Maine State League

The Maine State League was a two-year class D league that existed in 1907 and 1908. There was also an earlier Maine State League in 1897.

Cities Represented

• Augusta, ME: Augusta Kennebecs 1897; Augusta Senators 1907; Augusta 1908
• Bangor, ME: Bangor Millionaires 1897; Bangor Cubs 1907; Bangor White Sox 1908
• Belfast, ME: Belfast Pastimes 1897
• Biddeford, ME: Biddeford Orphans 1907; Biddeford 1908
• Lewiston, ME: Lewiston 1897, 1907-1908
• Manchester, NH: Manchester 1907
• Portland, ME: Portland 1897; Portland Blue Sox 1907-1908
• Portland, ME: Pine Tree Capers: 1907; Pine Tree 1908
• Rockland, ME: Rockland 1897
• Waterville, ME: Waterville 1907
• York Beach, ME: York Beach 1908

Teams and Statistics

1897

1897 Maine State League
President:

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Portland	21	6	.778	-
Lewiston	15	14	.517	7
Bangor Millionaires	12	19	.387	11
Belfast Pastimes	10	16	.385	10.5
Rockland $	10	19	.345	12
Augusta Kennebecs #	14	8	.636	NA

# Augusta disbanded June 26
$ Rockland disbanded July 1
The league disbanded July 6

Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Hill	Belfast	BA	.408
Dolan	Lewiston	Runs	27
Jim Callopy Hill	Portland Belfast	Hits	31

1907

1907 Maine State League
President: Fred K. Owen

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Bangor Cubs	47	31	.603	-	Paige/Happy Iott
Biddeford Orphans	30	27	.526	6.5	Charlie Allen / John Guiney
Portland Blue Sox	39	41	.488	9	Robinson
Pine Tree Capers	27	32	.458	10.5	Pop Williams
Lewiston $	24	23	.511	NA	Heald
Augusta Senators @	27	28	.491	NA	Wreath
Waterville &	8	14	.364	NA	George Boardman
Manchester &	1	7	.125	NA	John Smith/Conner

& Waterville and Manchester dropped out in June
@ Augusta disbanded July 29
$ Lewiston disbanded August 3

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Cuke Barrows	Portland	BA	.351		Billy Gleason	Bangor	W	16
Cuke Barrows	Portland	Runs	59		Zilma Dwinal	Biddeford	SO	130
Cuke Barrows	Portland	Hits	97		Collins	Bangor	PCT	.900 9-1
Roper	Portland	HR	7
Roper	Portland	SB	28

1908

1908 Maine State League
President:

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Portland Blue Sox %	32	20	.615	-	F. Driscoll
Bangor White Sox	31	22	.585	1.5	Happy Iott
Lewiston/Augusta	20	26	.435	9	Mike McDonough
Biddeford	18	30	.375	12	Bernie McGraw
Pine Tree #	15	13	.536	NA	Pop Williams
York Beach #	10	15	.400	NA

# Pine Tree and York Beach disbanded July 19
$ Lewiston (9-15) moved to Augusta July 19
% Portland withdrew August 28, causing the league to disband. Bangor was declared the champion.

Source

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