Newark Newks
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes
  • Class D (1911–1912, 1915)
  • Class B (1911)
  • Class D (1908–1910)
  • Class C (1905–1907)
League
Team data
Previous names
  • Newark New Socks (1915)
  • Newark Newks (1912)
  • Newark Skeeters (1911)
  • Newark Newks (1907–1910)
  • Newark Cotton Tops (1906)
  • Newark Idlewilds (1905)

The Newark Newks was the predominant name of a minor league baseball team based in Newark, Ohio from 1905 until 1915. The team was first known as the Newark Idlewilds and began playing in the Ohio–Pennsylvania League. In 1906 the club changed its name to the Newark Cotton Tops. Finally in 1907, the team took on the Newks name. In 1908 the team moved in the Ohio State League, where they played until 1911. On June 22, 1911, the team moved to Piqua, Ohio to become the Piqua Picks. However that June, the Grand Rapids Furniture Makers of the Central League moved to Newark and became the Newark Skeeters. The next season the Skeeters played in the Ohio State League and posted a 72–68 record before vanishing. The city fielded the Newark New Socks (sometimes referred to as the Newsocks) in the 1915 Buckeye League. Newark was without a team until the 1944 Newark Moundsmen returned to play in the Ohio State League.

Year-by-year records

YearRecordFinishManagerNotes
190537–46NAJack Doyle
190665–746thGene Bates, Bill Bottenus,
Andy Sommers & Walter Snodgrass
190786–532ndBob Berryhill
190874–755thBob Berryhill & Harry Eells
190946–64NAHomer Davidson & Erve Wratten
191058–804thBob Berryhill, Charles Riehl,
Charles O'Day
191129–335thAlfred NewnhamTeam moved to Piqua, Ohio on June 22
191134–427thHarley Parker & John PendryGrand Rapids moved to Newark on June 27
191270–683rdJack Grim, Sandy Murray & Barry McCormick
191514–244thErv Wrattan

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Timeline

Year(s)# Yrs.TeamLevelLeagueAffiliate
18891NewarkIndependentOhio State LeagueNone
19051Newark IdlewindsClass COhio-Pennsylvania League
19061Newark Cotton Tops
19071Newark Newks
1908–19103Class DOhio State League
19111Newark
19121Newark Skeeters
19151Newark New SocksBuckeye League
1944–19474Newark MoundsmenOhio State LeagueSt. Louis Browns
1948–19514Newark YankeesOhio-Indiana LeagueNew York Yankees
19941Newark BuffalosIndependentFrontier LeagueNone

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.
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