The Pacific Coast International League was a minor league baseball league that played between 1918 and 1922. The Class B level league franchises were based in the

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and

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History

The Pacific Coast International League was a re–branding of the former

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and was known as the Northwest International League in 1919. In 1922, the name was changed to the

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. Teams in the league included the Aberdeen Black Cats, Portland Buckaroos, Seattle Giants,

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, Tacoma Tigers,

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, Victoria Islanders and Yakima Indians. As the Northwest International League, it consisted of two Washington–based teams and two Canada-based teams: the Seattle Drydockers, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Beavers and Victoria Tyrees. On June 8, 1919, the league disbanded, with the Beavers in first place. Therefore, they were the de facto league champions. The Tigers finished in last place with a 5–17 record. Wally Hood, who played in the major leagues from 1920 to 1922, spent time in the league. Hall of Fame baseball pitcher

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played for the

in 1918.

Cities Represented

* Aberdeen, WA: Aberdeen Black Cats 1918 *

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: Portland Buckaroos 1918 *

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: Seattle Giants 1918, 1920 *

Spokane, WA Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Canad ...

1918, 1920 *

Tacoma, WA Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Par ...

: Tacoma Tigers 1918, 1920–1921 *

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1918, 1920–1921 *

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1918 *

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: Victoria Islanders 1920; Victoria Bees 1921 * Yakima, WA: Yakima Indians 1920–1921

Standings & statistics

1918 Pacific Coast International League

schedule
Tacoma and Spokane disbanded May 26;

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(26–28) moved to

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June 25.
The league suspended operations July 7.

1920 Pacific Coast International League

schedule
No Playoffs Scheduled.

1921 Pacific Coast International League

schedule
No Playoffs Scheduled.

References

External links

Baseball Reference
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