Central Pennsylvania League

The Central Pennsylvania League had three different stints, in 1887, 1888 and 1897.

Cities Represented

• Ashland, PA: Ashland 1887-1888
• Bloomsburg, PA: Bloomsburg Bluebirds 1897
• Danville, PA: Danville 1887
• Hazleton, PA: Hazleton 1887; Hazleton Pugilists 1888
• Lock Haven, PA: Lock Haven Maroons 1897
• Mahanoy City, PA: Mahanoy City 1887-1888
• Milton, PA: Milton 1896-1897
• Minersville, PA: Minersville 1887
• Mount Carmel, PA: Mount Carmel Reliance 1887-1888
• Pottsville, PA: Pottsville Grays 1897
• Shamokin, PA: Shamokin Maroons 1887-1888; Shamokin Coal Barons 1897
• Shenandoah, PA: Shenandoah Hungarian Rioters 1888
• Sunbury, PA: Sunbury 1887; Sunbury Railroaders 1897
• Williamsport, PA: Williamsport Demorest 1897

Teams and Statistics

1887

(6/18-10/8)

1887 Central Pennsylvania League
President: NA

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Shamokin Maroons	33	20	.622	0	Krouse
Hazleton	31	20	.607	1	Frank Stahr
Ashland	27	20	.574	3	NA
Mt. Carmel	21	21	.500	6.5	Charles Gessner
Sunbury	21	23	.477	7.5	Joseph Young
Danville	15	26	.365	12	Art McCoy
Mahoney City	16	28	.363	12.5	James Quirk
Minersville	0	6	.000	NA	Charles Steel

No further information available.

1888

(5/19-8/13)

1888 Central Pennsylvania League
President: S.Y.M. Hollopeter

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Hazelton Pugilists #	30	20	.600	-	Charlie Gessner
Shenandoah Hungarian Rioters	28	22	.560	2	J.M. Crinnan
Ashland	25	22	.532	3.5	George Cain
Mahanoy City	24	26	.480	6	Amos Walbridge (6/) / ?
Mount Carmel Reliance	17	31	.354	12	Kendrick/Joseph Young
Shamokin Maroons #	12	15	.444	NA	Joseph Young

# Shamokin disbanded July 7.
# Hazleton withdrew August 7 to join Central League.

1897

(5/15-9/16)

1897 Central Pennsylvania League - schedule
President: Albert D. Miller

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Milton	57	32	.640	-	Harry Griffith
Bloomsburg Bluebirds	44	47	.484	14	W.W. Watts
Shamokin Coal Barons/Lock Haven Maroons #	45	48	.484	14	Jacob Herrold/C.H. Myers
Williamsport Demorest	35	49	.417	19.5	David Spence/Peter Herdic/Spencer Ansell/Joseph Stewart
Sunbury Railroaders &	42	30	.583	NA	W.B. Masser
Pottsville Grays @	8	13	.381	NA	Terence Connell
Shamokin $	17	29	.370	NA	R.F. Glick

& Sunbury entered the league June 3.
# Shamokin (13-17) transferred to Lock Haven June 26.
@ Pottsville disbanded June 27.
$ A new Shamokin team entered the league July 11, taking Pottsville's record, then disbanded September 6.

Source

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Second and Third Editions.