Union Association | |
Sport: | Minor League Baseball |
President: | William Henry Lucas (1911–1912) Van Patte (1912) E. C. Mulroney (1913) Edward F. Murphy (1914) |
Inaugural: | 1911 |
Teams: | 8 |
Country: | United States of America |
Continent: | or |
Continents: | --> |
Folded: | 1914 |
Most Champs: | 2 Great Falls Electrics (1911, 1913) |
Classification: | Class D (1911–1914) |
The Union Association was a Class D level Minor league baseball circuit that operated from through, with franchises based in Idaho, Montana and Utah. It was unrelated to the like-named 1884 major league.
Beginning play in 1914, the Union Association was classified as a Class D league, based in the Rocky Mountains of the Western United States. The 1911 charter members were the Great Falls Electrics, Salt Lake City Skyscrapers, Butte Miners, Boise Irrigators, Helena Senators and Missoula.[1] [2]
Frank Huelsman was a star player in the league, completing the Triple Crown in 1911 and 1913, while winning three of the four league batting titles. The Salt Lake City, Helena and Ogden franchises played for the entire duration of the Union Association. On July 20, 1914, Boise and Murray disbanded, then on August 5, 1914 Butte dropped out, which led to the disbandment of the entire league. Despite the rest of the league disbanding, Salt Lake City and Ogden played 16 games against each other to complete their seasons.[1]
City | Team | Seasons |
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1911, 1914 | ||
1911–1914 | ||
1911–1912 1913 | ||
1911–1914 | ||
1911–1913 | ||
1914 | ||
1912–1914 | ||
1911–1914 | ||
Season | Champion |
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1911 | Great Falls Electrics |
1912 | Missoula |
1913 | Great Falls Electrics |
1914 | Ogden Canners |
1911 Union Association - schedule
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
90 | 46 | .662 | – | George Reed | ||
85 | 58 | .594 | 8.5 | |||
77 | 60 | .562 | 13.5 | |||
Boise Irrigators | 64 | 78 | .451 | 29.0 | Hugh Kellackey | |
Helena Senators | 60 | 78 | .435 | 31.0 | Charles Irby | |
42 | 98 | .300 | 50.0 | William Joyce / Charles McCaffery |
Frank Huelsman | Great Falls | BA | .411 | Roswell Hildebrand | Great Falls | W | 30 | ||
Howard Murphy | Great Falls | Runs | 146 | Amos Morgan | Salt Lake City | SO | 267 | ||
Howard Murphy | Great Falls | Hits | 220 | Leo Dressen | Salt Lake City | PCT | .813 13–3 | ||
Frank Huelsman | Great Falls | RBI | 125 | ||||||
Frank Huelsman | Great Falls | HR | 17 |
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
83 | 51 | .620 | – | |||
77 | 61 | .558 | 8.0 | |||
72 | 61 | .541 | 10.5 | George Reed | ||
Ogden Canners | 71 | 68 | .511 | 14.5 | ||
Butte Miners | 53 | 82 | .393 | 30.5 | ||
50 | 83 | .376 | 32.5 | Charles Irby |
Howard Murphy | Great Falls | BA | .390 | Joe Bush | Missoula | W | 29 | |
Jacob Bauer | Salt Lake City | Runs | 143 | Joe Bush | Missoula | PCT | .709 29–12 | |
Howard Murphy | Great Falls | Hits | 240 | |||||
Frank Huelsman | Great Falls | RBI | 114 | |||||
A.E. Spencer | Helena | HR | 14 | |||||
Mike Killilay | Helena | 3B | 25 |
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
78 | 42 | .650 | – | Harry Hester | ||
75 | 47 | .615 | 4.0 | |||
54 | 64 | .458 | 23.0 | Arthur Merkle / Frank Kafora | ||
Missoula | 54 | 68 | .443 | 25.0 | ||
Helena Senators | 52 | 67 | .437 | 25.5 | ||
49 | 74 | .398 | 30.5 | George Knight / Dad Gimlin |
Frank Huelsman | Salt Lake | BA | .423 | Amos Morgan | Salt Lake | W | 26 | ||
Frank Huelsman | Salt Lake | Runs | 123 | Pat Bohen | Missoula | SO | 228 | ||
Frank Huelsman | Salt Lake | Hits | 200 | Amos Morgan | Salt Lake | PCT | .722 26–10 | ||
Frank Huelsman | Salt Lake | RBI | 126 | ||||||
Frank Huelsman | Salt Lake | HR | 22 |
1914 Union Association - schedule
Team standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ogden Canners | 54 | 32 | .628 | – | Dad Gimlin | |
52 | 34 | .605 | 2.0 | Harry Hester | ||
Butte Miners | 44 | 40 | .524 | 9.0 | ||
Helena Senators | 27 | 53 | .338 | 24.0 | Jesse Garrett / William Quigley | |
32 | 39 | .451 | NA | Ervin Jensen | ||
31 | 42 | .425 | NA |
Frank Huelsman | Salt Lake | BA | .424 | Amos Morgan | Salt Lake | W | 16 | ||
Swede Risberg | Ogden | Runs | 84 | George Knight | Ogden | W | 16 | ||
Fred Carmen | Ogden/Boise | Hits | 130 | Tom Tomer | Boise/Salt Lake | SO | 124 | ||
Frank Huelsman | Salt Lake | HR | 23 | Amos Morgan | Salt Lake | PCT | .762 16–5 |
The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia – Gary Gillette, Peter Gammons, Pete Palmer. Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY), 2007. Format: Paperback, 1824 pp. Language: English.