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Kansas
City | From | To | # | Teams |
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Abilene | 1909 | 1910 | 2 | Abilene Reds, Abilene Red Sox |
Arkansas City | 1887 | 1926 | 6 | Arkansas City Osages, Arkansas City Grays, Arkansas City-Winfield Twins, Arkansas City |
Atchison | 1897 | 1898 | 2 | Atchison Huskers |
Beloit | 1909 | 1910 | 2 | Beloit/Chapman, Beloit |
Blue | 1910 | 1910 | 1 | Holton/Blue Rapids |
Chanute | 1896 | 1950 | 8 | Chanute Giants, Chanute Athletics, Chanute Owls, Chanute Browns, Coffeyville Indians/Chanute Oilers, Chanute/Emporia |
Cheney | 2020 | 2020 | 1 | Cheney Diamond Dawgs |
Cherryvale | 1906 | 1906 | 1 | Iola Grays/Cherryvale Boosters |
Clay Center | 1909 | 1913 | 4 | Clay Center Cubs |
Coffeyville | 1896 | 1924 | 8 | Coffeyville Refiners, Coffeyville White Sox, Coffeyville Glassblowers, Coffeyville Bricks, Coffeyville/Junction City |
Concordia | 1910 | 1911 | 2 | Concordia Travelers |
Cottonwood Falls | 1909 | 1909 | 1 | Strong City-Cottonwood Falls Twins City/Larned Cow |
Derby | 2020 | 2020 | 1 | Derby Twins |
El Dorado | 1911 | 1911 | 1 | El Dorado Crushers |
Ellsworth | 1905 | 1910 | 4 | Ellsworth Blues, Ellsworth Worthies, Ellsworth |
Emporia | 1887 | 1924 | 6 | Emporia Traders, Emporia Bidwells, Emporia Maroons, Emporia Maroons, Emporia, Emporia Reds |
Eureka | 1924 | 1926 | 2 | Ponca City Poncans/Eureka Oilers, Eureka Oilers |
Fort Scott | 1891 | 1906 | 6 | Fort Scott Hay Diggers, Fort Scott Giants, Fort Scott |
Garden City | 2015 | 2021 | 6 | Garden City Wind |
Great Bend | 1905 | 2020 | 9 | Great Bend Bat Cats, Great Bend Boom, Great Bend Millers |
Haysville | 2020 | 2020 | 1 | Haysville Aviators |
Hiawatha | 1910 | 1912 | 2 | Hiawatha Indians, Hiawatha Boosters |
Hoisington | 1905 | 1905 | 1 | Kingman/Hoisington |
Horton | 1910 | 1910 | 1 | Horton |
Hutchinson | 1888 | 2020 | 37 | Hutchinson Monarchs, Hutchinson Elks, Hutchinson/Springfield Cubs, Hutchinson Cubs, Hutchinson Pirates, Hutchinson Larks, Hutchinson Wheatshockers/Bartlesville Broncos, Muskogee Chiefs/Hutchinson Wheat Shockers, Independence Producers/Joplin Miners/Hutchinson Mi, Hutchinson Wheat Shockers, Hutchinson Salt Packers/Oklahoma City Indians, Topeka Kaw-nees/Hutchinson Salt Packers, St. Joseph Drummers/Hutchinson Wheatshockers, Hutchinson Packers, Hutchinson Salt Packers, St. Joseph Packers/Hutchinson Salt Packers, Hutchinson Salt Miners, Hutchinson |
Independence | 1896 | 1952 | 19 | Independence Browns, Independence Yankees, Independence Producers, Independence Packers, Independence Jewelers, Independence Champs, Independence Coyotes, Independence |
Iola | 1902 | 1954 | 12 | Iola Indians, Iola Cubs, Iola Champs, Iola Gaslighters, Iola Gasbags |
Junction City | 1897 | 1913 | 6 | Junction City Soldiers, Junction City Parrots |
Kansas City | 2005 | 2022 | 17 | Kansas City Monarchs, Kansas City T-Bones |
Larned | 1910 | 1911 | 2 | Larned Wheat Kings |
Lawrence | 1893 | 1893 | 1 | Lawrence Jayhawks |
Leavenworth | 1886 | 1949 | 13 | Leavenworth Braves, Leavenworth Convicts, Leavenworth Old Soldiers, Leavenworth Orioles, Leavenworth White Sox, Leavenworth Soldiers/Twin Cities, Leavenworth Soldiers |
Lincoln Center | 1905 | 1905 | 1 | Lincoln Center |
Little River | 1908 | 1908 | 1 | Little River |
Lyons | 1909 | 1913 | 5 | Lyons Lions |
Manhattan | 1909 | 1913 | 5 | Manhattan Elks, Manhattan Maroons |
Marysville | 1910 | 1910 | 1 | Marysville |
McPherson | 1908 | 1911 | 4 | McPherson Merry Macks |
Minneapolis | 1905 | 1912 | 4 | Newton Railroaders/Minneapolis Minnies, Minneapolis Minnies |
