Bi-State League

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There were two different entries called the Bi-State League in minor league history. The first, a class D league which operated in 1915, was the successor of the Wisconsin-Illinois League. The 1915 league was represented by five teams fom Illinois and one from Wisconsin. The league had no success at all and was disbanded on July 7. In 1934 another league with the same name formed with teams in Virginia and North Carolina. The league held together for nine seasons, being represented by ten cities from North Carolina and eight from Virginia. Only One team played in each of the nine seasons. The Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets a team that was a combination of those three cities from North Carolina was able to make the entire nine year run. This combination also captured the league title in two seasons, 1935 and 1941. However the squad from Bassett, Virginia, won four league titles during the span, coming out on top three times in a row, 1936, '37, '38 and closing it out with the 1940 crown.This league's final season was 1942 and it was not revived after World War II.

[edit] 1915 (Illinois-Wisconsin)

[edit] 1934-1942 (North Carolina-Virginia)

[edit] Source

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Second Edition

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