Hutchinson Salt Packers
The Hutchinson Salt Packers were a minor league baseball team based in Hutchinson, Kansas. Hutchinson played as members of the Class D (baseball), Class D level Kansas State League three in three different tenures: in 1905, from 1909 to 1911 and in 1914, winning the 1910 league championship. In between Kansas State League membership, the Salt Packers played as a member of the Class C (baseball), Class C level Western Association from 1906 to 1909. The team nicknames correspond with the Salt mining industry in the region in the era. Hutchinson teams first hosted minor league games at Cook Athletic Park, which was destroyed by fire in 1910 and replaced in 1911 by Gano Park. History 1905-1909: Kansas State League / Western Association Minor league baseball in Hutchinson, Kansas began with the 1888 "Hutchinson" team, who played the season as members of the six–team independent level Western League (1885–1899), Western League. In 1905, minor league play returned when the Hutchins ...
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