Expansive USBL Universe beginning in 1885

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Welcome to the history of the United States Baseball League and the baseball universe of a fictionalized version of baseball history. Eventually the universe will grow to include in the year 2000,a 48-team USBL, a 200-team NCAA, 3 affiliated minor leagues, and 7 international leagues. All teams have multiple uniforms and logos that correspond to different years. I still have not transferred any uniforms over to 3D because I don't usually play the games out in 3D.

Creators Note: This is my third attempt at the USBL universe. Last time, I made it as far as 1930 (using OTTP 23) and 1949 (using 22). I did buy 24, but never really got back into that universe again in game. I used that time to fix/update my database program. So now I am ready to make a clean start with OOTP 25.

I have tried to "plan out" the world with relocations, expansions, leagues folding and such. I keep track of my world and changes that will come on an Excel Spreadsheet that I make a new sheet every 5 years or so. It is color coded if a team changes names/locations or if it is a new team. I also improved the database program I built to better display all of the history and logos and jerseys of the universe. It uses the CSV files and auto-imports them. I just have to remember to download the CSV files at the end of each season in OOTP. I also made a database for my college league in the universe to set up the NCAA tournament.

Creator Files:

Excel Planning Sheet - My map of how the universe will play out. When teams relocate, leagues begin/fold/expand and so on. Pink means relocation or name change. Green is expansion team. Yellow means I haven't made uniforms for them. Tan means division/conference/league change.

USBL History - Shows each team's major league history with leagues they've been in, alternate names, park history, and season records as well as logos and jerseys.

NCAA Team History - Shows each college team's history with conferences they've been in, alternate names, park history, and season records as well as logos and jerseys.

NCAA Season Standings - Shows the final team's standings for each year of the NCAA. It also includes media polls, rpi and computer rankings. In this universe, the NCAA didn't sponsor baseball until 1949, so this data doesn't start until 1949. Also, 1949 did not have a post-season AP Poll, so it only has the final regular season standings. For seasons beginning in 1950 and following, there is a regular season and a final standings page. The regular season standings shows the rankings and rpi used in the process of picking the NCAA tournament qualifers. The postseason report has the final AP Poll that shows up on as the final Rank on each team's history in other file. The final standings also include postseason games in a team's record.

International Leagues - Shows each international team's history with leagues they've been in, alternate names, park history, and season records as well as logos and jerseys. This does not include promotion/relegation international leagues.

English Leagues - Shows each English Association team's history with leagues they've been in, alternate names, park history, and season records as well as logos and jerseys.

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Beginnings of Major League baseball in America

The seeds of what would become the USBL were started with the establishment of the Eastern League of Professional Baseball in 1885 (The Eastern League) and the National Baseball League in 1890. Another league was formed in 1891, the United Association of Baseball Clubs (the United Association) but it disappeared after 2 years. Founded in 1893, was the Cuban Association of Base Ball Clubs, an amateur semi-professional outfit out of Cuba (since it is an amateur league at its start, the history of its logos and jerseys were not well known)

The sport of baseball in America really didn't begin to take off until a third major league called the Players League of American Baseball Clubs (The Players League) is founded in 1895 by the best stars of the era who wanted a bigger piece of the money. Stars like Sammy Marshall, Martin Parsons and Kit Rigdon.

The USBL was founded after the 1899 seasons on January 1st, 1900 with the season to start in April 1900. The USBL was formed with 20 teams made up of teams from the Eastern League, National Baseball League, and the Players League. Teams were expected to pay $15,000 to join the USBL. Those that couldn't formed a new league with major league aspirations called the American Baseball Federation. Some teams were not allowed to join the USBL because of the influence of Eastern League owners in forming the USBL. Despite successes in their respective leagues:

Indianapolis Baseball Club (finished in the top half of the NBL in last 3 seasons) couldn't join due to monetary reasons.

Empire State Baseball Club (finished with .542 or better win pct last two years) couldn't join because being from the Queens area. It was decided there were too many New York City based teams in the USBL.

Atlantics Baseball Club (were never above .500 in PL) couldn't join because the the Brooklyn market was given to the Eastern League team Brooklyn Baseball Club.

Grand River Baseball Club (3rd in EL in 1898, no losing seasons before talk of USBL) was deemed to small of a market or a market that wasn't needed.

