Michigan Encyclopedia
We list 35,000+ teams from Negro League, Japanese league, and minor league history. This list is not exhaustive and may be missing teams from certain leagues and years or with a small number of games played. We apologize for any omissions.
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Alaska (58 tms)
Arizona (881 tms)
Arkansas (329 tms)
California (1892 tms)
Colorado (248 tms)
Connecticut (490 tms)
Delaware (98 tms)
District of Columbia (140 tms)
Florida (2448 tms)
Georgia (917 tms)
Hawaii (47 tms)
Idaho (255 tms)
Illinois (1255 tms)
Indiana (659 tms)
Iowa (869 tms)
Kansas (469 tms)
Kentucky (464 tms)
Louisiana (475 tms)
Maine (121 tms)
Maryland (553 tms)
Massachusetts (906 tms)
Michigan (706 tms)
Minnesota (498 tms)
Mississippi (278 tms)
Missouri (664 tms)
Montana (281 tms)
Nebraska (368 tms)
Nevada (115 tms)
New Hampshire (137 tms)
New Jersey (433 tms)
New Mexico (184 tms)
New York (2422 tms)
North Carolina (1575 tms)
North Dakota (128 tms)
Ohio (1255 tms)
Oklahoma (492 tms)
Oregon (392 tms)
Pennsylvania (1785 tms)
Rhode Island (145 tms)
South Carolina (464 tms)
South Dakota (140 tms)
Tennessee (904 tms)
Texas (1738 tms)
Utah (204 tms)
Vermont (76 tms)
Virginia (1171 tms)
Washington (686 tms)
West Virginia (371 tms)
Wisconsin (705 tms)
Wyoming (17 tms)
Alberta (198 tms)
British Columbia (144 tms)
Manitoba (102 tms)
New Brunswick (3 tms)
Nova Scotia (14 tms)
Ontario (377 tms)
Quebec (242 tms)
Saskatchewan (94 tms)
Aguascalientes (58 tms)
Baja California (102 tms)
Campeche (61 tms)
Chihuahua (48 tms)
Coahuila (187 tms)
Distrito Federal (225 tms)
Durango (20 tms)
Guanajuato (68 tms)
Hidalgo (7 tms)
Jalisco (53 tms)
Michoacán (1 tms)
México (2 tms)
Nuevo León (106 tms)
Oaxaca (29 tms)
Puebla (72 tms)
Queretaro (1 tms)
Quintana Roo (29 tms)
San Luis Potosí (38 tms)
Sinaloa (293 tms)
Sonora (335 tms)
Tabasco (63 tms)
Tamaulipas (139 tms)
Veracruz (195 tms)
Yucatán (62 tms)
Zacatecas (24 tms)
Australia (144 tms)
China (10 tms)
Colombia (37 tms)
Cuba (919 tms)
Dominican Republic (1269 tms)
Israel (6 tms)
Italy (89 tms)
Japan (1250 tms)
Netherlands (163 tms)
New Zealand (3 tms)
Nicaragua (20 tms)
Panama (81 tms)
Puerto Rico (218 tms)
San Marino (13 tms)
South Korea (353 tms)
Taiwan (186 tms)
United Kingdom (4 tms)
Venezuela (384 tms)
Michigan
City | From | To | # | Teams |
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Adrian | 1895 | 2024 | 15 | Michigan Monarchs, Irish Hills Leprechauns, Adrian Fencevilles, Adrian Champs, Adrian Lions, Adrian Yeggs, Adrian Reformers/Demons |
Battle Creek | 1895 | 2024 | 40 | Battle Creek Battle Jacks, Battle Creek Bombers, Southwest Michigan Devil Rays, Battle Creek Yankees, Michigan Battle Cats, Battle Creek Belles, Battle Creek Custers, Battle Creek Crickets, Battle Creek Cero Frutos, Battle Creek Adventists |
Bay City | 1883 | 1926 | 26 | Bay City Wolves, Bay City Beavers, Bay City Billikens, Bay City Sugar Citys, Bay City Riders, Saginaw-Bay City Hyphens, Bay City |
Belding | 1914 | 1914 | 1 | Manistee/Belding Champs |
Berrien Springs | 1910 | 1910 | 1 | Berrien Springs Grays |
Big Rapids | 1887 | 1887 | 1 | Big Rapids |
Boyne City | 1911 | 1914 | 4 | Boyne City Boosters |
Cadillac | 1910 | 1914 | 5 | Cadillac Chiefs |
Calumet | 1891 | 1907 | 5 | Calumet Aristocrats, Calumet Red Jackets |
Charlotte | 1926 | 1926 | 1 | Charlotte Giants/Flint Vehicles |
Detroit | 1881 | 2024 | 161 | Detroit Motor City Giants, Detroit Black Sox, Detroit Cubs, Detroit Wolves, Detroit Giants, Detroit Stars, Detroit Tigers, Detroit Creams, Detroit Wolverines |
Dollar Bay | 1904 | 1904 | 1 | Dollar Bay |
Dowagiac | 1910 | 1910 | 1 | Dowagiac |
East Saginaw | 1883 | 1883 | 1 | East Saginaw Grays |
Evart | 1887 | 1887 | 1 | Evart |
