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Steubenville Stubs

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Steubenville Stubs
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes
  • Class B (1913)
  • Class D (1912)
  • Class C (1909, 1911)
  • Class D (1906–1907)
  • Class C (1905)
LeagueInterstate League (1913)
Previous leagues
Minor league titles
League titles 1 (1907)
Team data
Previous names
  • Steubenville Stubs (1913)
  • Steubenville-Follansbee Stubs (1912)
  • Steubenville Stubs (1906–1907, 1909, 1911)
  • Steubenville Factory Men (1905)
  • Steubenville Stubs (1887, 1895)

The Steubenville Stubs was the predominant name of a minor league baseball team that sparsely played in Steubenville, Ohio between 1887 and 1913. The team was first formed in 1887 as a member of the Ohio State League, before disbanding on June 29 of that year.[1] A second Stubs team played in 1895 as a member of the Interstate League, however that team also proved to be short-lived.[2] The club moved to Akron, Ohio on May 13, 1895 to become the Akron Akrons and then to Lima, Ohio on May 19, 1895 to become the Lima Farmers.[3]

The third incarnation of the Stubs began in 1905 as the city fielded a team for the Ohio–Pennsylvania League, named the Steubenville Factory Men. A year later the club moved to the Pennsylvania–Ohio–Maryland League and took up the Stubs moniker.[4] In 1907 the Stubs ended the season with a 69-33 for the league title. After skipping the 1908 season, the Stubs returned for the 1909 and 1911 seasons. The team disbanded on August 20, 1911.[5] In 1912 the Stubs moved to Follansbee, West Virginia for the second half of the 1912 Ohio–Pennsylvania League season, as the Steubenville-Follansbee Stubs. The club went 14–15 to fourth of four teams in a tight race in the second half, before the league folded on August 6, 1912. The Fairmont Fairies were declared the league champion when the Stubs were unable to field a team for the playoffs.[6]

A final Stubs team played in the Interstate League in 1913, before disbanding for the final time.

Year-by-year record

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YearRecordFinishManagerPlayoffs
18879-34--Tom Nicholson, Joseph Woods & James QuinnTeam disbanded June 29
189521-396thGeorge Moreland, George Rhue & Timothy DonovanRelocated to Akron
19051-7--Jack Kelly
190648-515thJohn Smith & Eddie Lee
190769-331stPercy StetlerLeague Champs
190948-737thDoc Martel, Jim Lynch & Frank Blair
191140-80--John CastleTeam disbanded August 20[7]
191262-502ndGene Curtisunable to field a team for the playoffs
191331-425thRoy Montgomery

References

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  1. ↑ "History in the Hills: A baseball legend recalled". weirtondailytimes.com. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  2. ↑ "Honus Wagner's Rookie Year, 1895 – Society for American Baseball Research". Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  3. ↑ "Honus Wagner's Rookie Year, 1895 – Society for American Baseball Research". Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  4. ↑ "History in the Hills: A baseball legend recalled". weirtondailytimes.com. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  5. ↑ "Potters and Stubs Teams Dropped from O. & P." The Akron Beacon Journal. August 21, 1911. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "History in the Hills: A baseball legend recalled". weirtondailytimes.com. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  7. ↑ "History in the Hills: A baseball legend recalled". weirtondailytimes.com. Retrieved 2026-03-27.