The Central Pennsylvania League was a
minor league baseball league which operated in several
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
cities from 1887 to 1888 and again from 1896 to 1898.
Cities represented
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Ashland, PA:
Ashland 1887–1888
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Bloomsburg, PA:
Bloomsburg Blue Jays 1897
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Danville, PA:
Danville 1887
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Hazleton, PA
Hazleton is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 29,963 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Hazleton is the second largest city in Luzerne County. It was incorporated as a Borough (Pennsylvania), bo ...
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Hazleton Hazleton may refer to:
Places
* Hazleton, British Columbia, Canada
* Hazleton, Gloucestershire, a village in Gloucestershire, England
** Hazleton long barrows, Neolithic burial mounds at Hazleton, Gloucestershire, England
** Hazleton Abbey, a me ...
1887;
Hazleton Pugilists 1888
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Lock Haven, PA
Lock Haven is the county seat of Clinton County, Pennsylvania, Clinton County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Located near the confluence of the West Branch Susquehanna River and Bald Eagle Creek (West Branch Susquehanna River), Bald Eagle Cre ...
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Lock Haven Maroons 1897
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Mahanoy City, PA
Mahanoy City (pronounced MAHA-noy, also MA-noy locally) is a borough located southwest of Wilkes-Barre and 13 miles southwest of Hazleton, in northern Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Coal Region of Pennsylvania and is located ...
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Mahanoy City 1887–1888
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Milton, PA: Milton 1896–1897
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Minersville, PA:
Minersville 1887
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Mount Carmel, PA
Mount Carmel is a borough in Northumberland County, located in the Coal Heritage Region of Central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley, United States. The population was 5,725 at the 2020 census. It is located 88 miles (141 km) north ...
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Mount Carmel Reliance 1887–1888
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Pottsville, PA
Pottsville is the county seat of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,346 at the 2020 census, and is the principal city of the Pottsville, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies along the west bank of th ...
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Pottsville Grays 1897
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Shamokin, PA:
Shamokin Maroons 1887–1888;
Shamokin Reds 1897
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Shenandoah, PA
Shenandoah is a borough in Schuylkill County in the Coal Region of Pennsylvania. It is distinct from Shenandoah Heights, which is part of West Mahanoy Township immediately to the north. As of 2021, the borough's population was 4,247.
Shenando ...
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Shenandoah Hungarian Rioters 1888
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Sunbury, PA
Sunbury is a city and county seat of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in Central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna Valley on the east bank of the Susquehanna River, just downstream of the confluence of its main and west ...
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Sunbury 1887;
Sunbury Railroaders 1897
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Williamsport, PA
Williamsport is a city in, and the county seat of, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. It recorded a population of 27,754 at the 2020 Census. It is the principal city of the Williamsport Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a popula ...
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Williamsport Demorest 1897
Yearly standings
1887 Central Pennsylvania League
1888 Central Pennsylvania League
President: S.Y.M. Hollopeter
Shamokin disbanded July 7.
Hazleton withdrew August 7 to join Central League.
1897 Central Pennsylvania League
President: Albert D. Miller
Sunbury entered the league June 3; Shamokin (13–17) transferred to Lock Haven June 26; Pottsville disbanded June 27.
A new Shamokin team entered the league July 11, taking Pottsville's record, then disbanded September 6.
[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14329203/1897_central_pennsylvania_league/ schedule]
References
External links
Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States
Baseball leagues in Pennsylvania
Sports leagues established in 1887
Sports leagues disestablished in 1898
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