Flat Rock | 2013 | 2018 | 6 | Lake Erie Monarchs |
Flint | 1889 | 1951 | 27 | Flint Arrows, Flint Gems, Flint Halligans, Flint Vehicles, Flint, Flint Flyers, Kalamazoo Kazoos/Flint Flyers |
Grand Haven | 2017 | 2017 | 1 | Grand River Loggers |
Grand Rapids | 1883 | 2024 | 85 | West Michigan Whitecaps, Grand Rapids Jets, Grand Rapids Chicks, Grand Rapids Dodgers, Grand Rapids Tigers, Grand Rapids Homoners, Grand Rapids Billbobs, Grand Rapids Joshers, Grand Rapids Champs, Grand Rapids Bill-eds, Grand Rapids Black Sox, Grand Rapids Furniture Makers/Newark Skeeters, Grand Rapids Raiders, Grand Rapids Wolverines, Grand Rapids Orphans, Grand Rapids Colts, Grand Rapids Woodworkers/Wheeling Stogies, Grand Rapids Boers, Columbus Buckeyes/Senators/Grand Rapids Furniturem, Grand Rapids Furniture Makers/Columbus Senators/Sp, Grand Rapids Cabinet Makers, Grand Rapids Bob-o-links, Grand Rapids Rippers/Gold Bugs, Grand Rapids Gold Bugs, Grand Rapids Rippers, Grand Rapids Shamrocks, Grand Rapids |
Greenville | 1887 | 1889 | 2 | Greenville |
Hancock | 1904 | 1906 | 3 | Hancock Infants, Portage Lake |
Holland | 1910 | 1911 | 2 | Holland Wooden Shoes |
Houghton | 1891 | 1907 | 3 | Houghton Giants, Houghton |
Ionia | 1887 | 1922 | 3 | Ionia Mayors, Jackson/Ionia Mayors, Ionia |
Ishpeming | 1891 | 1892 | 2 | Ishpeming-Negaunee Unions, Ishpeming |
Jackson | 1888 | 1915 | 16 | Jackson Vets, Jackson Chiefs, Jackson Convicts, Saginaw/Jackson White Sox, Jackson, Jackson Wolverines, Jackson Jaxons |
Kalamazoo | 1887 | 2024 | 50 | Kalamazoo Mac Daddies, Kalamazoo Growlers, Kalamazoo Kings, Kalamazoo Kodiaks, Kalamazoo Lassies, Kalamazoo Celery Pickers, Kalamazoo White Sox, Kalamazoo/Flint, Kalamazoo Celery Eaters/Kazoos/Zooloos, Kalamazoo Kazoos |
Lake Linden | 1904 | 1906 | 3 | Lake Linden Sandy Cities, Lake Linden Lakers |
Lansing | 1889 | 2024 | 45 | Lansing Lugnuts, Lansing Lancers, Lansing Senators/Mount Clemens Bathers, Lansing Senators, Lansing, Lansing Farmers |
Ludington | 1912 | 1926 | 8 | Ludington Tars, Ludington Mariners |
Manistee | 1890 | 1913 | 4 | Manistee Champs, Manistee Colts, Manistee |
Menominee | 1892 | 1892 | 1 | Menominee |
Midland | 2007 | 2024 | 17 | Great Lakes Loons |
Mount Clemens | 1906 | 1913 | 4 | Mount Clemens Bathers |
Muskegon | 1884 | 2024 | 37 | Muskegon Belles, Muskegon Clippers, Muskegon Lassies, Muskegon Anglers, Muskegon Daniels/Muskies, Muskegon Muskies, Muskegon Speeders, Muskegon Speed Boys, Muskegon Reds, Muskegon |
Niles | 1910 | 1910 | 1 | Niles Blues |
Owosso | 1895 | 1895 | 1 | Owosso Colts |
Pontiac | 1912 | 1913 | 2 | Pontiac Indians |
Port Huron | 1883 | 1926 | 11 | Port Huron Saints, Port Huron Independents, Port Huron Tunnelites, Port Huron Tigers, Port Huron Marines, Port Huron |
Reed City | 1887 | 1887 | 1 | Reed City |
Royal Oak | 2021 | 2024 | 4 | Royal Oak Leprechauns |
Saginaw | 1884 | 2018 | 33 | Saginaw Sugar Beets, Saginaw Jacks, Saginaw Bears, Saginaw White Sox, Saginaw Athletics, Saginaw Aces, Saginaw Ducks, Saginaw Trailers, Saginaw Krazy Kats, Saginaw Wa-was, Saginaw Salt Eaters, Saginaw Braves, Saginaw Lumberman, Saginaw Lumbermen, Saginaw Alerts, Saginaw, Saginaw Greys |
Sault Ste. Marie | 1905 | 1905 | 1 | Sault Ste. Marie Soos |
St. Joseph | 1940 | 1941 | 2 | St. Joseph Autos |
Sterling Heights | 2021 | 2023 | 3 | Jet Box Baseball Club |
Tecumseh | 1906 | 1908 | 3 | Tecumseh |
Traverse City | 1910 | 2024 | 26 | Northern Michigan Dune Bears, Great Lakes Resorters, Traverse City Pit Spitters, Traverse City Beach Bums, Traverse City Resorters |
Utica | 2016 | 2023 | 31 | Westside Woolly Mammoths, East Side Diamond Hoppers, Birmingham-Bloomfield Beavers, Utica Unicorns |
Waterford | 2010 | 2010 | 1 | Oakland County Cruisers |
Wyandotte | 1912 | 1913 | 2 | Wyandotte |
