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The Columbus Senators Minor league baseball team was born in 1888 as a founding member of the Tri-State League. After that, the Senators played in the Western League (1897-1899), Interstate League (1900) Western Association (1901) and American Association (1903-1930). The team represented Columbus, Ohio, and played their home games at Recreation Park and Neil Park.
In their first season, the Senators finished in third place with a 64-50 record. The nickname was used again in 1897, when the Columbus team in the Western League changed its name from the Columbus Buckeyes to the Senators. Columbus competed until 1899, when the team had to move before the season was completed. In 1900, Columbus also posted a Senators club in the Interstate League, moving to the Western Association in 1901.
By 1902, the Senators became one of the founding members of the new American Association. Before the 1905 season the team owner built Neil Park, the first concrete-and-steel stadium in the minor leagues. From 1905 through 1907, the Senators won the league title,losing the Junior World Series in 1906 and 1907. The team declined after that, and never finished higher than fourth place between 1919 and 1930.
In 1931, the St. Louis Cardinals took control of the Columbus team as part of their developing minor league system and renamed them the Columbus Red Birds.
Yearly Team Records
Year Record Finish Manager League Notes 1888 64-50 3rd James Curry
Frank ArnoldTSL 1897 89-47 2nd George Tebeau WL 1898 73-60 5th Tom Loftus
George TebeauWL 1899 63-62 5th Tom Loftus
George TebeauWL 1900 58-78 6th Bob Quinn ISL 1901 55-86 7th Frank Metz
Jimmy Gardner
Ed ZinramWA 1902 58-78 6th Frank Leonard
Jack GrimAA 1903 56-84 6th Frank Leonard
Bob Quinn
Jimmy BannonAA 1904 88-61 2nd Bill Clymer AA 1905 100-52 1st Bill Clymer AA Championship title 1906 91-57 1st Bill Clymer AA Championship title
Lost Junior World Series to
the Buffalo Bisons1907 90-94 1st Bill Clymer AA Championship title
Lost Junior World Series to
the Toronto Maple Leafs1908 86-68 3rd Bill Clymer AA 1909 80-87 7th Bill Clymer
Bill FrielAA 1910 88-77 3rd Bill Friel AA 1911 87-78 3rd Bill Friel AA 1912 98-68 3rd Bill Friel AA 1913 93-74 4th Bill Hinchman AA 1914 86-77 4th Bill Hinchman AA 1915 54-91 8th Rudy Hulswitt AA 1916 71-90 7th Rudy Hulswitt
Bob Quinn
William JohnsAA 1917 84-69 4th Joe Tinker AA 1918 41-32 2nd Joe Tinker AA 1919 70-84 6th Grover Hartley AA 1920 66-99 7th Bill Clymer AA 1921 69-96 8th Pants Rowland AA 1922 63-102 8th Pants Rowland AA 1923 79-89 4th Carlton Molesworth AA 1924 75-93 7th Carlton Molesworth AA 1925 61-106 8th Carlton Molesworth AA 1926 39-125 8th Hank Gowdy
George McQuillanAA 1927 60-108 8th Ivey Wingo AA 1928 68-100 7th Nemo Leibold AA 1929 75-91 6th Nemo Leibold AA 1930 67-86 6th Nemo Leibold AA Hall of Fame alumni
- Mordecai Brown (1917-1918)
- Rick Ferrell (1926-1928)
- Joe Tinker (1917)
- Dazzy Vance (1916)
- Rube Waddell (1899)
Sources
- The American Association: A Baseball History, 1902-1991 – Bill O'Neal. Publisher: Eakin Press, 1992. Language: English. Format: Paperback, 410pp. ISBN 0890158126
- Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball – Lloyd Johnson, Miles Wolff. Publisher: Baseball America, 1993. Language: English. Format: Paperback, 420pp. ISBN 0963718916
Categories:- Defunct minor league baseball teams
- Defunct American Association (20th century) teams
- Defunct baseball teams in Ohio
- Sports in Columbus, Ohio
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