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Eastern League of Professional Baseball (1885-1899)



FOUNDING TEAMS
Philadelphia Union League
Boston Baseball Club
Brooklyn Champion Club
Grand Duke Club (New York City)


EXPANSION TEAMS
Washington Capital Club (joined in 1887)
Inner Harbor Sporting Guild (Baltimore, joined in 1888)
Central Park Base Ball Club (New York City, joined in 1888, moved to Buffalo in 1891)
Allegheny Athletic Club (Pittsburgh, joined in 1890, folded in 1891)
Buffalo Field & Sport Club (Central Park Base Ball Club relocated to Buffalo in 1891)
Military Park Sporting Club (Newark, joined in 1893 after the UA folded)
Grand River Baseball Club (Rochester, joined in 1893 after the UA folded)
Providence Baseball Club (joined in 1893, after the UA folded)

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National Baseball League (1890-1899)



FOUNDING TEAMS
Chicago Sporting Club
Cleveland Baseball Club
Detroit Sport & Recreation Club
Louisville Baseball Club
Milwaukee Athletic Club
Minnesota Milling Company


EXPANSION TEAMS
Cincinnati Baseball Club (joined in 1892 after leaving the UA)
Indianapolis Athletic Club (joined in 1893 after the UA folded)
Toledo Sport & Social (joined in 1893 after the UA folded)
St. Louis Sports & Rec Club (joined in 1894, moved to Denver in 1895)
Denver Gold Sox (relocated from St. Louis in 1895)

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United Association of Baseball Clubs (1891-1892)



FOUNDING TEAMS
Cincinnati Baseball Club (left after 1891 season to join the NBL)
Grand River Baseball Club (Rochester)
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Military Park Sporting Club (Newark)
Toledo Sport & Social


EXPANSION TEAMS
None

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Players League of American Baseball Clubs (1895-1899)



FOUNDING TEAMS
Atlantic Baseball Club (Brooklyn)
Kansas City Baseball Club
Philadelphia Gentlemens Club
Steel City Baseball Club (Pittsburgh)
St. Louis Baseball Club
Windy City Baseball Club (Chicago)



EXPANSION TEAMS
Long Island Baseball Club (Hempstead, NY, joined in 1897)
Omaha Baseball Club (joined in 1897)
Empire State Baseball Club (New York City, joined in 1898)
New Orleans Baseball Club (joined in 1898)

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United States Baseball League (est. 1900)

NOTE ON LOGO: The logo was designed by Ole Buzzard Hicks to incorporate the three major leagues at the time. This is why there are three stars on blue. The eagle from the NBL logo was kept and with colors from the Eastern League's logo. He despised the Players League so much that he did not put anything symbolizing the PL on the new logo. He blamed the PL for basically forcing a merger of all the leagues and ruining his team's dominance in the NBL. Detroit S&R had won four league championships in the 1890's. He said, "Two leagues can and will work. Three leagues is untenable and will either kill us all or join us all."

FOUNDING TEAMS

Eastern Baseball Conference
Baltimore Dockers (renamed from Inner Harbor Sporting Guild of the EL)
Boston Green Stockings (renamed from Boston Baseball Club of the EL)
Brooklyn Champions (renamed from Brooklyn Champion Club of the EL)
Buffalo All-Blues (renamed from Buffalo Field & Sport Club of the EL)
New York Dukes (renamed from Grand Duke Club of the EL)
New York Islanders (renamed from Long Island Baseball Club of the PL)
Philadelphia Gentlemen (renamed from Philadelphia Gentlemens Club of the PL)
Philadelphia Unions (renamed from Philadelphia Union League of the EL)
Pittsburgh Steel Miners (renamed from Steel City Baseball Club of the PL)
Washington Capitals (renamed from Washington Capital Club of the EL)


Western Baseball Conference
Chicago Kings (renamed from Windy City Baseball Club of the PL)
Chicago Mallards (renamed from Chicago Sporting Club of the NBL)
Cincinnati Lookouts (renamed from Cincinnati Baseball Club of the NBL)
Cleveland Grays (renamed from Cleveland Baseball Club of the NBL)
Detroit Buzzards (renamed from Detroit Sport & Recreation Club of the NBL)
Kansas City Mustangs (renamed from Kansas City Baseball Club of the PL)
Milwaukee Blue Stockings (renamed from Milwaukee Athletic Club of the NBL)
Minnesota Millers (renamed from the Minnesota Milling Company of the NBL)
Omaha Jacks (renamed from Omaha Baseball Club of the PL)
St. Louis Americans (renamed from St. Louis Baseball Club of the PL)


FOUNDING INFORMATION
The USBL was founded with 7 teams from the Eastern League, 6 teams from the National Baseball League, and 7 teams from the Players League. Teams joining the USBL were required to pay a $15,000 fee to the league to give it solid financial footing to start off with. Teams were also given the requirement that its formal offical team name would require a geographical location followed by a nickname. Most owners chose to name their teams with the city followed by the local nickname that the baseball club had been called.

