San Joaquin Valley League

The Californian San Joaquin Valley League lasted two seasons. Class D in 1910 and as an independent in 1911.Opening play in 1910 with four teams, it expanded to six squads the next year, then folded July 18, 1911.

Cities Represented

• Bakersfield, CA: Bakersfield Drillers 1910
• Coalinga, CA: Coalinga Savages 1910; Coalinga Tigers 1911
• Hanford, CA: Hanford Braves 1911
• Lemoore, CA: Lemoore Cubs 1911
• Porterville, CA: Porterville Orange Pickers 1911
• Tulare, CA: Tulare Merchants 1910-1911
• Visalia, CA: Visalia Pirates 1910; Visalia Colts 1911

Teams and Statistics

1910-1911

1910 San Joaquin Valley League
President: Newton Young

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Bakersfield Drillers	21	10	.667	-	Brick Devereaux
Visalia Pirates	13	17	.433	7.5	Lou Maire
Tulare Merchants #	13	15	.464	NA	Gene Nast/Willis Kelley
Coalinga Savages ##	9	14	.391	NA	Zed Phelps/Ed Householder

# Tulare disbanded August 8.
## Coalinga disbanded August 18.
The league officially disbanded September 12.

Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Red Kuhn	Tulare	BA	.375		Willard Meikle	Bakersfield	W	11
Ned Smith	Visalia	Runs	18		Willard Meikle	Bakersfield	SO	101
Brick Devereaux	Bakersfield	Hits	34		Willard Meikle	Bakersfield	PCT	.733; 11-4
Red Kuhn	Tulare	HR	2
Roy Kuhn	Coalinga	HR	2
Slim Bath	Tulare	HR	2

1911 San Joaquin Valley League
President: Newton Young

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Tulare Merchants #	9	4	.692	-	Otto Dye/Johnny Eagle
Coalinga Tigers	8	6	.571	1.5	Clyde Williams
Lemoore Cubs	7	6	.538	2	Oscar Jones
Hanford Braves	6	7	.462	3	Sidney Jehl
Visalia Colts	5	8	.385	4	Artie Smith/Lou Maire
Porterville Orange Pickers #	4	8	.333	4.5	Harry Simpson

# Tulare and Porterville disbanded July 11.
The league officially disbanded July 18.

Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Tom Fitzsimmons	Porterfield	BA	.457		Oscar Jones	Lemoore	W	7
Billy Hamilton	Hanford	Runs	12		Curley Ray	Coalinga	W	7
Sidney Jehl	Stockton	Hits	21		Curley Ray	Coalinga	SO	98
George Porterfield	Coalinga	HR	2		Lefty Tripplett	Hanford	PCT	.800 4-1

Source

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