Classification | Class D (1902–1903) |
---|---|
Sport | Minor League Baseball |
First season | 1902 |
Ceased | 1903 |
President | W.E. Lockhart (1902) J. U. Sammism (1903) |
No. of teams | 8 |
Country | United States of America |
Most titles | 1 Sioux Falls Canaries (1902) Le Mars Blackbirds (1903) |
Related competitions | Iowa State League |
The Iowa–South Dakota League was a minor league baseball circuit that operated from 1902 to 1903 in the states of Iowa and South Dakota. The league was a Class D level league in both seasons. The Sioux Falls Canaries (1902) and Le Mars Blackbirds (1903) won the league championships.
The Iowa–South Dakota League contained six teams in its inaugural season, before being reduced to three in the final season. The Flandreau Indians, Le Mars Blackbirds, Rock Rapids Browns, Sheldon, Sioux City Cornhuskers and Sioux Falls Canaries were the charter members in 1902. [1]
The Sioux Falls Canaries won the championship in 1902, with the Le Mars Blackbirds capturing the 1903 Iowa–South Dakota League final championship. [2] [3]
The 1903 president of the Iowa-South Dakota League was J. U. Sammism, a Le Mars, Iowa attorney. [4]
1902 Iowa-South Dakota League
schedule
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sioux Falls Canaries | 65 | 24 | .730 | – | Charles Craig |
Flandreau Indians | 51 | 19 | .729 | 4.5 | NA |
Sioux City Cornhuskers | 56 | 40 | .583 | 12.5 | Ed Kirby |
Le Mars Blackbirds | 43 | 48 | .473 | 23.0 | Bob Black |
Rock Rapids Browns | 32 | 59 | .352 | 34.0 | Grandpa Greene |
Sheldon | 14 | 71 | .165 | 49 | NA |
Flandreau joined on June 20, and was awarded a record of (9–9), which made its overall first-half record 31–22.
Flandreau won the second half and folded before the playoff against Sioux Falls.
[3]
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dorman | Flandreau | BA | .314 | Harry Swalm | Sioux Falls | W | 23 | |
Moose Baxter | Sioux City | Runs | 63 | Jack Corbett | Sioux Falls | Pct | .882; 15–2 | |
Moose Baxter | Sioux City | HR | 21 |
1903 Iowa-South Dakota League
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Le Mars Blackbirds | 48 | 34 | .585 | – | Bob Black |
Council Bluffs Bluffers / Sheldon-Primghar Hyphens |
44 | 35 | .557 | 2.5 | Buck Keith / John McBurney / Bud Jones |
Sioux City Soos | 44 | 41 | .518 | 5.5 | Frank Lohr |
Sioux Falls Canaries | 40 | 42 | .488 | 8.0 | Charles Craig |
Council Bluffs folded on June 20 with a record of 1–22. On June 25, Council Bluffs transferred to Sheldon–Primghar, which was awarded a record of 14–11.
Player | Team | Stat | Tot | Player | Team | Stat | Tot | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Fremmer | Sheld-Prim | BA | .325 | Fred Helmsdorfer | Sheld-Prim | W | 19 | |
Frank Lohr | Sioux City | Runs | 62 | Ralph Hutchinson | LeMars | Pct | .909; 10–1 | |
Jim Metcalf | LeMars | Hits | 100 |
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