TEAM NAME INFORMATION
Baltimore Dockers (named for the workers in the Inner Harbor where the team played)
Boston Green Stockings (named for the green leggings the team wore)
Brooklyn Champions (named for Brooklyn Champion Club, as they were often just called the Champions)
Buffalo All-Blues (named for the all navy blue uniforms the team wore)
New York Dukes (named from Grand Duke Club, as they were often just called the Dukes)
New York Islanders (named to for the team's location on Long Island)
Philadelphia Gentlemen (named from Philadelphia Gentlemens Club, as they were often just called the Gentlemen or Gents)
Philadelphia Unions (renamed from Philadelphia Union League, as they were often just called the Unions)
Pittsburgh Steel Miners (named to incorporate its founding club the Steel City Baseball Club and the many steel miner workers in the area)
Washington Capitals (named from the Washington Capital Club, as they were often just called the Capitals)

Chicago Kings (named by their owner because he had said his team "would be the Kings of the city" in a slight to the rival NBL Chicago Sporting Club team)
Chicago Mallards (named as a nod to the origins of the club as Chicago Sporting Club, which was founded as a hunting club before eventually sponsoring a baseball club)
Cincinnati Lookouts (named for the parks that the team played in Lookout Park, there were actually two different ballparks with the Lookout Park name)
Cleveland Grays (named for the owner of the team, Hiram Gray)
Detroit Buzzards (named for the owner of the team, Rutherford "Ole Buzzard" Hicks, who got the nickname for his business dealings where he would buying struggling/dying businesses for pennies on the dollar, "much like a buzzard picking a carcass," one newspaper once said about him. After he would prop the business up financially, he would then sell the business for a large profit)
Kansas City Mustangs (named for the wild horses that once roamed the western part of the state)
Milwaukee Blue Stockings (named for the blue leggings the team wore)
Minnesota Millers (named for Minnesota Milling Company, as they were often just called the Millers)
Omaha Jacks (named for Omaha's location as the start of the eastern side of the first tanscontinental railroad. A railroad jack is a very heavy-duty ratchet type of jack used to raise rail cars.)
St. Louis Americans (named because the owner, Wilson Perry, thought the nickname would make the centrally-located team, more popular to fans throughout the United States)

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Early Professional Leagues in Cuba

The first organized professional league in Cuba was also started in 1900. It formed from the Cuban Association of Baseball Clubs, an amateur league that evolved into a semi-professional league. Some teams wanted to and were willing to pay players to win. Other teams wanted the league to be more of amusement for the spectators. Finally in 1900, the Cuban League of Professional Baseball (the Cuban League) was founded. Due to the amateurish nature of the CABC, there is not much known about the uniforms or logos. The Baseball Historical Society has substituted in generic logos.

Cuban Association of Baseball Clubs(1893-1899)


FOUNDING TEAMS
Bayamo Baseball Club
Camaguey Baseball Club
Ciego de Avila Baseball Club
Cienfuegos Baseball Club
Holguin Baseball Club
Las Tunas Baseball Club
Palma Soriano Baseball Club
Pinar del Rio Baseball Club


EXPANSION TEAMS
Guatanamo Baseball Club (joined in 1897)





Cuban League of Professional Baseball (est. 1900)


FOUNDING TEAMS
Bayamo Fighters (renamed from Bayano Baseball Club)
Camaguey Lions (renamed from Camaguey Baseball Club)
Cienfuegos Devils (renamed from Cienfuegos Baseball Club)
Habana Metros
Matanzas Tigers (renamed from from Matanzas Baseball Club)
Oriente Scorpions (renamed from Palma Soriano Baseball Club)
Pinar del Rio Captains (renamed from Pinar del Rio Baseball Club)
Santa Clara Pirates

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Baseball Begins to Spread Around the World

In the early part of the 20th century, the first professional baseball leagues begin to be established in other parts of the world. After the growth of the English Football Association, several club teams begin discussions in England about starting a Baseball Association to rival soccer. In 1907, the English Baseball League is formed. Three years later, Canada has there first professional baseball league.


