Newark Newks

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| name = Newark Newks

| firstseason = 1905

| lastseason = 1915

| allyears = 1905–1912, 1915

| city = Newark, Ohio

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  • Class D (1911–1912, 1915)
  • Class B (1911)
  • Class D (1908–1910)
  • Class C (1905–1907)

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  • Newark New Socks (1915)
  • Newark Newks (1912)
  • Newark Skeeters (1911)
  • Newark Newks (1907–1910)
  • Newark Cotton Tops (1906)
  • Newark Idlewilds (1905)

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The Newark Newks was the predominant name of a minor league baseball team based in Newark, Ohio from 1905 until 1915. The team was first known as the Newark Idlewilds and began playing in the Ohio–Pennsylvania League. In 1906 the club changed its name to the Newark Cotton Tops. Finally in 1907, the team took on the Newks name. In 1908 the team moved in the Ohio State League, where they played until 1911. On June 22, 1911, the team moved to Piqua, Ohio to become the Piqua Picks. However that June, the Grand Rapids Furniture Makers of the Central League moved to Newark and became the Newark Skeeters. The next season the Skeeters played in the Ohio State League and posted a 72–68 record before vanishing. The city fielded the Newark New Socks (sometimes referred to as the Newsocks) in the 1915 Buckeye League. Newark was without a team until the 1944 Newark Moundsmen returned to play in the Ohio State League.

Year-by-year records

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YearRecordFinishManagerNotes
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|1905

37–46NAJack Doyle
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|1906

65–746thGene Bates, Bill Bottenus,
Andy Sommers & Walter Snodgrass
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|1907

86–532ndBob Berryhill
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|1908

74–755thBob Berryhill & Harry Eells
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|1909

46–64NAHomer Davidson & Erve Wratten
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|1910

58–804thBob Berryhill, Charles Riehl,
Charles O'Day
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|1911

29–335thAlfred NewnhamTeam moved to Piqua, Ohio on June 22
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|1911

34–427thHarley Parker & John PendryGrand Rapids moved to Newark on June 27
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|1912

70–683rdJack Grim, Sandy Murray & Barry McCormick
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|1915

14–244thErv Wrattan

{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball |editor-first1=Lloyd |editor-last1=Johnson |editor-first2=Miles |editor-last2=Wolff |edition=Third |publisher=Baseball America |date=2007 |isbn=978-1932391176}}

Timeline

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! Year(s) !! # Yrs. !! Team !! Level !! League!!Affiliate

18891NewarkIndependentOhio State Leaguerowspan=8|None
19051Newark Idlewindsrowspan=3|Class Crowspan=3|Ohio-Pennsylvania League
19061Newark Cotton Tops
19071rowspan=2|Newark Newks
1908–19103rowspan=6|Class Drowspan=3|Ohio State League
19111Newark
19121Newark Skeeters
19151Newark New SocksBuckeye League
1944–19474Newark MoundsmenOhio State LeagueSt. Louis Browns
1948–19514Newark YankeesOhio-Indiana LeagueNew York Yankees
19941Newark BuffalosIndependentFrontier LeagueNone

References