Columbus Senators

• Location: Columbus, OH
• League: Tri-State League 1888, Western League 1897-1899; Interstate League 1900; Western Association 1901; American Association 1903-1930
• Ballpark: Recreation Park (Columbus), Neil Park

The Columbus Senators were born in 1888 when they were members of the Tri-State League. The nickname was not used again till 1897, when the Columbus team in the Western League changed its name from the Columbus Buckeyes to the Senators. They finished second their first year, then competed in 1898 and 1899 in the Western; in 1899 the team had to move before the season was completed. That year Rube Waddell pitched for the Senators. Columbus also posted a Senators club in the Inter-State League.

In 1902, the Senators became one of the founding members of the new American Association. In '05, the team built Neil Park, the first concrete-and-steel stadium for baseball, and won the league title in '05, '06 and '07. In '06 and '07, they lost in the Little World Series. They descended quickly and never finished higher than fourth from 1919-30. They reached their low point in 1926 when they set the AA records for losses (125, with just 39 wins) and runs allowed (1,299). In '31, the St. Louis Cardinals took control of the Columbus squad as part of their developing farm system and renamed the team the Columbus Red Birds. The Senators started a trend of Columbus having a team in one of the top minor leagues (now called AAA) every decade of the 20th century (and so far the 21st as well).

Source: "The American Association" by Bill O'Neal

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Notes
1888	64-50	3rd	James Curry / P. Gilmore / Frank Arnold	none
1897	89-47	2nd	George Tebeau	none
1898	73-60	5th	Tom Loftus / George Tebeau	none
1899	36-35 (63-62 overall)	--	Tom Loftus / George Tebeau	none	Team moved to Grand Rapids July 17
1900	58-78	6th	James "Bob" Quinn
1901	55-86	7th	Frank Metz / Jimmy Gardner (5/23) / Ed Zinram	none
1903	56-84	6th	Frank Leonard / Robert Quinn / Jimmy Bannon	none
1904	88-61	2nd	Bill Clymer	none
1905	100-52	1st	Bill Clymer	none League Champs
1906	91-57	1st	Bill Clymer	none League Champs
1907	90-64	1st	Bill Clymer	none League Champs
1908	86-68	3rd	Bill Clymer	none
1909	80-87	7th	Bill Clymer (71-76) / Bill Friel (9-11)	none
1910	88-77	3rd	Bill Friel	none
1911	87-78	3rd	Bill Friel	none
1912	98-68	3rd	Bill Friel	none
1913	93-74	4th	Bill Hinchman	none
1914	86-77	4th	Bill Hinchman	none
1915	54-91	8th	Rudy Hulswitt	none
1916	71-90	7th	Rudy Hulswitt (37-25) / Bob Quinn / Pete Johns	none
1917	84-69	4th	Joe Tinker	none
1918	41-32	2nd	Joe Tinker	none	League suspended operations July 21
1919	70-84	6th	Grover Hartley	none
1920	66-99	7th	Bill Clymer	none
1921	69-96	8th	Pants Rowland	none
1922	63-102	8th	Pants Rowland	none
1923	79-89	4th	Carlton Molesworth	none
1924	75-93	7th	Carlton Molesworth	none
1925	61-106	8th	Carlton Molesworth	none
1926	39-125	8th	Hank Gowdy (10-40) / George McQuillan (29-85)	none
1927	60-108	8th	Ivey Wingo	none
1928	68-100	7th	Nemo Leibold	none
1929	75-91	6th	Nemo Leibold	none
1930	67-86	6th	Nemo Leibold	none

External Link

1905 Columbus Senators