The Minnesota–Wisconsin League , known as the "Minny" League, was a professional minor baseball league that existed from 1909 to 1912. It was a Class D league in 1909, 1910 and 1912 and a Class C league in 1911. As its name suggests, it featured teams based in the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin .
4-828: 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. This article about a baseball team in Wisconsin is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Minnesota%E2%80%93Wisconsin League The inaugural 1909 Minnesota–Wisconsin League season featured
8-618: The Duluth White Sox , Eau Claire Cream Puffs , La Crosse Outcasts , Winona Pirates , Wausau Lumberjacks and Superior Drillers as the six charter franchises in the league. The Duluth White Sox finished in first place, claiming the league championship. In 1910, the Duluth White Sox, La Crosse Outcasts, Wausau Lumberjacks and Winona Pirates returned from 1909, while the Eau Claire Cream Puffs became
12-830: The Eau Claire Commissioners and the Superior Drillers became the Superior Red Sox . The Red Wing Manufacturers and the Rochester Surgeons were newcomers to the league, which expanded to eight teams. The Eau Claire Commissioners finished in first place, winning the league championship. In 1911, the league began play with the same teams as in 1910. During the season, the Red Wing and Wausau franchises both folded on June 26, 1911. The Superior Red Sox finished in first place, winning
16-1090: The league championship. In 1912, the Minnesota–Wisconsin League began with four teams – the Eau Claire Commissioners, the La Crosse Outcasts, the Winona Pirates and the Rochester Bugs (formerly the Rochester Surgeons). Duluth and Superior left to form the Central International League . The Minnesota–Wisconsin League disbanded on July 1, 1912, with the Winona Pirates being the de facto league champion. Hall of Fame members Dave Bancroft , 1909 Duluth White Sox ,1909 Superior Drillers , 1910–1911 Superior Red Sox and Burleigh Grimes , 1912 Eau Claire Commissioners , played in
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