South Carolina League

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The South Carolina League was a class D league that played for two seasons, 1907 and 1908, before shutting down.

Normal things caused the quick demise of the league. Small towns, lack of fan support, that led to a short money supply and the ability to attract quality players came with that.

The Carolina's were one of this countries early baseball hotbeds and as things went West the ballplayers and teams went the same way.

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1 Cities Represented
2 Yearly Standings
- 2.1 1907
- 2.2 1908
3 Source

[edit] Cities Represented

Anderson, SC: Anderson Electricians 1907
Chester, SC: Chester 1908
Darlington, SC: Darlington 1907
Florence, SC: Florence Fiddlers 1907
Greenville, SC: Greenville Edistoes 1907
Orangeburg, SC: Orangeburg Cotton Pickers 1907-1908
Rock Hill, SC: Rock Hill Catawbas 1908
Spartanburg, SC: Spartanburg Spartans 1907
Sumter, SC: Sumter Gamecocks 1907-1908

[edit] Yearly Standings

[edit] 1907

President: Mendel L. Smith

Team Name	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Sumter Gamecocks	44	23	.657	0	Guy Gunter
Orangeburg Cottonpickers	42	25	.627	2	J. P. Doyle
Spartanburg Spartans	36	34	.514	9.5	J. W. McMakin
Darlington/Florence Fiddlers #	23	45	.338	21.5	Heisman /Russell / Schmitz
Greenville Edistoes ##	25	28	.472	NA	Tom Stouch
Anderson Electricians ##	21	36	.368	NA	Bagwell

# Darlington moved to Florence July 27.
## Anderson & Greenville withdrew July 27.

Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
J.C. Watson	Spartanburg	BA	.327		L.G. Lansford	Orangeburg	W	18
Ralph McLaurin	Sumter	Hits	88		L.G. Lansford	Orangeburg	Pct.	.783; 18-5

[edit] 1908

President: Mendel L. Smith

Team Name	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Sumter Gamecocks	41	27	.603	0	Frank Dingle
Chester	40	30	.571	2	H. P. Caldwell
Rock Hill Catawbas	28	40	.412	13	Guy Gunter
Orangeburg Cotton Pickers	27	39	.409	13	J. P. Doyle

Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot	Player	Team	Stat	Tot
L. B. Simmons	Orangeburg	BA	.354	Bill Temple	Chester	W	15
Fred Prim	Orangeburg/Chester	Hits	69	Elmer Long	Sumter	W	9-3
L. C. Drake	Chester	Runs	38	Elmer Long	Sumter	Pct.	.750