Steubenville Stubs
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| League | Interstate League (1913) |
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| League titles | 1 (1907) |
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The Steubenville Stubs was the predominant name of a minor league baseball team that sparsely played in Steubenville, Ohio between 1887 and 1913. The team was first formed in 1887 as a member of the Ohio State League, before disbanding on June 29 of that year.[1] A second Stubs team played in 1895 as a member of the Interstate League, however that team also proved to be short-lived.[2] The club moved to Akron, Ohio on May 13, 1895 to become the Akron Akrons and then to Lima, Ohio on May 19, 1895 to become the Lima Farmers.[3]
The third incarnation of the Stubs began in 1905 as the city fielded a team for the Ohio–Pennsylvania League, named the Steubenville Factory Men. A year later the club moved to the Pennsylvania–Ohio–Maryland League and took up the Stubs moniker.[4] In 1907 the Stubs ended the season with a 69-33 for the league title. After skipping the 1908 season, the Stubs returned for the 1909 and 1911 seasons. The team disbanded on August 20, 1911.[5] In 1912 the Stubs moved to Follansbee, West Virginia for the second half of the 1912 Ohio–Pennsylvania League season, as the Steubenville-Follansbee Stubs. The club went 14–15 to fourth of four teams in a tight race in the second half, before the league folded on August 6, 1912. The Fairmont Fairies were declared the league champion when the Stubs were unable to field a team for the playoffs.[6]
A final Stubs team played in the Interstate League in 1913, before disbanding for the final time.
Year-by-year record
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| Year | Record | Finish | Manager | Playoffs |
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| 1887 | 9-34 | -- | Tom Nicholson, Joseph Woods & James Quinn | Team disbanded June 29 |
| 1895 | 21-39 | 6th | George Moreland, George Rhue & Timothy Donovan | Relocated to Akron |
| 1905 | 1-7 | -- | Jack Kelly | |
| 1906 | 48-51 | 5th | John Smith & Eddie Lee | |
| 1907 | 69-33 | 1st | Percy Stetler | League Champs |
| 1909 | 48-73 | 7th | Doc Martel, Jim Lynch & Frank Blair | |
| 1911 | 40-80 | -- | John Castle | Team disbanded August 20[7] |
| 1912 | 62-50 | 2nd | Gene Curtis | unable to field a team for the playoffs |
| 1913 | 31-42 | 5th | Roy Montgomery |
References
[edit]- ^ "History in the Hills: A baseball legend recalled". weirtondailytimes.com. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
- ^ "Honus Wagner's Rookie Year, 1895 – Society for American Baseball Research". Retrieved 2026-03-27.
- ^ "Honus Wagner's Rookie Year, 1895 – Society for American Baseball Research". Retrieved 2026-03-27.
- ^ "History in the Hills: A baseball legend recalled". weirtondailytimes.com. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
- ^ "Potters and Stubs Teams Dropped from O. & P." The Akron Beacon Journal. August 21, 1911. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "History in the Hills: A baseball legend recalled". weirtondailytimes.com. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
- ^ "History in the Hills: A baseball legend recalled". weirtondailytimes.com. Retrieved 2026-03-27.