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The '''Industrial League''' is a general term for several semi-professional baseball leagues pitting company-sponsored teams made up of employees against each other. | The '''Industrial League''' is a general term for several semi-professional baseball leagues pitting company-sponsored teams made up of employees against each other. Industrial League baseball was an extremely popular past-time in the [[Birmingham District]] and is credited with serving as a seed-bed for numerous professional ball-players. | ||
In [[1926]] the Leagues were organized thus: | In [[1926]] the Leagues were organized thus: | ||
==Industrial League== | __NOTOC__ | ||
===Eastern Division=== | ==1907== | ||
In [[1907]] the [[Birmingham YMCA]] organized a four-team amateur baseball league, with each team named for a commercial sponsor: | |||
* [[Prowell Hardware Co.]] | |||
* [[Cotton, Odum & Bowers]] | |||
* [[Massey Business College]] | |||
* [[Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company|Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co.]] | |||
==1926== | |||
In [[1926]] there was an Industrial League and a City League, each organized into three divisions: | |||
===Industrial League=== | |||
{|- | |||
| valign="top" width=250 | | |||
====Eastern Division==== | |||
* [[Boyles]] | * [[Boyles]] | ||
* [[Continental Gin]] | * [[Continental Gin]] | ||
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* [[Pinson]] | * [[Pinson]] | ||
* [[Center]] | * [[Center]] | ||
===Central Division=== | | valign="top" width=250 | | ||
====Central Division==== | |||
* [[NCIP Co.]] | * [[NCIP Co.]] | ||
* [[East Lake]] | * [[East Lake]] | ||
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* [[Pan-American]] | * [[Pan-American]] | ||
* [[Gulf States]] | * [[Gulf States]] | ||
===Western Division=== | | valign="top" | | ||
====Western Division==== | |||
* [[Brookside]] | * [[Brookside]] | ||
* [[Mineral Springs (Jefferson County community)|Mineral Springs]] | * [[Mineral Springs (Jefferson County community)|Mineral Springs]] | ||
* [[Bessie Mines]] | * [[Bessie Mines]] | ||
* [[Shades Mountain]] | * [[Shades Mountain]] | ||
|} | |||
==City League== | ===City League=== | ||
===Central Division=== | {|- | ||
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====Central Division==== | |||
* [[Southern Bell]] | * [[Southern Bell]] | ||
* [[Sloss]] | * [[Sloss]] | ||
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* [[Avondale Park]] | * [[Avondale Park]] | ||
* [[Thomas]] | * [[Thomas]] | ||
===Eastern Division=== | | valign="top" width=250 | | ||
====Eastern Division==== | |||
* [[Wahouma]] | * [[Wahouma]] | ||
* [[North Birmingham]] | * [[North Birmingham]] | ||
* [[Avondale Mills]] | * [[Avondale Mills]] | ||
* [[Central Park]] | * [[Central Park]] | ||
===Western Division=== | | valign="top" | | ||
====Western Division==== | |||
* [[Industrial School]] | * [[Industrial School]] | ||
* [[Unit Stove]] | * [[Unit Stove]] | ||
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* [[Fire Department]] | * [[Fire Department]] | ||
* [[Welded Products]] | * [[Welded Products]] | ||
|} | |||
==1936== | |||
By [[1936]] there were more than 150 company-sponsored teams in more than a dozen leagues across five divisions playing under the umbrella of the [[Birmingham Amateur Baseball Federation]]. The [[Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company]] sponsored two of those leagues and eleven teams. | |||
{{stub}} | {{stub}} | ||
==References== | |||
* Brasher, Jusin (2006) "The New South and the Sandlot: Company-Sponsored Baseball in Birmingham, AL." ''The Vulcan Historical Review'', Vol. 10, pp. 20–32 | |||
[[Category:Baseball leagues]] | [[Category:Baseball leagues]] | ||
Revision as of 14:30, 17 September 2022
The Industrial League is a general term for several semi-professional baseball leagues pitting company-sponsored teams made up of employees against each other. Industrial League baseball was an extremely popular past-time in the Birmingham District and is credited with serving as a seed-bed for numerous professional ball-players.
In 1926 the Leagues were organized thus:
1907
In 1907 the Birmingham YMCA organized a four-team amateur baseball league, with each team named for a commercial sponsor:
- Prowell Hardware Co.
- Cotton, Odum & Bowers
- Massey Business College
- Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co.
1926
In 1926 there was an Industrial League and a City League, each organized into three divisions:
Industrial League
Eastern Division |
Central Division |
Western Division |
City League
Central Division |
Eastern Division |
Western Division |
1936
By 1936 there were more than 150 company-sponsored teams in more than a dozen leagues across five divisions playing under the umbrella of the Birmingham Amateur Baseball Federation. The Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company sponsored two of those leagues and eleven teams.
References
- Brasher, Jusin (2006) "The New South and the Sandlot: Company-Sponsored Baseball in Birmingham, AL." The Vulcan Historical Review, Vol. 10, pp. 20–32