twins | 51 | 65 | .440 | 13.0 | Pat Woods / McLendon /
Rudy Kling / Dee Poindexter
Paris Boosters | 46 | 63 | .422 | 14.5 | Rick Adams /
W.W. Hawker / Jack Jutze
Cleburne Railroaders | 51 | 28 | .646 | NA | Dad Ritter
Tyler Elbertas | 40 | 42 | .488 | NA | Dee Poindexter

Tyler and Cleburne disbanded July 17.
Playoff: Texarkana was declared champion as first half winner Cleburne disbanded.[3]

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

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Ray Nagle | Marshall | BA | .368 |  | Hugh Harbin | Cleburne | W | 15
Ray Nagle | Marshall | Runs | 42 |  | Bill Daniels | Cleburne/Paris | SO | 123
Ray Nagle | Marshall | Hits | 76 |  | Lindy Hiett | Cleburne | Pct | .875; 7–1

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## References

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1. ^ "South Central League (D) Encyclopedia and History". Baseball-Reference.com.
2. ^ "1906 South Central League (SCL) minor league baseball Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
3. ^ a b c 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