Southern Michigan League

The Southern Michigan League was a Minor League Baseball circuit which operated between 1906 and 1912. It was classified as a Class D league from 1906 to 1910 and as a Class C league from 1911 to 1912. After that, the league was known as the Southern Michigan Association between 1913 and 1915.

Tha Southern Michigan Association held a Class D status in 1913 and was given Class C recognition in 1914 and 1915. The Association closed up after the 1915 season.

Cities represented/teams

*Adrian, Michigan
**Adrian Yeggs (1909-11)
**Adrian Lions (1912-13)
**Adrian Fencevilles (1914)

*Battle Creek, Michigan
**Battle Creek Crickets (1906-15)

*Bay City, Michigan
**Bay City (1907-10)
**Bay City Billikens (1911-12)
**Bay City Beavers (1913-15)
*Flint, Michigan
**Flint Vehicles (1907-15)
*Jackson, Michigan
**Jackson Convicts (1906-13)
**Jackson Chiefs (1914)
**Jackson Vets (1915)

*Kalamazoo, Michigan
**Kalamazoo White Sox (1906-08)
**Kalamazoo Kazoos (1909-10, 1913-14)
**Kalamazoo Celery Pickers (1911-12

*Lansing, Michigan
**Lansing Senators (1907-14)
*Mount Clemens, Michigan
**Mount Clemens Bathers (1906-07, 1914)
*Saginaw, Michigan
**Saginaw (1906)
**Saginaw Wa-was (1908-10)
**Saginaw Krazy Kats (1911)
**Saginaw Trailers (1912)
**Saginaw Ducks (1913-15)
*South Bend, Indiana
**South Bend Benders (1914)
**South Bend Factors (1915)

*Tecumseh, Michigan
**Tecumseh (1906-08)

*Toledo, Ohio
**Toledo Mud Hens (1914)

Pennant winners

* 1906 - Mount Clemens Bathers
* 1907 - Tecumseh
* 1908 - Saginaw Wa-was
* 1909 - Saginaw Wa-was
* 1910 - Kalamazoo Kazoos
* 1911 - Kalamazoo Celery Pickers
* 1912 - Adrian Lions
* 1913 - Battle Creek Crickets
* 1914 - Bay City Beavers
* 1915 - South Bend Factors

Hall of Fame alumni

* Jesse Haines (Saginaw Ducks, 1914-15)

ome players of note

*Fritz Buelow (Bay City, 1909)
*Joe Harris (Bay City, 1913-14)
*Jim Hughey (Kalamazoo, 1910)
*Beany Jacobson (Kalamazoo, 1911)
*Gene Krapp (Flint, 1909)
*Jack Onslow (Lansing, 1912)
*Vic Saier (Lansing, 1910)
*Robert Troy (Adrian, 1912)
*Charlie Wagner (Kalamazoo, 1912-15)

ources

* "Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball", second edition, April 1997.----