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Northwestern League, the Glossary

The Northwestern League was a sports league that operated in the Central United States during the early years of professional baseball for six seasons: 1879, 1883–1884, 1886–1887, and 1891.^[1]

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Baseball leagues in Illinois
Baseball leagues in Indiana
Baseball leagues in Iowa
Baseball leagues in Michigan
Baseball leagues in Minnesota
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Baseball leagues in Wisconsin

Al Buckenberger

Albert C. Buckenberger (January 31, 1861 – July 1, 1917) was an American manager in Major League Baseball.

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American Association (1882–1891)

The American Association of Base Ball Clubs (AA) was a professional baseball league that existed for 10 seasons from to.

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Andrew Thompson (baseball manager)

Andrew M. Thompson (November 9, 1845 – February 17, 1895) was a professional baseball manager for the one season in the Union Association.

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Andy Sommers

John Andrew Sommers (October 26, 1865 – July 22, 1908) was an American professional baseball catcher.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.

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Baseball America is a sports enterprise that covers baseball at every level, including MLB, with a particular focus on up-and-coming players in the MiLB, college, high school, and international leagues.

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Bay City, Michigan

Bay City is a city in and the county seat of Bay County, Michigan, United States.

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Bill Watkins (baseball)

William Henry Watkins (May 5, 1858 – June 9, 1937), sometimes known as "Wattie," or "Watty," was a Canadian-born baseball player, manager, executive and team owner whose career in organized baseball spanned 47 years from 1876 to 1922.

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Billy Clingman

William Frederick Clingman (November 21, 1869 – May 14, 1958) was a Major League Baseball infielder from -. He played for the Cincinnati Reds, Cincinnati Kelly's Killers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Louisville Colonels, Chicago Orphans, Cleveland Naps, and Washington Senators.

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Central United States

The Central United States is sometimes conceived as between the Eastern and Western as part of a three-region model, roughly coincident with the U.S. Census's definition of the Midwestern United States plus the western and central portions of the U.S. Census's definition of the Southern United States.

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Charlie Morton (baseball manager)

Charles Hazen Morton (October 12, 1854 – December 9, 1921) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder, manager, and League executive.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.

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Davenport Hawkeyes

The Davenport Hawkeyes were a minor league baseball team based in Davenport, Iowa.

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Dayton, Ohio

Dayton is a city in Montgomery and Greene counties and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States.

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Des Moines Boosters

The Des Moines Boosters were a Western League minor league baseball team based in Des Moines, Iowa, United States that existed from 1908 to 1924.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Detroit Wolverines (minor league baseball)

The Detroit Wolverines were a minor league baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan.

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Dickey Pearce

Richard J. Pearce (February 29, 1836 – September 18, 1908) known as Dickey Pearce was an American professional baseball player at baseball-reference.com, URL accessed November 18, 2009.

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Dubuque, Iowa minor league baseball

Minor league baseball teams have operated in the city of Dubuque, Iowa under a variety of names in various leagues, playing in 52 seasons between 1879 and 1976.

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Duluth Freezers

The Duluth Freezers were a minor league baseball team based in Duluth, Minnesota.

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Eau Claire Commissioners

The Eau Claire Commissioners were a Minnesota–Wisconsin League minor league baseball team that played under that name from 1910 to 1912. The team was based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Notably, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Burleigh Grimes played for the team. Jack Kading played for the club when they were the Puffs.

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Ed Hengel

Edward Siegfried Hengel (September 16, 1855 – November 4, 1927) was a professional baseball player, manager, umpire.

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Evansville Evas

The Evansville Evas was a primary nickname of an early minor league baseball teams in Evansville, Indiana between 1877 and 1931.

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Evansville, Indiana

Evansville is a city in and the county seat of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States.

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Fort Wayne Hoosiers (baseball)

The Fort Wayne Hoosiers minor league baseball team played in the Northwestern League in 1883 and 1884.

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Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States.

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Fred Gunkle

Frederick William Gunkle (October 26, 1857 – December 21, 1936) was an American professional baseball player who played one game for the 1879 Cleveland Blues.

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Games behind

In some North American sports, the phrase games behind or games back (often abbreviated GB) refers to a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division.

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Grand Rapids (baseball)

The Grand Rapids Baseball Club was a minor league baseball team based in Grand Rapids, Michigan that played under several different names at various times between 1883 and 1951.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is a city in and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States.

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Guy Hecker

Guy Jackson Hecker (April 3, 1856 – December 3, 1938) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball.

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Harry Smith (1900s catcher)

Harry Thomas Smith (October 31, 1874 – February 17, 1933), was an English professional baseball player and manager.

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Henry Jones (second baseman)

Henry Monroe Jones (May 10, 1857 – May 31, 1955) was a professional baseball player who played second base and outfield in the Major Leagues for the 1884 Detroit Wolverines.

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Horace Phillips (baseball)

Horace B. Phillips (May 14, 1853 – February 26, 1896) was an American manager in Major League Baseball for eight seasons, from 1879 to 1889.

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Independent baseball league

An independent baseball league is a professional baseball league in the United States or Canada that is not overseen by Major League Baseball or its affiliated Minor League Baseball system (historically referred to as organized baseball).

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Jack Remsen

John Jay Remsen (April, 1850 – After 1884), was an American Major League Baseball player who played mainly in center field for eight teams in nine seasons, from 1872 to 1884.

