Newark Newks
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Newark Newks 1905–1915 (1905–1912, 1915) Newark, Ohio | |
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The Newark Newks was the predominant name of a minor league baseball team based in Newark, Ohio from 1905 until 1915. The team was first known as the Newark Idlewilds and began playing in the Ohio–Pennsylvania League. In 1906 the club changed its name to the Newark Cotton Tops. Finally in 1907, the team took on the Newks name. In 1908 the team moved in the Ohio State League, where they played until 1911. On June 22, 1911, the team moved to Piqua, Ohio to become the Piqua Picks. However that June, the Grand Rapids Furniture Makers of the Central League moved to Newark and became the Newark Skeeters. The next season the Skeeters played in the Ohio State League and posted a 72–68 record before vanishing. The city fielded the Newark New Socks (sometimes referred to as the Newsocks) in the 1915 Buckeye League before folding permanently.
Year-by-year record
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| Year | Record | Finish | Manager | Notes |
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| 1905 | 37-46 | NA | Jack Doyle | |
| 1906 | 65-74 | 6th | Gene Bates, Bill Bottenus, Andy Sommers & Walter Snodgrass | |
| 1907 | 86-53 | 2nd | Bob Berryhill | |
| 1908 | 74-75 | 5th | Bob Berryhill & Harry Eells | |
| 1909 | 46-64 | NA | Homer Davidson & Erve Wratten | |
| 1910 | 58-80 | 4th | Bob Berryhill, Charles Riehl, Charles O'Day | |
| 1911 | 29-33 | 5th | Alfred Newnham | Team moved to Piqua, Ohio on June 22 |
| 1911 | 34-42 | 7th | Harley Parker & John Pendry | Grand Rapids moved to Newark on June 27 |
| 1912 | 70-68 | 3rd | Jack Grim, Sandy Murray & Barry McCormick | |
| 1915 | 14-24 | 4th | Erv Wrattan |