The Harrisburg Miners was the primary moniker of the Minor League Baseball team that played in Harrisburg, Illinois, from 1910 to 1911 and 1913. They began the 1910 season as members of the Class D

Southern Illinois League The Southern Illinois League was a Class D (baseball), Class D level minor league baseball league that played in the 1910 season. The five–team Southern Illinois League consisted of franchises based exclusively in Illinois. The Southern Illinois ...

(SIL) as the Harrisburg Merchants. The league disbanded on July 11, and the Merchants moved to the Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League (KITTY League) on July 24. Their SIL record was 6–17 (.261). In the KITTY League, they went 29–29 (.500). They continued in the KITTY League in 1911 as the Harrisburg Miners. The Miners won their season opener on the road against the McLeansboro Miners, 4–1, on May 17. On August 13, the league's directors voted to transfer the team to Jackson, Tennessee. The team's management claimed to have lost some US$1,700 due to poor attendance. Harrisburg won its last two games, 3–1 and 3–0, in a doubleheader on the road against the Fulton Colonels on August 12. The team's record in Harrisburg was 8–15 (.348). The franchise relocated to Jackson where it became the

Jackson Climbers The Jackson Climbers were a Minor League Baseball team that played in the Class D Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League in 1911. The Climbers were located in Jackson, Tennessee, and played their home games at Lakeview Ball Park. The team began ...

. The Harrisburg Coal Miners returned to play in the 1913 KITTY League. The team finished 42–85 to place 7th in the eight–team league, playing under player/manager King Brockett. The Harrisburg franchise did not return to play in 1914, as the league reduced to six teams.

Notable alumni

The only member of the Miners team to also play in Major League Baseball was

Ernie Gust Ernest Herman Frank Gust (January 24, 1888 – October 26, 1945), nicknamed "Red", was an American Major League Baseball player. Gust played for the St. Louis Browns in the 1911 season. In three career games (August 17 – 19, 1911), each agai ...

(1910–1911), who played three games with the St. Louis Browns in August 1911. *

Dallas Bradshaw Dallas Carl Bradshaw (November 23, 1895 – December 11, 1939), nicknamed "Windy", was an American second baseman who played one season in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Philadelphia Athletics. He was 5'7" and weighed 145 lbs. Ref ...

(1913) * King Brockett (1913, player/MGR) *

(1910–1911) * Fred Ostendorf (1913)

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