English Baseball League (est. 1907)



FOUNDING TEAMS
Birmingham Saints
Bristol Greys
Chelsea Flames
Liverpool Cormorants
Manchester Lions
Middlesex Royals
Sheffield Giants
Whitechapel Bulls




Canadian Baseball League (est. 1910)



FOUNDING TEAMS
Calgary Bows
Edmonton Explorers
Hamilton Bears
Manitoba Buffaloes (Winnipeg)
Montreal Saints
Ottawa Governors
Quebec Capitales
Toronto Northmen
Vancouver Cougars
Windsor Royals

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Name Changes, Relocations and the Westward Expansion of the USBL

In the early years of the USBL, there wasn't a more consistently dominant team than the Omaha Jacks. Throughout the franchise's history, they did not have a single losing season while based in Omaha. They never finished worse than second in the Western Conference standings. They also never won less than 92 games in a USBL season. However, west winds would come calling as the mayor of San Francisco, Gene Parmesan, would use a meeting at the end of 1904 season with the Jacks' board of governors as a disguise about expansion team interest. Parmesan was never very good about concealing much, and promptly left the meeting and announced that Omaha would be moving to San Francisco for the 1905 season. The Jacks owner's wife Lucille was so surprised that she screamed, "Oh, Gene!!" Thus the tradition of a San Fran Gene wearing terrible disguises to the ballpark in San Francisco was born. At some time during each home game, San Fran Gene is found and the crowd yells, "Oh, Gene!!" Omaha would not have another major league for 76 years. The Redwoods, as they would be called in San Francisco, would enjoy two great seasons following the move including an appearance in the American Cup in 1906. However, karma would catch up to the franchise as they would not finish above third place for the next twenty years with a winning percentage of .435.

While on-field success may have eluded the Redwoods, the financial success of the franchise could not be discounted. The Redwoods were top 5 in attendance in 16 out of the next 20 years. With that kind of success, the USBL began to have more teams move further west. By 1915, there were two teams in Texas and three teams on the Pacific coast. Between 1910 and 1915, five teams relocated to cities further west. This caused realignment in the conferences with Cincinnati and Cleveland both moving to the newly renamed, Atlantic Baseball Conference.

In 1906, a bunch of name changes come to the USBL. The Boston Green Stockings are renamed the Boston Green Sox. They also move in to Three Rails Park, near the conjunction of three major railroad lines. The Brooklyn Champions, citing a lack of actual success (much less championships), change their name to the Brooklyn Braves and hope that a move across town to the 3-year old Brooklyn Municipal Park helps their fortunes. It does. The Braves will finish the decade with five straight division championships. The Buffalo All Blues shorten their name to the Buffalo Blues. Milwaukee Blue Stockings change their name to Milwaukee Blue Sox. Philadelphia Gentlemen shorten their name to the Philadelphia Gents.

In 1907, the Baltimore Dockers change their name to the Baltimore Crabbers, named after the state's blue crab industry. They moved closer to the Inner Harbor area with a new ballpark named Crabber's Wharf Park after the team's new nickname. The Philadelphia Stars change their name for the third time since the founding of the USBL to the Philadelphia Federals. The Federals were first founded as the Philadelphia Unions and changed to the Philadelphia Stars in 1903.

In 1909, after three straight lackluster seasons, the New York Islanders move across the river to Newark, New Jersey and become the Newark High Points. They are named after the High Point Park they will play in.


Current USBL (as of Jan 1st, 1915)


ATLANTIC BASEBALL CONFERENCE
Eastern Division
Baltimore Crabbers
Boston Green Sox
Brooklyn Braves
Buffalo Blues
New York Generals (formerly the New York Dukes)

Western Division
Cincinnati Lookouts
Cleveland Grays
Philadelphia Federals
Pittsburgh Steel Miners
Washington Capitals


PACIFIC BASEBALL CONFERENCE
Eastern Division
Chicago Kings
Chicago Mallards
Detroit Buzzards
Minneapolis Trappers (Newark High Points relocate to Minneapolis in 1915, four years after the Millers left town)
St. Louis Americans

Western Division
Dallas Mustangs (Kansas City Mustangs relocate to Dallas in 1913)
Houston Outlaws (Philadelphia Gents relocate to Houston in 1915)
Seattle Tides (Minneapolis Millers relocate to Seattle in 1911)
Los Angeles Blue Sox (Milwaukee Blue Sox relocate to Los Angeles in 1914)
San Francisco Redwoods

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English Baseball Association Announces A New League with Promotion and Relagation
The English Baseball Association forms a new league with the addition of 10 new teams joining as a promotion-relegation system for English professional baseball. The English Baseball League and its history and records are renamed the English Champions League as the top tier of the EBA pyramid. A new English Baseball League is formed as the second-tier in the EBA pyramid. The 10 new teams make up the EBL in its first year. Each year 2 teams are relegated from the ECL and 2 teams are promoted from the EBL.


