Western League (baseball, 1939-41)
- Western League (baseball, 1939-41)
The Western League of 1939-41 was a low-level American circuit in Minor League Baseball. The Class D league was born when the Nebraska State League changed its identity after the by|1938 season. It is not related to the Class A Western League of 1900-37 and 1947-58, a higher-level league that suspended operations during the latter years of the Great Depression through World War II.
The 1939-41 Western League included teams based in Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota and Wyoming. After the United States entered the war, the league did not answer the bell for by|1942 and was succeeded by its Class A namesake in by|1947. The Nebraska State League was revived as a Class D circuit from 1956-59.
Member clubs
* Cheyenne Indians
* Denver Bears
* Lincoln Links
* Mitchell Kernels
* Norfolk Elks
* Norfolk Yankees
* Pueblo Rollers (Champions, 1941)
* Sioux City Cowboys
* Sioux City Soos (Champions, 1939)
* Sioux Falls Canaries (Champions, 1940)
* Worthington Cardinals
References
* Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007.
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