Palmetto League

The Palmetto League was a Class D level baseball minor league that played in 1931. The four–team Palmetto league had teams based in South Carolina and Georgia. The Palmetto League permanently folded midway through the 1931 season.

Palmetto League

Sport	Minor league baseball, Class D
Founded	1931
Ceased	July 23, 1931
No. of teams	4
Country	United States
Most titles	1 Augusta Wolves (1931)

History

The Palmetto League was formed for the 1931 season as a Class D minor league. Under the direction of league president Charles H. Garrison, the Palmetto League began play as a four–team league, hosting franchises from Anderson, South Carolina (Anderson Electrics), Augusta, Georgia (Augusta Wolves), Florence, South Carolina (Florence Pee Deans) and Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville Spinners). The Palmetto League played a split-season. After the first half of the season was completed, the Anderson Electricians moved to Spartanburg, South Carolina and played as the Spartanburg Spartans.[1][2][3]

The Palmetto League's first season of play began on Monday, April 27, 1931. Anderson (14–40) moved to Spartanburg on June 29, 1931, playing their first game in Spartanburg on July 2, 1931. The Augusta Wolves won the 1st half of the season.[4]

On July 23, 1931, the Palmetto League folded with Augusta in 1st place of the second half standings. The Augusta Wolves led the final overall Palmetto League standings with a 53–23 record, 9.0 games ahead of the 2nd place Florence Pee Deans (44–32), followed by the Greenville Spinners (37–39) and the Anderson Electrics/Spartanburg Spartans (28–58) who finished 30.0 games behind. Notalby, Bill McGhee of Augusta hit .405 for the season, to lead the league.[5][4][1][6]

When the Palmetto League permanently folded on July 23, 1931, the league cited "financial difficulties" as the contributing factor.[7][4]

Palmetto League teams

Team name	City represented	Ballpark	Year(s) active
Anderson Electricians	Anderson, South Carolina	Unknown[8]	1931
Augusta Wolves	Augusta, Georgia	Municipal Stadium[9][10]	1931
Florence Pee Deans	Florence, South Carolina	Unknown[11]	1931
Greenville Spinners	Greenville, South Carolina	Spinner's Park[12]	1931
Spartanburg Spartans	Spartanburg, South Carolina	Duncan Park[13][14]	1931

1931 Palmetto League standings

Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	Managers
Augusta Wolves	53	23	.697	-	Cat Milner
Florence Pee Deans	44	32	.579	9	Frank Walker/Carl East
Greenville Spinners	37	39	.487	16	Nelson Leach/Sherry Smith
Anderson Electrics/Spartanburg Spartans #	28	58	.326	30	Joe Guyon/Ken McNeill / Frank Walker

# Anderson (14-10) moved to Spartanburg on June 29, 1931. First home game July 2, 1931.

Player Statistics

Player	Team	Stat	Tot		Player	Team	Stat	Tot
Bill McGhee	Augusta	BA	.405		Jinx Harris	Augusta	W	17
Zachery Smith	Augusta	Runs	85		Jinx Harris	Augusta	SO	119
Bill McGhee	Augusta	Hits	133		Jim D. Ryan	Augusta	Pct	.846; 11-2
Bill McGhee	Augusta	RBI	73
Charlie English	Florence	HR	11

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References

1. "Palmetto League - BR Bullpen". www.baseball-reference.com.
2. Reichard, Kevin (November 5, 2008). "Palmetto League".
3. "1931 Palmetto League". Baseball-Reference.com.
4. "1931 Palmetto League (PL) on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
5. "1931 Palmetto League (PL) Standings on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
6. "1931 Palmetto League (PL) Leaders on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
7. "Minor League Baseball". New Georgia Encyclopedia.
8. "Unknown in Anderson, SC history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
9. "Municipal Stadium in Augusta, GA history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
10. "Jennings Stadium - BR Bullpen". www.baseball-reference.com.
11. "Unknown in Florence, SC history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
12. "Spinner's Park in Greenville, SC history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
13. "Duncan Park in Spartanburg, SC history and teams on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
14. "Duncan Park - BR Bullpen". www.baseball-reference.com.