The South Central League was a minor league baseball league that played in the 1906 and 1912 seasons, with franchises located in

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Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

and

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. The McAlester Miners (1906) and

Longview Cannibals The Longview Cannibals were a semi-pro and minor league baseball team based in Longview, Texas, USA that existed on-and-off from 1895 to 1939. In 1912, they officially joined the professional South Central League. From 1923 to 1926, in 1931 and fro ...

(1912) won league championships.

History

The 1906 league consisted of teams from

and

. The six–team league included the Fort Smith Razorbacks, the Guthrie Senators, the Muskogee Indians, the Shawnee Blues, the South McAlester Miners and the

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. Guthrie and Shawnee disbanded on July 21, while the whole league disbanded in August. The Miners finished in first place. One notable player,

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, spent time in the league.

Cities represented

Cleburne, TX Cleburne is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 29,337. The city is named in honor of Patrick Cleburne, a Confederate general. Lake Pat Cleburne, the reservoir that prov ...

Cleburne Railroaders The Cleburne Railroaders are a professional baseball team based in Cleburne, Texas, that plays in the American Association of Professional Baseball, an official Partner League of Major League Baseball. The team, which began play in 2017, plays i ...

1912 *

Fort Smith, AR Fort Smith is the third-largest city in Arkansas and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 89,142. It is the principal city of the Fort Smith, Arkansas–Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Are ...

: Fort Smith Razorbacks 1906 *

Guthrie, OK Guthrie is a city and county seat in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City Metroplex. The population was 10,191 at the 2010 census, a 2.7 percent increase from the figure of 9,925 in the 2000 census. First kn ...

: Guthrie Senators 1906 *

Longview, TX Longview is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and county seat of Gregg County; a small part of Longview extends into the western portion of neighboring Harrison County. Longview is located in East Texas, where Interstate 20 and U.S. Highways ...

1912 *

Marshall, TX Marshall is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Harrison County and a cultural and educational center of the Ark-La-Tex region. At the 2020 U.S. census, the population of Marshall was 23,392; The population of the Greater ...

Marshall Athletics The Marshall Athletics was a Class-D South Central League baseball team based in Marshall, Texas United States that played in 1912. They were managed by Harry Kane Harry Edward Kane (born 28 July 1993) is an English professional footballer w ...

1912 *

Muskogee, OK Muskogee () is the thirteenth-largest city in Oklahoma and the county seat of Muskogee County, Oklahoma, Muskogee County. Home to Bacone College, it lies approximately southeast of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tulsa. The population of the city was 36,878 as ...

: Muskogee Indians 1906 *

Paris, TX Paris is a city and county seat of Lamar County, Texas, United States. Located in Northeast Texas at the western edge of the Piney Woods, the population of the city was 24,171 in 2020. History Present-day Lamar County was part of Red River Co ...

Paris Boosters The Paris Boosters was a Class-D South Central League (1912) and Texas–Oklahoma League (1913) baseball team based in Paris, Texas, USA. George Harper and Dickey Kerr Richard Henry Kerr (July 3, 1893 – May 4, 1963) was an American professio ...

1912 *

Shawnee, OK Shawnee ( sac, Shânîheki) is a city in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 29,857 in 2010, a 4.9 percent increase from the figure of 28,692 in 2000. The city is part of the Oklahoma City-Shawnee Combined Statistica ...

: Shawnee Blues 1906 *

Texarkana, TX Texarkana is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States, in the Ark-La-Tex region. Located approximately from Dallas, Texarkana is a twin city with neighboring Texarkana, Arkansas. The Texas city's population was 36,193 at the 2020 census. ...

Texarkana Twins The Texarkana Twins were a South Central League (1912), East Texas League (1924-1926), Lone Star League (1927-1929) and Cotton States League (1941) baseball team based in Texarkana, Texas Texarkana is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United Stat ...

1912 *

McAlester, OK McAlester is the county seat of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. The population was 18,363 at the time of the 2010 census, a 3.4 percent increase from 17,783 at the 2000 census,Shuller, Thurman"McAlester" profile ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History a ...

: McAlester Miners 1906 *

Tulsa, OK Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...

1906 *

Tyler, TX Tyler is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the largest city and county seat of Smith County. It is also the largest city in Northeast Texas. With a 2020 census population of 105,995, Tyler was the 33rd most populous city in Texas and 299 ...

: Tyler Elbertas 1912

League standings and statistics

1906 South Central League''
schedule
Guthrie and Shawnee started the second half July 4, but disbanded July 21.
The league disbanded August 5. 1912 South Central League''
schedule
Tyler and Cleburne disbanded July 17.
Playoff: Texarkana was declared champion as first half winner Cleburne disbanded.

References

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External links

Baseball Reference
Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States Baseball leagues in Oklahoma Baseball leagues in Arkansas Baseball leagues in Texas Sports leagues established in 1906 Sports leagues disestablished in 1912