Cotton States League (C) Encyclopedia and History

League History

League History
Year Tm
1955El Dorado Oilers, Greenville Bucks, Hot Springs Bathers, Monroe Sports, Pine Bluff Judges/Meridian Millers, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1954El Dorado Oilers, Greenville Tigers, Hot Springs Bathers, Meridian Millers, Monroe Sports, Pine Bluff Judges
1953El Dorado Oilers, Greenville Buckshots, Hot Springs Bathers, Jackson Senators, Meridian Millers, Monroe Sports, Natchez Indians, Pine Bluff Judges
1952El Dorado Oilers, Greenville Bucks, Greenwood Dodgers, Hot Springs Bathers, Meridian Millers, Monroe Sports, Natchez Indians, Pine Bluff Judges
1951Clarksdale Planters, El Dorado Oilers, Greenville Bucks, Greenwood Dodgers, Hot Springs Bathers, Monroe Sports, Natchez Indians, Pine Bluff Judges
1950Clarksdale Planters, El Dorado Oilers, Greenville Bucks, Greenwood Dodgers, Hot Springs Bathers, Monroe Sports, Natchez Indians, Pine Bluff Judges
1949Clarksdale Planters, El Dorado Oilers, Greenville Bucks, Greenwood Dodgers, Helena Seaporters, Hot Springs Bathers, Natchez Indians, Pine Bluff Cardinals
1948Clarksdale Planters, El Dorado Oilers, Greenville Bucks, Greenwood Dodgers, Helena Seaporters, Hot Springs Bathers, Natchez Indians, Pine Bluff Cardinals
1947Clarksdale Planters, El Dorado Oilers, Greenville Bucks, Greenwood Dodgers, Helena Seaporters, Hot Springs Bathers
1941Clarksdale Ginners/Marshall Tigers, El Dorado Oilers, Greenville Buckshots, Helena Seaporters, Hot Springs Bathers, Monroe White Sox, Texarkana Twins, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1940Clarksdale Red Sox, El Dorado Lions, Greenville Buckshots, Greenwood Chocktaws, Helena Seaporters, Hot Springs Bathers, Monroe White Sox, Pine Bluff Judges
1939Clarksdale Red Sox, El Dorado Lions, Greenville Buckshots, Greenwood Crackers, Helena Seaporters, Hot Springs Bathers, Monroe White Sox, Pine Bluff Judges
1938Clarksdale Red Sox, El Dorado Lions, Greenville Bucks, Greenwood Dodgers, Helena Seaporters, Hot Springs Bathers, Monroe White Sox, Pine Bluff Judges
1937Clarksdale Red Sox, El Dorado Lions, Greenville Bucks, Greenwood Giants, Helena Seaporters, Monroe Twins, Pine Bluff Judges, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1936Clarksdale Ginners, Cleveland A's, El Dorado Lions, Greenville Bucks, Greenwood Chiefs, Helena Seaporters, Jackson Senators, Pine Bluff Judges

