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joefromchicago · 05-30-2016, 03:26 PM

1887 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Teams:
Binghamton (NY) Crickets or Bingos
Buffalo (NY) Bisons
Hamilton (ONT) Hams
Jersey City (NJ) Skeeters
Newark (NJ) Little Giants
Oswego (NY) Starchboxes
Rochester (NY) Maroons
Syracuse (NY) Stars
Toronto (ONT) Canucks
Utica (NY) Pent-Ups

Schedule Characteristics:
SCHEDULE type="ILN_BGY_G108_T10_C_" inter_league="0" balanced_games="1" games_per_team="108" start_month="4" start_day="30" start_day_of_week="7"

Each team plays 108 games. Teams play each other 12 times.

Season starts on April 30 and ends on October 1. Weekday games start at 3:00. Saturday games start at 1:00. Holiday double-headers (Queen's Birthday (Canada) - 5/24; Decoration Day - 5/30; Dominion Day (Canada) - 7/1; Independence Day - 7/4; Civic Holiday (Canada) - 8/15) start at noon and 3:00, except for split double-headers (home-and-home between Jersey City and Newark and between Syracuse and Oswego, and double-headers on July 4 where Binghamton and Oswego alternate between playing Jersey City and Newark), which start at 10:00 and 3:00. No games on Sundays.

The published schedule (Toronto World, March 16 & 17, 1887), is filled with errors which initially stymied my efforts at making this file. I eventually realized that there were a lot of misplaced commas, so a line that might say that teams would play "May 2, 7, 28" actually meant "May 27, 28," or else "June 12" should have been "June 1, 2." A bigger problem was that Toronto's games at Hamilton weren't listed at all (Hamilton's games at Toronto were printed twice instead) and only two of Syracuse's games at Hamilton were listed. As a result, I had to guess where to plug in the missing match-ups.

After all that, the schedule is still something of a mess. Rochester, for instance, plays its last game on September 21, then has to wait around ten more days for the rest of the league to finish. Gaps during the season of four or five days are not uncommon. Furthermore, Baseball Reference lists twelve teams in this league (the extras were the Scranton Miners and Wilkes-Barre Coal Barons). I don't know whether these clubs were mid-season replacements or late additions. Even the name of the league is unclear: the World called it the International League, whereas Baseball Reference calls it the International Association.

International Association 1887.lsdl

05-30-2016, 03:26 PM	#137
joefromchicago Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 3,705	1887 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION Teams: Binghamton (NY) Crickets or Bingos Buffalo (NY) Bisons Hamilton (ONT) Hams Jersey City (NJ) Skeeters Newark (NJ) Little Giants Oswego (NY) Starchboxes Rochester (NY) Maroons Syracuse (NY) Stars Toronto (ONT) Canucks Utica (NY) Pent-Ups Schedule Characteristics: SCHEDULE type="ILN_BGY_G108_T10_C_" inter_league="0" balanced_games="1" games_per_team="108" start_month="4" start_day="30" start_day_of_week="7" Each team plays 108 games. Teams play each other 12 times. Season starts on April 30 and ends on October 1. Weekday games start at 3:00. Saturday games start at 1:00. Holiday double-headers (Queen's Birthday (Canada) - 5/24; Decoration Day - 5/30; Dominion Day (Canada) - 7/1; Independence Day - 7/4; Civic Holiday (Canada) - 8/15) start at noon and 3:00, except for split double-headers (home-and-home between Jersey City and Newark and between Syracuse and Oswego, and double-headers on July 4 where Binghamton and Oswego alternate between playing Jersey City and Newark), which start at 10:00 and 3:00. No games on Sundays. The published schedule (Toronto World, March 16 & 17, 1887), is filled with errors which initially stymied my efforts at making this file. I eventually realized that there were a lot of misplaced commas, so a line that might say that teams would play "May 2, 7, 28" actually meant "May 27, 28," or else "June 12" should have been "June 1, 2." A bigger problem was that Toronto's games at Hamilton weren't listed at all (Hamilton's games at Toronto were printed twice instead) and only two of Syracuse's games at Hamilton were listed. As a result, I had to guess where to plug in the missing match-ups. After all that, the schedule is still something of a mess. Rochester, for instance, plays its last game on September 21, then has to wait around ten more days for the rest of the league to finish. Gaps during the season of four or five days are not uncommon. Furthermore, Baseball Reference lists twelve teams in this league (the extras were the Scranton Miners and Wilkes-Barre Coal Barons). I don't know whether these clubs were mid-season replacements or late additions. Even the name of the league is unclear: the World called it the International League, whereas Baseball Reference calls it the International Association. International Association 1887.lsdl __________________ American-Ethnic (and Canadian) Namesets Historical Minor League Schedules 1870s City/Team Nickname Randomizers "It's Usually Sunny in Philadelphia" weather mod Negro League Schedules Last edited by joefromchicago; 05-30-2016 at 03:30 PM.