Twin Ports League

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Twin Ports League
ClassificationClass E (1943)
SportMinor League Baseball
FounderFrank Wade
First season1943
CeasedJuly 14, 1943
PresidentFrank Wade (1943)
No. of teams4
CountryUnited States of America
Most titles1
Superior Bays (1943)

The Twin Ports League was an American minor baseball league that existed for six weeks (May 30 through July 13) during the wartime 1943 season. Comprising four teams based in Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin.

History[edit]

The Twin Ports League was the only league to be designated Class E—one level below the previously lowest minor league level, Class D—by the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (the formal name of Minor League Baseball).

According to Baseball Americas Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, many of the players in the Twin Ports League were employed in the Twin Ports' war factories, dockyards and shipyards. The teams included the Duluth Dukes, Duluth Heralds, Duluth Marine Iron, and the Superior Bays. The Superior club was in first place when the league disbanded on July 13, 1943.

Only one player in the Twin Ports League eventually reached Major League BaseballErnie Rudolph, who pitched in seven games for the 1945 Brooklyn Dodgers.

Former major league player Wally Gilbert managed the Marine Iron team.[1]

Cities represented[edit]

Standings and statistics[edit]

1943 Twin Ports League

Team standings W L PCT GB Managers
Superior Bays 11 7 .611 - Red Treadwell / John Schroeder
Duluth Marine Iron 9 7 .563 1.0 Wally Gilbert
Duluth Dukes 9 10 .474 2.5 Bud McPherson
Duluth Heralds 5 10 .333 4.5 Frank Summers

The league disbanded July 13.[2][3]

Player statistics
Player Team Stat Tot Player Team Stat Tot
Wally Gilbert Marine Iron BA .456 Ed Anderson Marine Iron W 4
John Schroeder Superior Runs 21 Bob Connolly Superior W 4
John Schroeder Superior Hits 27 Verl Westergard Superior SO 56
John Schroeder Superior RBI 23 Verl Westergard Superior ERA 2.25
John Norlander Dukes HR 1 R.A. Ryan Dukes PCT 1.000 3-0
Joe Shonts Heralds HR 1

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Ray Luurs. "Wally Gilbert". SABR BioProject.
  2. ^ "1943 Twin Ports League". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. ^ a b The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson & Miles Wolff, editors (Third ed.). Baseball America. 2007. ISBN 978-1932391176.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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