Ohio State League
Team Name W L PCT GB Managers
Kalamazoo Kazoos 73 34 .682 0 Al Buckenberger
Zanesville Kickapoos 58 46 .558 13.5 Patrick Welsh / Pete McShannic
Wheeling 53 48 .525 17 Cronin / English / Nicholson / Henry Myers
Sandusky Suds 53 49 .520 17.5 George Curry
Columbus Buckeyes 50 55 .476 22 Calhoun / John Morrissey / Gifford / Buck West
Mansfield 46 56 .451 24.5 Sandy McDermott / Bob Allen / Frank O'Brien
Canton # 22 14 .611 NA H.H . Kerr / William Zecher
Acron Acorns # # 32 60 .348 NA Showers / Hastings / McDermott / Irwin
Stubenville Stubbs # # # 9 34 .209 NA Parson Nicholson / Pete Woods / Jimmy Wood
Cities represented and stats -- 1887
Akron , Ohio : Akron Acorns Canton , Ohio : Canton Columbus , Ohio : Columbus Buckeyes Kalamazoo , Michigan : Kalamazoo Kazoos Mansfield , Ohio : Mansfield Sandusky , Ohio : Sandusky Suds Steubenville , Ohio : Steubenville Stubs Wheeling , West Virginia : Wheeling Zanesville , Ohio : Zanesville Kickapoos Secretary : L. A. Moore
The first Ohio State League was a baseball league in 1887 before changing names to the Tri-State League. The first 20th century Ohio State League started in 1908 as a class D loop and ran through 1916. Another Ohio State League was formed in 1936 and ran through 1947 except for a break in '42-'43 due to World War II. In 1945, the OSL was one of just four class D circuits in operation, yet it was one of the first of dozens of leagues to collapse after World War II. The class D Ohio-Indiana League was formed in 1948 with eight teams, with seven of the eight cities coming from the Ohio State League. Six teams made their home in Ohio and the remaining two where from Indiana. This league lasted through
1951.