Atlantic Association

The first Atlantic Association operated in 1889-1890, with cities from Massachusetts down through Maryland. In its first year, 4 of the 9 teams disbanded during the year. In its second year, 6 of the 8 either disbanded, moved, or left for another league. Baltimore left the league in late August to replace Brooklyn in the American Association. Only New Haven and Newark completed both seasons.

The second Atlantic Association was six-team class D league that operated for less than 3 weeks in 1908. It was based in New England. The league started May 2. Woonsocket dropped out after 1 game, Taunton moved to Attleboro, Pawtucket dropped out on May 19, and the league disbanded on May 21.

Cities Represented

1889-1890

• Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Orioles 1890
• Easton, PA: Easton 1889
• Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Athletics 1890
• Hartford, CT: Hartford 1889; Hartford Nutmeggers 1890
• Jersey City, NJ: Jersey City Skeeters 1889; Jersey City Gladiators 1890
• Lebanon, PA: Lebanon 1890
• Lowell, MA: Lowell 1889
• New Haven, CT: New Haven 1889; New Haven Nutmegs 1890
• Newark, NJ: Newark Little Giants 1889-1890
• Norwalk, CT: Norwalk 1889
• Washington, DC: Washington Senators (AA) 1890
• Wilkes-Barre, PA: Wilkes-Barre Coal Barons 1889
• Wilmington, DE: Wilmington Peach Growers 1890
• Worcester, MA: Worcester 1889-1890

Teams and Statistics

1889-1890

1889 Atlantic Association - schedule
President: James M. Braden

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Worcester	58	35	.624	0	Walt Burnham
Newark Little Giants	54	40	.574	4.5	Sam Trott
Hartford	52	44	.542	7.5	John Henry
New Haven	40	52	.435	17.5	Harry Spence / Jack Burdock
Lowell	35	59	.373	23.5	John Cosgrove / Nate Kellogg / Dan Sullivan
Wilkes-Barre Coal Barons ####	32	20	.605	NA	John Irwin / M.H. Bergunder
Jersey City Skeeters ###	33	23	.589	NA	Patrick Powers
Easton ##	10	26	.378	NA	Henry Putnam
Norwalk #	2	17	.105	NA	Jim Donnelly / George Moolic

# Norwalk disbanded September 2.
## Easton disbanded June 22.
### Jersey City disbanded July 25.
#### Wilkes-Barre disbanded August 1.

Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Robert Hamilton	Lowell	BA	.341		Jesse Burkett	Worcester	W	30
Ted Scheffler	Worcester	Runs	87		Henry Dooms	Newark	W	30
Robert Hamilton	Lowell	Hits	117		Jesse Burkett	Worcester	SO	240
William Campion	Worcester	HR	8		Bill Daley	Jersey City	Pct	.750; 18-6

1890 Atlantic Association - schedule
President: James M. Braden

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
New Haven Nutmegs	82	36	.695	0	Walt Burnham
Worcester / Lebanon ##	60	51	.541	18.5	Jim Cudworth
Newark Little Giants	60	61	.496	23.5	Sam Trott
Jersey City Gladiators / Harrisburg Athletics #	58	72	.446	30	Steve Brady / Jack Burdock / James Harrington
Baltimore Orioles ######	77	24	.762	NA	Billy Barnie
Washington Senators ###	38	47	.447	NA	Ted Sullivan
Wilmington Peach Growers #####	29	66	.305	NA	Stephenson / Joe Simmons / Wehrle
Hartford Nutmeggers ####	22	60	.268	NA	John Henry / Ezra Sutton / Tom Forster

# Jersey City (27-46) disbanded July 22. Harrisburg, from the disbanded Interstate League, applied for the vacant franchise and joined the league July 24.
## Worcester (37-31) moved to Lebanon July 28.
### Washington disbanded August 2.
#### Hartford disbanded August 25.
##### Wilmington disbanded August 27.
###### Baltimore left the league to join the American Association August 27.

Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Joe Sommer	Baltimore	BA	.347		Les German	Baltimore	W	35
Reddy Mack	Baltimore	Runs	120		John Doran	New Haven	SO	241
Danny Long	Baltimore	Runs	120		John Doran	New Haven	ERA	1.12
Dan Lally	New Haven	Hits	159		Mike O'Rourke	Baltimore	Pct	.923; 12-1
Dan Lally	New Haven	HR	12

Cities Represented

1908

• Attleboro, MA: Attleboro Angels
• Lewiston, ME: Lewiston
• Newport, RI: Newport Ponies
• Pawtucket, RI: Pawtucket Colts
• Portland, ME: Portland Blue Sox
• Taunton, MA: Taunton
• Woonsocket, RI: Woonsocket Trotters

Teams and Statistics

1908

1908 Atlantic Association Class D
President: Hugh McBreen

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Portland Blue Sox	8	3	.727	0	F. Driscoll
Lewiston	8	4	.667	.5	George Beede / Ed McDonough
Pawtucket Colts ###	6	3	.667	1	William Conners
Newport Ponies	5	5	.500	2.5	Ben Anthony / George Reed
Taunton / Attleboro Angels #	1	12	.077	8	Mike McDermott / Bill Wilson / McEleney
Woonsocket Trotters ##	0	1	.000	NA	John Leighton / Buster Burrill

# Taunton moved to Attleboro
## Woonsocket disbanded May 4.
### Pawtucket disbanded May 19.
The circuit started May 2 and disbanded May 21.

Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Billy Lush	Taunton/Attleboro	BA	.418		Sandy Burk	Pawtucket/Attleboro	W	4
Bob Black	Pawtucket	Runs	13		Sandy Burk	Pawtucket/Attleboro	SO	40
Pat Sullivan	Lewiston	Runs	13		Joe Burns	Taunton/Attleboro	Hits	16
Pat Sullivan	Lewiston	Hits	16		Pat Sullivan	Lewiston	HR	4

Hall of Fame Alumni

• Jesse Burkett, 1889 Worcester
• Frank Grant, 1890 Harrisburg Athletics

Source

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Second and Third Editions.