Pana Coal Miners
The Pana Coal Miners were a minor league baseball team based in Pana, Illinois. In 1907 and 1908, the Coal Miners played exclusively as members of the Class D (baseball), Class D level Eastern Illinois League. Pana hosted home minor league home games at Kitchell Park. History Minor league baseball began in Pana, Illinois when the 1907 Pana Coal Miners became charter members of the Eastern Illinois League, which began play as a six–team Class D (baseball), Class D level league under league president L. A. G. Shoaff. The 1908 Baseball guides, Spalding Guide indicated the league was founded in Pana, Illinois and the league's "godfather" was Joe Adams (baseball), Joe Adams, also known as "Old Wagon Tongue," who would manage the Pana Team. In 1907, Pana and the other league teams had a salary limit of $600. The Centralia White Stockings, Charleston Broom Corn Cutters, Mattoon Giants, Shelbyville Queen Citys and Taylorville Tailors joined Pana as the charter members of the league. ...
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