Samuel Morton (1888) J.S. McCormick (1889-1890) L.C. Krauthoff (1890, 1893) Robert Scott (1893) Dave Rowe (1894) W.W. Kent (1894-1895) Thomas Hickey (1896-1899) William Myer (1901)
No. of teams
75
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Most titles
Springfield / Fort Smith (6)
For the 17th century Scottish military command, see Western Association (Scotland).
Not to be confused with Western League (disambiguation).
The Western Association was the name of five different leagues formed in American minor league baseball during the 19th and 20th centuries.
The oldest league, originally established as the Northwestern League in 1883, was refounded as the Western Association on October 28, 1887.[1] It began operations in the 1888 season and lasted through the 1891 season.[1]
A separate Western Association was formed in January 1894 with clubs in Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and Missouri – with a team in faraway Denver, Colorado, added in 1895. This league ceased operations in 1898, but was revived again for the following season.[1] It was renamed the Central League in 1900. In 1901, two leagues were called the Western Association. One had eight teams in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Indiana; it folded after only one year. The other loop, confusingly located in the same geographic area, was the former Interstate League; it reverted to its original identity in 1902.[1]
The most long-lived Western Association played between 1905 and 1954.[1] Originally the Missouri Valley League, it existed for 42 years during that half century, suspending operations during both world wars and for one season (1933) during the Great Depression. It was largely a Class C circuit, meaning it was a lower minor league, above only the Class D level.
^ abcde"Western League versus Western Association" (PDF), SABR Minor League Newsletter, June 2002, retrieved 2009-10-12
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