South Carolina League

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.

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

Yearly Standings

1907

1907 South Carolina League - schedule
President: Mendel L. Smith

Team Name	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Sumter Gamecocks	44	23	.657	-	Guy Gunter
Orangeburg Cotton Pickers	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 /Clyde Russell / Schmitz
Greenville Edistoes ##	25	28	.472	NA	Tom Stouch
Anderson Electricians ##	21	36	.368	NA	Bagwell

# Darlington (18-38) 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		Sam Lansford	Orangeburg	W	18
Ralph McLaurin	Sumter	Hits	88		Sam Lansford	Orangeburg	Pct.	.783; 18-5
Walter Rikard	Orangeburg	SB	37

1908

1908 South Carolina League
President: Mendel L. Smith

Team Name	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Sumter Gamecocks	41	27	.603	-	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	Roy Miller / Ed Sawyer / 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	PCT	.750 9-3
L. C. Drake	Chester	Runs	38

Source

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Second Edition