Western Pennsylvania League

In 1907 there was a class D league known as the Western Pennsylvania League. Another league with the same name appeared in 1889.

On May 28 Latrobe was taken over by the league which awarded it to Cumberland. The team moved to Piedmont on June 27, and to Somerset on July 11, then disbanded later that month. The Kittanning franchise entered the league August 1 as a replacement for the Somerset team, it withdrew with Beaver Falls on August 11.

Cities Represented

1889, 1907

• Altoona, PA: 1889
• Beaver Falls, PA: Beaver Falls Beavers 1907
• Butler, PA: Butler White Sox 1907
• Clarksburg, WV: Clarksburg Bees 1907
• Connellsville, PA: Connellsville Cokers 1907
• Fairmont, WV: Fairmont Champions 1907
• Greensburg, PA: 1889 Greensburg Red Sox 1907
• Johnstown, PA: 1889
• Kittanning, PA: Kittanning Infants 1907
• Latrobe, PA: 1889 Latrobe 1907
• Cumberland, MD: Cumberland Rooters 1907
• Piedmont, WV: Piedmont 1907
• Somerset, PA: Somerset 1907
• Scottdale, PA: 1889 Scottdale Giants 1907
• Uniontown, PA: 1889

Teams and Statistics

1907 Western Pennsylvania League
Presidents: Alex J. Lawson / Charles B. Powers

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Fairmont Champions	68	36	.654	-	Reddy Mack
Butler White Sox	58	44	.569	9	Lawson / Jacobsen / Eddie Linneborn / Harkins
Scottdale Giants	48	49	.495	16.5	Billy Earle / Duff Buttermore
Clarksburg Bees	50	54	.481	18	Hulings / Essler / Smith
Greensburg Red Sox ###	42	50	.457	20	"Anderson" / Powell / Wallace
Connellsville Cokers	44	59	.427	23.5	Malarkey / O'Hara / Dolan
Beaver Falls Beavers ##	41	36	.532	NA	Charles Jewell/Harry Pfeiffer
Latrobe/Cumberland/Piedmont/Somerset #	18	46	.281	NA	S. Whaley/William Morrow/Dillon/Curtis/Bill Malarkey
Kittanning Infants ##	2	5	.286	NA	Bill Malarkey

# The Latrobe (7-10) franchise was forfeited to the league May 28. The league then awarded it to Cumberland. Cumberland (5-20) moved to Piedmont (4-6) June 27, then to Somerset (0-5) July 11. It disbanded later that month.
## Beaver Falls and Kittanning withdrew August 11. Kittanning entered the league August 1.
### Greensburg disbanded August 25

Source

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