Clarksburg Bees

Clarksburg Bees
19071914
(1907-1910, 1914)
Clarksburg, West Virginia
Class-level
Previous Class D
Minor league affiliations
Previous leagues
Team data
Previous names
  • Clarksburg Bees (1909-1910, 1914)
  • Clarksburg Drummers (1908)
  • Clarksburg Bees (1907)

The Clarksburg Bees were a minor league baseball team based in Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA. They played in the Western Pennsylvania League in 1907, the Pennsylvania-West Virginia League in 1909 and the West Virginia League in 1910. In 1908, they were known as the Clarksburg Drummers. They were the first known professional baseball to be based in Clarksburg.[1]

Notable players include Jim Clark, Dick Hoblitzell,[2] Sam Fletcher (who played for the Drummers), George McAvoy (Drummers),[3] Bill Bailey and Barney Wolfe.[4] Bull Smith managed them in 1910.[5]

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