Pennsylvania–West Virginia League

Pennsylvania–West Virginia League
Sport	Baseball
Founded	1908
Ceased	1914
No. of teams	15 total
Country	USA
Last champion(s)	Clarksburg Drummers (1908) Uniontown Coal Barons (1909) N/A (1914)

The Pennsylvania–West Virginia League was a professional minor league baseball league that consisted of teams from Pennsylvania and West Virginia. It played from 1908 to 1909 and again in 1914.^[1]

Teams

Charleroi (1914)
Charleroi Cherios (1908)
Clarksburg Bees (1909, 1914)
Clarksburg Drummers (1908)
Connellsville Cokers (1908–1909, 1914)
Fairmont (1914)
Fairmont Badies (1908)
Fairmont Champions (1909)

Notable players

Multiple notable major league players spent time in the league, including Bill Bailey, Roy Ellam, Sam Fletcher, Del Gainer, Ed Hilley, John Hinton, Bert Humphries, Abe Kruger, George McAvoy, Jim Miller, Bobby Rothermel, Dutch Rudolph, Huck Wallace, Buck Washer, Barney Wolfe and Guy Zinn.

League champions

Clarksburg was the league champion in 1908 and Uniontown was the league champion in 1909. The 1914 league champion is unknown.^[2]

References

Pennsylvania–West Virginia League

Teams	Charleroi Charleroi Cherios Clarksburg Bees Clarksburg Drummers Connellsville Cokers Fairmont Fairmont Badies Fairmont Champions Grafton Grafton Wanderers McKeesport Royals Parkersburg Parkers Scottdale Millers Uniontown Uniontown Coal Barons

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