English Champions League(formed from the original English Baseball League in 1917)



Birmingham Saints
Bristol Greys
Chelsea Flames
Leicester Kings (join in 1912)
Liverpool Cormorants
Manchester Lions
Middlesex Royals
Newcastle Falcons (join in 1912)
Sheffield Giants
Whitechapel Bulls


English Baseball League(formed as a new league in 1917)


Bradford Bowries
Bromley Bears
Cornwall Britons
Grimsby Dark Blues
North Yorkshire Bulldogs
Nottingham Stags
Southampton Harbours
Sunderland Sparrows
Tottenham Giants
West Yorkshire Blues



Baseball Leagues in Other Parts of the World in 1918

CUBAN LEAGUE OF PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL
Camaguey Lions
Matanzas Tigers
Oriente Scorpions
Pinar Del Rio Captains
Habana Metros
Santa Clara Pirates

League Notes: Bayamo Fighters merged with Oriente Scorpions after 1910 season. Cienfuegos Devils fold after 1910 season



AMERICAN BASEBALL FEDERATION (founded in 1900 as a minor league for teams that were not included in the USBL)
New Orleans Pelicans
Louisville Reds (Brooklyn Atlantics relocated to Louisville, KY in 1906)
Hartford Dark Blues (Providence Grays relocated to Hartford, CT in 1905)
Indianapolis Athletics
Toledo Patriots
San Diego Seals(joined in 1911)

League Notes: Texas Colt 45's relocate to Omaha and are renamed Omaha Plainsmen. The team folds after the 1914 season along with the Denver Gold Sox. The Newark Cannons and the Rochester North Stars both folded after the 1910 season.


CANADIAN BASEBALL LEAGUE
Eastern Division
Montreal Saints
Toronto Northmen
Ottawa Governors
Quebec Capitales
Windsor Royals
Toronto Red Leafs (joined from Canadian Association in 1918)
Gatineau Vikings (joined from Canadian Association in 1918)
Nova Scotia Harbours (joined from Canadian Association in 1918)

Western Division
Hamilton Bears
Vancouver Cougars
Manitoba Buffaloes
Edmonton Explorers
Calgary Bows
British Columbia Monarchs (joined from Canadian Association in 1918)
London Rebels (joined from Canadian Association in 1918)
Saskatchewan Walleyes (joined from Canadian Association in 1918)

League Notes: Six teams from the semi-professional Canadian Association joined the CBL as professional full-time teams. The Canadian Association did not allow for its use, likeness or property to be used outside of Canada, so I was not allowed to post any of the history of the Canadian Association on this forum.

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1920 and Baseball Takes over America

There were a lot of changes to the baseball landscape in 1920 in the United States.

Also, changing the landscape of baseball in America, the USBL founds the American Baseball Association, a new baseball association to use a development environment for its teams. It is classified as Class A, under the premise it is a minor league compared to the major league status of the USBL. The American Baseball Association's Class A is made up of 3 independent leagues, the Atlantic League, the Southern League and the Western Baseball League.

Current Universe Layout - 144 teams

USBL - 20 teams

Cuban League - 8 teams

Canadian Baseball League - 14 teams

English Champions League - 10 teams

English Baseball League - 10 teams

American Baseball Federation - 4 teams

American Baseball Association - Class A - 20 teams

Association of Collegiate Athletics - 54 teams




American Baseball Association (founded in 1920)


Atlantic League
Buffalo Lions (Baltimore Crabbers)
Jersey City Aces (Cleveland Grays)
New Haven Robins (Seattle Tides)
Newark Cannons (Brooklyn Braves)
Providence Bluebirds (Houston Outlaws)
Rochester Explorers (NY Generals)
Syracuse Bears (St. Louis Americans)
Worcester Admirals (San Francisco Redwoods)


Southern League
Atlanta Blue Sox (LA Blue Sox)
Louisville Rebels (Chicago Mallards)
New Orleans Pelicans (Providence Lookouts)
Richmond Generals (Detroit Buzzards)


