Northwestern League (No Classification) Encyclopedia and History

League History

Year	Tm
1891	Bay City, Dayton, Detroit Wolverines, Evansville Hoosiers, Evansville Hoosiers, Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids Shamrocks, Grand Rapids Shamrocks, Peoria Distillers, Terre Haute Hottentots, Terre Haute Hottentots
1887	Des Moines Hawkeyes, Duluth Freezers, Eau Claire, LaCrosse Freezers, Milwaukee Cream Citys, Minneapolis Millers, Oshkosh, St. Paul Saints
1886	Duluth Jayhawks, Eau Claire Lumbermen, Milwaukee Brewers, Minneapolis Millers, Oshkosh, St. Paul Freezers
1885
1884	Bay City, Evansville, Fort Wayne Hoosiers, Grand Rapids, Milwaukee Brewers, Minneapolis Millers, Muskegon, Peoria Reds, Quincy Quincys, Saginaw Greys, St. Paul Apostles, Stillwater, Terre Haute, Winona Clippers
1883	Bay City, East Saginaw Grays, Fort Wayne Hoosiers, Grand Rapids, Peoria Reds, Quincy Quincys, Springfield, Toledo Blue Stockings
1881
1879	Davenport Brown Stockings, Dubuque Red Stockings, Omaha Green Stockings, Rockford White Stockings

League History in Other Classifications

Year		Tm
1917	B	Butte Miners, Great Falls Electrics, Seattle Giants, Spokane Indians, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Beavers
1916	B	Butte Miners, Great Falls Electrics, Seattle Giants, Spokane Indians, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Beavers
1915	B	Aberdeen Black Cats, Seattle Giants, Spokane Indians, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Beavers, Victoria Bees
1914	B	Portland Colts/Ballard Pippins, Seattle Giants, Spokane Indians, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Beavers, Victoria Bees
1913	B	Portland Colts, Seattle Giants, Spokane Indians, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Beavers, Victoria Bees
1912	B	Portland Colts, Seattle Giants, Spokane Indians, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Beavers, Victoria Bees
1911	B	Portland Pippins, Seattle Giants, Spokane Indians, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Beavers, Victoria Bees
1910	B	Seattle Giants, Spokane Indians, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Beavers
1909	B	Grays Harbor Grays, Portland Colts, Seattle Turks, Spokane Indians, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Beavers
1908	B	Aberdeen/Grays Harbor Grays, Butte Miners, Seattle Siwashes, Spokane Indians, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Beavers
1907	B	Aberdeen Black Cats, Butte Miners, Seattle Siwashes, Spokane Indians, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Canucks
1906	B	Butte Miners, Grays Harbor Lumbermen, Spokane Indians, Tacoma Tigers
1905	B	Bellingham Gillnetters, Everett Smokestackers, Vancouver Veterans, Victoria Legislators/Spokane Indians
1895	Ind

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