Ypsilanti | 1913 | 1913 | 1 | Ypsilanti |
About the Register Data
Historical performance data for professional leagues (affiliated minor leagues, independent minor leagues, fall/winter leagues, and other international leagues) is provided by and licensed from 24-7 Baseball and Chadwick Baseball Bureau. It incorporates the work of many stalwart baseball researchers, including Cliff Blau, Art Cantu, Frank Hamilton, Reed Howard, Kevin Johnson, Bob McConnell, Jack Morris, and Ray Nemec, as well as members of the Minor Leagues Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research.
Perhaps most importantly, it builds upon the seminal work of Ed Washuta, who magnanimously provided the framework to make the whole thing possible.
Minor league Total Zone (Rctch&Rtz, 2005-2009) data provided by Baseballprojection.com and Minorleaguesplits.com.
About the Negro League Data
Sources
This data comes from two sources. 1) The Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group put together by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum thanks to a grant provided by Major League Baseball. 2) Gary Ashwill and his collaborators.
The Hall of Fame data is found for the years 1920-1948 and the Ashwill data is found from 1904-1919. Many statistics are incomplete due to ongoing research and/or limitations in published sources, so please be assured that we are aware there are issues with the data and will continue to work with our data providers to improve the data that appears here.
The Hall of Fame dataset
This data is constructed from the best available information as provided by Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers and Dick Clark of the Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group. It contains data culled from newspaper boxscores, covering league sanctioned games from 1920 to 1948, which was produced for a study sponsored by Major League Baseball and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. It reflects totals as compiled by the NLRAG up to 2006. As new credible information is continually unearthed, these numbers will continue to change.
Baseball-Reference and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum would like to acknowledge Major League Baseball for funding this study, along with the Negro Leagues Researchers and Authors Group for their extensive efforts to collect the raw data and construct the most comprehensive database of Negro Leagues Baseball statistics. Under the direction of Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers and Dick Clark, this database is the largest dataset ever made publically available and we wish to express our gratitude for all their efforts to help rebuild this lost statistical history.
The Ashwill Negro Leagues Database
Playing statistics and biographical data on the Negro leagues (all pre-1920) and early Latin American professional baseball is licensed from and provided by the Negro Leagues Database, a project organized by Gary Ashwill with the participation of many historians of Negro league and Latin American baseball.
The database is a work in progress, and will include more seasons as development continues. It appears in its original form at Seamheads.com.
Playing statistics and biographical data for this portion of our dataset (The Negro Leagues Database) are all copyright 2013 by Gary Ashwill. All rights reserved.
Completeness
Note that our records are missing thousands of players who played in the Negro Leagues for minor league teams, independent teams, barnstorming teams or even Negro major league teams. We will bring their records to light as soon as suitable records are available for those players.
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