Copper Country Soo League
{{Short description|Minor Baseball League}}
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| champion =Lake Linden Lakers (1905)
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The Copper Country Soo League was a minor league baseball league which operated in four Michigan cities in {{baseball year|1905}}. The league had four teams in their lone season. Three Major League Baseball players, Donie Bush, Fred Luderus, and Pat Paige, are known to have played in the league.
History
The Copper County Soo League began play on May 17, 1905, with the Calumet Aristocrats, Hanock Infants, Lake Linden Lakers and Sault Ste. Marie Soos as charter members of the Class D league.{{Cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/l-NCCL/y-1905|title=1905 Copper Country Soo League (CCSL) Minor League Baseball on StatsCrew.com|website=www.statscrew.com}} There was a short lived merger of the Copper Country-Soo League and Northern League which began June 1. The newly formed league was called the Northern Copper Country-Soo League. The first official game took place June 1 between the Duluth and Lake Linden clubs. The merger ended July 28 and the two leagues resumed separate schedules.{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball |editor1=Lloyd Johnson |editor2=Miles Wolff |edition=Third |publisher=Baseball America |date=2007 |isbn=978-1932391176}}
The Lake Linden Lakers won the 1905 Copper Country Soo League championship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/standings/l-NCCL/y-1905|title=1905 Copper Country Soo League (CCSL) Minor League Baseball Standings on StatsCrew.com|website=www.statscrew.com}}
On March 18, 1906, the Copper Country Soo League and Northern League re-merged to form the Northern-Copper Country League, beginning play on May 17, 1906.{{Cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/l-NCCL/y-1906|title=1906 Northern Copper Country League (NCCL) Minor League Baseball on StatsCrew.com|website=www.statscrew.com}} The merged league disbanded following the 1907 season and a reorganized Northern League resumed separate operations in 1908.
Teams
Standings
1905 Copper Country Soo League
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!Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers | |||||
| Calumet Aristocrats | 61 | 36 | .629| | ||
| | Charles Fichtel | |||||
| Lake Linden Lakers | 57 | 36 | .613 | 2.0 | Percy Glass |
| Hancock Infants | 38 | 58 | .396 | 22.5 | John Condon / Charles Rodgers |
| Sault Ste. Marie Soos | 29 | 55 | .345 | 25.5 | Billy Earle |
June 1 to July 28: Merged into "Northern Copper Country-Soo League". Merger ended July 28 old schedule resumed.
Playoff: Lake Linden 4 games, Calumet 0.
References
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External links
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?code=CCSL&class=D Baseball-Reference (Minors)]
Category:Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States
Category:Baseball leagues in Michigan
Category:Defunct baseball teams in Michigan
Category:Sports leagues established in 1905
Category:Sports leagues disestablished in 1905
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