Mulvane | 2020 | 2020 | 1 | Mulvane Patriots |
Newton | 1888 | 2020 | 7 | Newton Rebels, Newton Railroaders/Blackwell Gassers/Ottawa, Newton Railroaders, Newton Browns, Newton |
Parsons | 1891 | 1921 | 6 | Parsons Parsons/Cushing Oilers, Parsons Preachers, Parsons |
Pittsburg | 1891 | 1952 | 14 | Bartlesville/Pittsburg Pirates, Pittsburg Browns, Pittsburg Pirates, Pittsburg/Vinita Champs, Pittsburg Miners, Pittsburg Coal Diggers, Pittsburg |
Rose Hill | 2020 | 2020 | 1 | Rose Hill Sluggers |
Sabetha | 1910 | 1910 | 1 | Sabetha |
Salina | 1898 | 2021 | 27 | Salina Stockade, Salina Blue Jays, Salina Millers, Salina Coyotes, Salina Insurgents, Salina Trade Winners, Salina Blues |
Seneca | 1910 | 1910 | 1 | Seneca |
Topeka | 1886 | 2016 | 52 | Topeka Train Robbers, Topeka Reds, Topeka Hawks, Topeka Owls, Joplin Miners/Topeka Jayhawks, Topeka Senators, Topeka Kaws, Topeka Savages, Topeka Jayhawks, Topeka White Sox, Topeka Saints, Topeka Colts, Topeka Giants, Topeka Capitols, Topeka, Topeka Capitals |
Troy | 1895 | 1895 | 1 | Troy Browns |
Weir City | 1891 | 1891 | 1 | Weir City |
Wellington | 1887 | 1911 | 4 | Wellington Dukes, Wellington |
Wichita | 1887 | 2022 | 89 | Wichita Wind Surge, Sunflower Seeds, Wichita Wingnuts, Wichita Wranglers, Wichita Pilots, Wichita Aeros, Wichita Indians, Wichita/Muskogee Oilers, Wichita Aviators, Wichita Larks, Wichita Izzies, Wichita Witches, Wichita Jobbers, Wichita Eagles, Wichita, Wichita Braves |
Winfield | 1887 | 1887 | 1 | Winfield |
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
This data comes from two sources. 1) The Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group put together by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum thanks to a grant provided by Major League Baseball. 2) Gary Ashwill and his collaborators.
The Hall of Fame data is found for the years 1920-1948 and the Ashwill data is found from 1904-1919. Many statistics are incomplete due to ongoing research and/or limitations in published sources, so please be assured that we are aware there are issues with the data and will continue to work with our data providers to improve the data that appears here.
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.
Baseball-Reference and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum would like to acknowledge Major League Baseball for funding this study, along with the Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group for their extensive efforts to collect the raw data and construct the most comprehensive database of Negro Leagues Baseball statistics. Under the direction of Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers and Dick Clark, this database is the largest dataset ever made publically available and we wish to express our gratitude for all their efforts to help rebuild this lost statistical history.
The Ashwill Negro Leagues Database
Playing statistics and biographical data on the Negro leagues (all pre-1920) and early Latin American professional baseball is licensed from and provided by the Negro Leagues Database, a project organized by Gary Ashwill with the participation of many historians of Negro league and Latin American baseball.
The database is a work in progress, and will include more seasons as development continues. It appears in its original form at Seamheads.com.
Playing statistics and biographical data for this portion of our dataset (The Negro Leagues Database) are all copyright 2013 by Gary Ashwill. All rights reserved.
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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