League History in Other Classifications

League History in Other Classifications
Year Classification Tm
1932DBaton Rouge Senators, El Dorado Lions, Monroe Twins, Pine Bluff Judges, Port Arthur Refiners/DeQuincy Railroaders/Opelousa, Vicksburg Hill Billies/Jackson Mississippians
1931DBaton Rouge Standards, El Dorado Lions, Jackson Senators, Monroe Twins, Pine Bluff Judges, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1930DAlexandria Reds, Baton Rouge Highlanders, El Dorado Lions, Jackson Senators, Lake Charles Newporters, Monroe Drillers, Pine Bluff Judges, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1929DAlexandria Reds, El Dorado Lions, Hattiesburg Pinetoppers/Baton Rouge Essos, Jackson Senators, Laurel Cardinals, Meridian Mets/Lake Charles Newporters, Monroe Drillers, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1928DAlexandria Reds, Gulfport Tarpons, Hattiesburg Pinetoppers, Jackson Senators, Laurel Cardinals, Meridian Mets, Monroe Drillers, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1927DAlexandria Reds, Gulfport Tarpons, Hattiesburg Pinetoppers, Jackson Senators, Laurel Lumberjacks, Meridian Mets, Monroe Drillers, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1926DAlexandria Reds, Gulfport Tarpons, Hattiesburg Pinetoppers, Jackson Senators, Laurel Lumberjacks, Meridian Mets, Monroe Drillers, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1925DAlexandria Reds, Brookhaven Truckers, Hattiesburg Hubbers, Jackson Senators, Laurel Lumberjacks, Meridian Mets, Monroe Drillers, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1924DBrookhaven Truckers, Hattiesburg Hubman, Jackson Red Sox, Laurel Lumberjacks, Monroe Drillers, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1923DClarksdale Cubs, Greenville Swamp Angels, Greenwood Indians, Hattiesburg Hubman, Jackson Senators, Laurel Lumberjacks, Meridian Metropolitans, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1922DClarksdale Cubs, Greenville Bucks, Greenwood Indians, Jackson Red Sox, Meridian Mets, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1921Non
1919Non
1914D
1913DClarksdale Swamp Angels, Columbus Joy Riders, Jackson Lawmakers, Meridian Metropolitans, Pensacola Snappers, Selma Centralites
1912DGreenwood Scouts, Hattiesburg Timberjacks/Columbus Joy Riders, Jackson Senators, Meridian Metropolitans, New Orleans Little Pets/Yazoo City Zoos, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1911DGreenwood Scouts, Hattiesburg Woodpeckers, Jackson Drummers, Meridian White Ribbons, Vicksburg Hill Billies, Yazoo City Zoos
1910DGreenwood Chauffeurs, Hattiesburg Timberjacks, Jackson Tigers, Meridian White Ribbons, Vicksburg Hill Billies, Yazoo City Zoos
1908DColumbus Discoverers, Gulfport-Biloxi Sand Crabs, Jackson Senators, Meridian Ribboners, Monroe Municipals, Vicksburg Hill Climbers
1907DColumbus Discoverers, Gulfport Crabs, Jackson Senators, Meridian Ribboners, Mobile Sea Gulls, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1906DBaton Rouge Cajuns, Gulfport Crabs, Jackson Senators, Meridian Ribboners, Mobile Sea Gulls, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1905DBaton Rouge Cajuns, Greenville Cotton Pickers, Hattiesburg Tar Heels, Jackson Blind Tigers, Meridian Ribboners, Natchez Indians/Mobile Sea Gulls, Pine Bluff Lumbermen, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1904DBaton Rouge Red Sticks, Greenville Cotton Pickers, Monroe Hill Citys, Natchez Indians, Pine Bluff Lumbermen, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1903DBaton Rouge Red Sticks, Greenville Grays, Monroe Hill Citys, Natchez Indians, Pine Bluff Lumbermen, Vicksburg Hill Billies
1902DBaton Rouge Cajuns, Greenville Cotton Pickers, Natchez Indians, Vicksburg Hill Climbers

About the Register Data

Historical performance data for professional leagues (affiliated minor leagues, independent minor leagues, fall/winter leagues, and other international leagues) is provided by and licensed from 24-7 Baseball and Chadwick Baseball Bureau. It incorporates the work of many stalwart baseball researchers, including Cliff Blau, Art Cantu, Frank Hamilton, Reed Howard, Kevin Johnson, Bob McConnell, Jack Morris, and Ray Nemec, as well as members of the Minor Leagues Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research.

Perhaps most importantly, it builds upon the seminal work of Ed Washuta, who magnanimously provided the framework to make the whole thing possible.

Minor league Total Zone (Rctch&Rtz, 2005-2009) data provided by Baseballprojection.com and Minorleaguesplits.com.

About the Negro League Data

Sources

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The Hall of Fame dataset

This data is constructed from the best available information as provided by Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers and Dick Clark of the Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group. It contains data culled from newspaper boxscores, covering league sanctioned games from 1920 to 1948, which was produced for a study sponsored by Major League Baseball and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. It reflects totals as compiled by the NLRAG up to 2006. As new credible information is continually unearthed, these numbers will continue to change.

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The Ashwill Negro Leagues Database

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Completeness

Note that our records are missing thousands of players who played in the Negro Leagues for minor league teams, independent teams, barnstorming teams or even Negro major league teams. We will bring their records to light as soon as suitable records are available for those players.

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