title: Central Pennsylvania League
text: # Central Pennsylvania League
  
  The Central Pennsylvania League was a minor league baseball league which operated in several Pennsylvania cities from 1887 to 1888 and again from 1896 to 1898.
  
  ## Cities represented
  
  * Ashland, PA: Ashland 1887–1888
  * Bloomsburg, PA: Bloomsburg Blue Jays 1897
  * Danville, PA: Danville 1887
  * Hazleton, PA: Hazleton 1887; Hazleton Pugilists 1888
  * Lock Haven, PA: Lock Haven Maroons 1897
  * Mahanoy City, PA: Mahanoy City 1887–1888
  * Milton, PA: Milton 1896–1897
  * Minersville, PA: Minersville 1887
  * Mount Carmel, PA: Mount Carmel Reliance 1887–1888
  * Pottsville, PA: Pottsville Grays 1897
  * Shamokin, PA: Shamokin Maroons 1887–1888; Shamokin Reds 1897
  * Shenandoah, PA: Shenandoah Hungarian Rioters 1888
  * Sunbury, PA: Sunbury 1887; Sunbury Railroaders 1897
  * Williamsport, PA: Williamsport Demorest 1897
  
  ## Yearly standings
  
  ### 1887 Central Pennsylvania League
  
  | Team Standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Shamokin Maroons | 33 | 20 | .622 | -- | Krouse |
  | Hazleton | 31 | 20 | .607 | 1.0 | Frank Stahr |
  | Ashland | 27 | 20 | .574 | 3.0 | NA |
  | Mount Carmel Reliance | 21 | 21 | .500 | 6.5 | Charlie Gessner |
  | Sunbury | 21 | 23 | .477 | 7.5 | Joseph Young |
  | Danville | 15 | 26 | .365 | 12.0 | Art McCoy |
  | Mahanoy City | 16 | 28 | .363 | 12.5 | James Quirk |
  | Minersville | 0 | 6 | .000 | NA | Charles Steel |
  
  ### 1888 Central Pennsylvania League
  
  | Team Standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Hazelton Pugilists | 30 | 20 | .600 | - | Charlie Gessner |
  | Shenandoah Hungarian Rioters | 28 | 22 | .560 | 2.0 | J.M. Crinnan |
  | Ashland | 25 | 22 | .532 | 3.5 | George Cain |
  | Mahanoy City | 24 | 26 | .480 | 6.0 | Amos Walbridge |
  | Mount Carmel Reliance | 17 | 31 | .354 | 12.0 | Kendrick / J. B. Young |
  | Shamokin Maroons | 12 | 15 | .444 | NA | J. B. Young |
  
  Shamokin disbanded July 7. Hazleton withdrew August 7 to join Central League.
  
  ### 1897 Central Pennsylvania League
  
  | Team Standings | W | L | PCT | GB | Managers |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Milton | 57 | 32 | .640 | -- | Harry Griffith |
  | Bloomsburg Blue Jays | 44 | 47 | .484 | 14.0 | Pop Watts |
  | Shamokin Reds / Lock Haven Maroons | 45 | 48 | .484 | 14.0 | Jacob Herrold / C.H. Myers |
  | Williamsport Demorest | 35 | 49 | .417 | 19.5 | David Spence / Peter Herdic / Spencer Ansell / Joe Stewart |
  | Sunbury Railroaders | 42 | 30 | .583 | NA | W.B. Masser |
  | Pottsville Grays | 8 | 13 | .381 | NA | Terence Connell |
  | Shamokin | 17 | 29 | .370 | NA | R.F. Glick |
  
  Sunbury entered the league June 3; Shamokin (13–17) transferred to Lock Haven June 26; Pottsville disbanded June 27. A new Shamokin team entered the league July 11, taking Pottsville's record, then disbanded September 6.
  
  