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Joe Miller (second baseman)

Joseph Wick Miller (July 24, 1850 – August 28, 1891) was a German-American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball.

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John Peters (shortstop)

John Phillip Peters (April 8, 1850 – January 4, 1924) was an American shortstop who played in Major League Baseball with four clubs from through.

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John Rainey (baseball)

John Paul Rainey (July 16, 1864 – November 11, 1912) was an American Major League Baseball player who played for the 1887 New York Giants and 1890 Buffalo Bisons.

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Milwaukee Brewers (1884–1885)

The Milwaukee Brewers of 1884–1885 were an American professional baseball team and a member of (in order): the Northwestern League, Union Association, and Western League.

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Milwaukee Cream Citys

The Cream City Club of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was a baseball team in the 1860s, usually known as the Cream Citys.

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Minneapolis Millers

The Minneapolis Millers were an American professional minor league baseball team that played in Minneapolis, Minnesota, through 1960.

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Minor League Baseball

Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is a professional baseball organization below Major League Baseball (MLB), including teams affiliated with MLB clubs.

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Muskegon, Michigan

Muskegon is a city in and the county seat of Muskegon County, Michigan, United States.

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National League (baseball)

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League (NL), is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league.

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Northwestern League

The Northwestern League was a sports league that operated in the Central United States during the early years of professional baseball for six seasons: 1879, 1883–1884, 1886–1887, and 1891. Northwestern League and Northwestern League are baseball leagues in Illinois, baseball leagues in Indiana, baseball leagues in Iowa, baseball leagues in Michigan, baseball leagues in Minnesota, baseball leagues in Nebraska, baseball leagues in Ohio, baseball leagues in Wisconsin and Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States.

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Northwestern League (1905–1917)

The Northwestern League was a professional sports league in minor league baseball that operated from 1905 to 1917. Northwestern League and Northwestern League (1905–1917) are Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States.

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Omaha Packers

The Omaha Packers were a minor league baseball team based in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Oshkosh Indians

The Oshkosh Indians were a minor league baseball team based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, playing between 1891 and 1914.

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Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Oshkosh is a city in and the county seat of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States, located on the western shore of Lake Winnebago.

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Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest (PNW), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in Western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east.

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Peoria Chiefs

The Peoria Chiefs are a Minor League Baseball team of the Midwest League and the High-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Peoria Distillers

The Peoria Distillers were a minor league baseball team that existed on-and-off from 1894 to 1917.

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Peoria, Illinois

Peoria is a city in and county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States.

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Professional baseball

Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system.

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Quincy Gems (affiliated baseball)

The Quincy Gems was the primary name of the minor league baseball team in Quincy, Illinois, that played in various seasons from 1883 to 1973.

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Rasty Wright (outfielder)

William Smith "Rasty" Wright (January 31, 1863 – October 14, 1922) was a professional baseball player.

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Reserve clause

The reserve clause, in North American professional sports, was part of a player contract which stated that the rights to players were retained by the team upon the contract's expiration.

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Retrosheet

Retrosheet is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose website features box scores of Major League Baseball (MLB) games from 1906 to the present, and play-by-play narratives for almost every contest since the 1930s.

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Rockford Rox

The Rockford Rox was the primary moniker of the minor league baseball teams based in Rockford, Illinois, between 1871 and 1949.

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Saginaw, Michigan minor league baseball history

Minor league baseball teams played in Saginaw, Michigan in various seasons between 1884 and 1951.

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Sports league

A sports league is a group of individual athletes, sports teams or clubs who form a league to compete against each other and gain points in a specific sport.

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Springfield, Illinois

Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County.

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St. Louis Globe-Democrat

The St.

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St. Paul Freezers

The St.

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St. Paul Saints (Union Association)

The St.

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Stillwater, Minnesota

Stillwater is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Washington County.

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Ted Sullivan (baseball)

Timothy Paul "Ted" Sullivan (March 17, 1851 – July 5, 1929) was an Irish born manager and player in Major League Baseball who was born in County Clare, Ireland.

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Terre Haute Hottentots

The Terre Haute Hottentots were a Minor League Baseball team from Terre Haute, Indiana, that played in the Northwestern League in 1891, Illinois–Iowa League in 1892, Western Interstate League in 1895, Western League in 1895, Class C Central League in 1897, 1900, and 1903 to 1909, and the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League from 1901 to 1902.

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Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about east of the state's western border with Illinois.

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The St. Paul Globe

The St.

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Toledo Blue Stockings

The Toledo Blue Stockings formed as a minor league baseball team in Toledo, Ohio, in 1883.

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Tom Loftus

Thomas Joseph Loftus (November 15, 1856 – April 16, 1910) was an American professional baseball player and manager.

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Union Association

The Union Association was a league in Major League Baseball which lasted for just the 1884 season.

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Wayback Machine

The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web founded by the Internet Archive, an American nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California.

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Western Association

The Western Association was the name of five different leagues formed in American minor league baseball during the 19th and 20th centuries. Northwestern League and Western Association are baseball leagues in Illinois, baseball leagues in Iowa, baseball leagues in Michigan, baseball leagues in Minnesota, baseball leagues in Nebraska, baseball leagues in Ohio, baseball leagues in Wisconsin and Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States.

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