South Dakota League

The South Dakota League was a class D league that was started in 1920. The next year it was renamed the Dakota League, a name that stuck for two years. When the league downsized to four teams in 1923, it was again renamed the South Dakota League. The league disbanded on July 17.

Cities Represented

• Aberdeen, SD: Aberdeen Boosters 1920; Aberdeen Grays 1923
• Huron, SD: Huron Packers 1920
• Madison, SD: Madison Greys 1920
• Miller, SD: Miller Climbers/Jugglers 1920
• Mitchell, SD: Mitchell Kernels 1920, 1923
• Redfield, SD: Redfield Reds/Red Sox 1920
• Sioux Falls, SD: Sioux Falls Soos 1920, 1923
• Wessington Springs, SD: Wessington Springs Saints 1920
• Watertown, SD: Watertown Cubs 1923

Teams & Statistics

1920

1920 South Dakota League
President: Michael E. Cantillon

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Mitchell Kernels	61	36	.629	-	Hank Scharnweber
Sioux Falls Soos	58	40	.592	3.5	Fred Carisch
Huron Packers	56	40	.583	4.5	Bill Shipke
Wessington Springs Saints	49	48	.505	12	Mattie McGrath
Redfield Reds/Red Sox	46	49	.484	14	Ollie Pickering / Harry Halstead
Madison Greys	42	50	.457	16.5	Ralph Works / Dave Altizer
Aberdeen Boosters	42	54	.438	18.5	Dave Altizer / Ed Karger
Miller Climbers/Jugglers	28	65	.301	31	Showboat Fisher / Frank Gurney

Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Showboat Fisher	Miller	BA	.378		George Stueland	Sioux Falls	W	22
G.M. Hollocher	Mitchell	Hits	121		George Stueland	Sioux Falls	SO	212
					Lefty Wilkus	Mitchell	Pct	.778; 14-4

1923

1923 South Dakota League - schedule
President: Michael E. Cantillon

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Sioux Falls Soos	35	22	.614	-	Jack Beaty
Aberdeen Grays	35	23	.603	.5	Nig Nolte
Mitchell Kernels	28	27	.509	6	Hank Scharnweber
Watertown Cubs	15	41	.268	19.5	Wilbur Smith

The League disbanded July 17.

Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Frank Naleway	Sioux Falls	BA	.337		Frank Brindza	Aberdeen	W	10
Lyman Nason	Mitchell	Runs	50		William Ludolph	Sioux Falls	SO	77
Louis Benson	Aberdeen	Runs	50		William Ludolph	Sioux Falls	PCT	.769 10-3
John Hart	Mitchell	Hits	68
Robert Lee	Mitchell	Hits	68
Wesley Clemons	Aberdeen	HR	10

Source

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Second Edition.

Hall of Fame Alumni

• Jim Bottomley, 1920 Mitchell Kernels