, league = {{plainlist, *"Atlantic League" (1907–1909) *

Pennsylvania State League The Pennsylvania State League was an American minor league baseball sports league that operated from 1892 to 1895, then became the first Atlantic League (1896–1900), Atlantic League. The league member teams were exclusively based in Pennsylvania ...

(1901) *

Central Pennsylvania League The Central Pennsylvania League was a minor league baseball league which operated in several Pennsylvania cities from 1887 to 1888 and again from 1896 to 1898. Cities represented * Ashland, PA: Ashland 1887–1888 * Bloomsburg, PA: Bloomsburg ...

(1897) *

(1894–1896) *

Interstate Association The Interstate Association was a minor league baseball league that played briefly in the 1906 season. The eight–team, Class C level Interstate Association consisted of franchises based in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. The Interstate League playe ...

(1883) , conference = , division = , past league = , pastmajorleague = , pastnames = {{plainlist, *Pottsville (1901, 1907–1909) *Pottsville Greys (1897) *Pottsville (1896) *Pottsville Colts (1894–1895) *Pottsville Antharcites (1883) , pastparks = , classchamps = , leaguechamps = 1 (1894) , conferencechamps = , divisionchamps = The Pottsville Colts were a minor league baseball team, that played in Pottsville, Pennsylvania in the late 1890s and early 1900. The team was the second professional baseball club in Pottsville, after the short-lived Pottsville Antharcites that played in the

in 1883. The Antharcites posted a 15-50 record, which garnered them 6th place in the league standings. The Colts were then established in 1894 and played in the

. In their first season, the Colts posted a 62-44 record under manager Phenomenal Smith for first place in the standings. In postseason play, Pottsville defeated the Harrisburg Senators in a disputed title game, therefore winning the 1894 league title. The Colts returned to the Pennsylvania State League in 1895, and posted a 35-33 record. However, on July 27, 1895, the club relocated to

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, after the Allentown Goobers disbanded. The team then relocated to Allentown for

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on August 10, 1895 to finish the season. Pottsville fielded a new team in 1896, that was noted as just Pottsville in the standings to continue play in the league. The following season, Pottsville fielded a team for play in the

, the Pottsville Greys. However, on June 27, 1897, Pottsville disbanded their team, after posting an 8-13 record. A new team representing Shamokin, Pennsylvania then entered the league on July 5, 1897 taking Pottsville's record, before disbanding shortly afterwards on September 6. Baseball returned to Pottsville in 1901 as the city fielded another unnamed team, for play in the Pennsylvania State League. However it was short-lived, as the club folded at the end of the season. Pottsville later fielded another unnamed team in 1907 that played until 1909 in the "Atlantic League".

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