Iron & Oil Association

The Iron & Oil Association was a 6-team league in Pennsylvania and Ohio which lasted most of one year in 1884. Johnstown replaced New Brighton on August 1 after the former disbanded. Three days later, Oil City disbanded causing the league to fold.

Cities Represented

• East Liberty, OH: East Liberty Stars 1884
• Franklin, PA: Franklin 1884
• Johnstown, PA: Johnstown 1884
• New Brighton, PA: New Brighton 1884
• New Castle, PA: New Castle Nashannocks 1884
• Oil City, PA: Oil City Oilers 1884
• Youngstown, OH: Youngstown 1884

1884

1884 Iron & Oil Association
President: Horace G. Miller

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Franklin	31	8	.795	-	W.E. Baker
New Brighton/Johnstown $	19	16	.543	NA	William Boyle/W.C. Blogg
Oil City Oilers #	18	18	.500	NA	Norman Baker/George Balsley
New Castle Nashannocks	20	24	.455	13.5	Levi Dunham/William Ellis
Youngstown	18	23	.439	14	Thomas Dorsey/T.P. Brownlee
East Liberty Stars	10	27	.270	20	William Deems

$ New Brighton disbanded August 1 and was replaced by Johnstown.
# Oil City disbanded August 4

Source

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Third Edition