Western Baseball League
Akron Stallions (Dallas Mustangs)
Columbus Kings (Chicago Kings)
Denver Miners (Pittsburgh Steel Miners)
Indiana Racers (Buffalo Blues)
Milwaukee Coyotes (Boston Green Sox)
Omaha Tigers (Minnesota Trappers)
Portland Warriors (Philadelphia Federals)
Toledo Patriots (Washington Capitals)

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Association of Collegiate Athletics (founded in 1920)

Showing the growth of the sport in the United States, the Association of Collegiate Athletics (ACA) begins to loosely organize the sport of baseball at the collegiate level. There is no end of year tournament, but competition between schools is now commonplace. The ACA will eventually be replaced by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1950 and the first postseason tournament will be held, the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. Another baseball-only collegiate organization, the Southern Intercollegiate Baseball League, is formed in 1930. Since this was not associated with any collegiate governing body, no championships are claimed from the SIBL by NCAA when it forms in 1949.



Brown Bears
Columbia Lions
Cornell Big Red
Dartmouth Big Green
Harvard Crimson
Penn Quakers
Princeton Tigers
Yale Bulldogs




Army Black Knights
American Univ Eagles
Boston Univ Terriers
Fordham Rams
George Washington Colonials
Holy Cross Crusaders
Navy Midshipmen
The Citadel Bulldogs




Drake Bulldogs
Iowa State Cylcones
Kansas Jayhawks
Kansas State Wildcats
Missouri Tigers
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma A&M Cowboys (will become Oklahoma State)




Arkansas Razorbacks
Auburn Tigers
Clemson Tigers
East Carolina Pirates
Florida State Seminoles
Georgia Bulldogs
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Kentucky Wildcats
Maryland Terrapins
Mississippi A&M Aggies (will become Mississippi State)
Mississippi Rebels
Mississippi Southern Southerners (will become Southern Miss)
South Carolina Gamecocks
Tulane Green Wave
Virginia Cavaliers

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Association of Collegiate Athletics (continued)


Illinois Fighting Illini
Indiana Hoosiers
Iowa Hawkeyes
Michigan Wolverines
Minnesota Golden Gophers
Northwestern Wildcats
Ohio State Buckeyes
Purdue Boilermakers
Wisconsin Badgers



California Golden Bears
Oregon Ducks
Oregon State Beavers
Stanford Indians
Washington Huskies
Washington State Cougars


NOTES: I tried to go back and look at older nicknames and official school names. Also, I know not all of the conferences were as they were in 1920, but for the most part I tried to get as close as I could while still staying relatively small in teams. Teams play an unbalanced schedule outside of their conference, but they should all play the same amount of conference games. Teams play anywhere from 20 to 30 games. There will be a small number of new conferences and teams added until there is around 100 teams by 1950. Currently, there are 54 teams recognized by the ACA. By 1980, there will be around 170 teams and most of the current conferences in their 1980s form. Then the first batch of realignment in 1995. Followed by another round of major realignment in 2010, and finally the current conference changes getting ready to take place in 2024.

I also went in and tried to find the name of the stadiums that the teams played in in 1920. Suprisingly, there is not a lot of info on college baseball history prior to 1950. So, in some cases I made up the name or used the name of the 1930-1960 stadium names.

I use Roto's and TXRangers uniforms for most of the college stuff. TXRanger has a bunch of vintage logos and uniforms I use until 1980. Then I switch to more modern uniforms using Rotos. Check their stuff out, it's incredible.

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Originally Posted by RyMACtizzle

Eastern League of Professional Baseball (1885-1899)
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FOUNDING TEAMS
Philadelphia Union League
Boston Baseball Club
Brooklyn Champion Club
Grand Duke Club (New York City)


EXPANSION TEAMS
Washington Capital Club (joined in 1887)
Inner Harbor Sporting Guild (Baltimore, joined in 1888)
Central Park Base Ball Club (New York City, joined in 1888, moved to Buffalo in 1891)
Allegheny Athletic Club (Pittsburgh, joined in 1890, folded in 1891)
Buffalo Field & Sport Club (Central Park Base Ball Club relocated to Buffalo in 1891)
Military Park Sporting Club (Newark, joined in 1893 after the UA folded)
Grand River Baseball Club (Rochester, joined in 1893 after the UA folded)
Providence Baseball Club (joined in 1893, after the UA folded)

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The font in that picture...are you using it in-game. And if so, how are you doing it?

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No. I use the "Open in Browser" option and then paste it into an Excel sheet.

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Originally Posted by RyMACtizzle

No. I use the "Open in Browser" option and then paste it into an Excel sheet.

Good to know. Thanks!