Portland Colts

Portland Colts
1909–1914
(1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914)
Portland, Oregon

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  • Portland Pippins
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The Portland Colts were a Minor League Baseball team based in Portland, Oregon. They were a part of the Northwestern League and in 1911 they were known as the Portland Pippins.[1] The served as a farm team for the Portland Beavers in the 1910s.[2] The Colts and Beavers shared Vaughn Street Park.[2]

The franchise lasted five seasons before they moved to Seattle, Washington and changed their name to the Ballard Pippins.[3] For all five seasons the Colts were active, they were managed by Nick Williams and owned by William W. McCredie.[4]

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Notable players

HOF Indicates a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Name Position Year(s) Ref
Dave Bancroft HOF Shortstop 1913 [5]
Jack Fournier First basemen 1909 [6]
Harry Heilmann HOF Outfielder 1913 [7]
Oscar Jones Pitcher 1914 [8]
Carl Mays Pitcher 1913 [9]
Charlie Mullen First basemen 1909 [10]
Tom Seaton Pitcher 1909 [11]

Records

Single-season records

This is a list of leaders of single-season statistics for the Portland Colts.

Year Player Record Record amount
1913 Harry Heilmann Batting average .305
1911 Howard Mundorff Hits 184
1912 Edward Fries At-bats 660
1911 Howard Mundorff Doubles 36
1912 Bill Speas Triples 11
1912 Lee Strait Home runs 21
1909 Ed Kinsella Wins 23
1909,
1914		 Ed Pinnance,
Elmer Leonard		 Losses 18

See also

References

  1. ^ "1911 Portland Pippins". Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=29660. Retrieved 2009-11-25. 
  2. ^ a b Carlson, Kip; Andresen, Paul (September 1, 2004). "1". The Portland Beavers. Arcadia Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 0738532665. 
  3. ^ "1914 Portland Colts/Ballard Pippins". Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=29758. Retrieved 2009-11-25. 
  4. ^ "31. 1906 Portland Beavers". Minor League Baseball. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=31. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 
  5. ^ "Dave Bancroft". baseball-reference.com. Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=bancro001dav. Retrieved 2009-11-25. 
  6. ^ "Jack Fournier". baseball-reference.com. Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=fourni001joh. Retrieved 2009-11-25. 
  7. ^ "Harry Heilmann". baseball-reference.com. Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=heilma001har. Retrieved 2009-11-25. 
  8. ^ "Oscar Jones". baseball-reference.com. Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=jones-002osc. Retrieved 2009-11-25. 
  9. ^ "Carl Mays". baseball-reference.com. Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=mays--001car. Retrieved 2009-11-25. 
  10. ^ "Charlie Mullen". baseball-reference.com. Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=mullen001cha. Retrieved 2009-11-25. 
  11. ^ "Tom Seaton". baseball-reference.com. Baseball-Reference. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=seaton001tho. Retrieved 2009-11-25. 

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