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, before disbanding on June 29 of that year. A second Stubs team played in 1895 as a member of the Interstate League, however that team also proved to be short-lived. The club moved to

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on May 10, 1895 to become the Akron Akrons and then to

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on May 19, 1895 to become the Lima Farmers. The third incarnation of the Stubs began in 1905 as the city fielded a team for the

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, named the Steubenville Factory Men. A year later the club moved to the

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and took up the Stubs moniker. In 1907 the Stubs ended the season with a 69-33 for the league title. After skipping the 1908 season, the Stubs returned for the 1909 and 1911 seasons. The team disbanded on August 20, 1911. In 1912 the Stubs moved to

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for the second half of the 1912 Ohio–Pennsylvania League season, as the Steubenville-Follansbee Stubs. The club went 14–15 to fourth of four teams in a tight race in the second half, before the league folded on August 6, 1912. The

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were declared the league champion when the Stubs were unable to field a team for the playoffs. A final Stubs team played in the Interstate League in 1913, before disbanding for the final time.

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{{reflist Baseball teams established in 1887 Baseball teams disestablished in 1913 1887 establishments in Ohio 1913 disestablishments in Ohio Defunct minor league baseball teams Steubenville, Ohio Defunct baseball teams in Ohio Ohio State League teams Ohio-Pennsylvania League teams