The Inter–Mountain League was a minor league baseball league that played in the 1901 and 1909 baseball seasons. League franchises were based in Idaho, Montana and Utah.
History The 1901 Inter–Mountain League was an Independent league that fielded four clubs, all based in Utah: the Ogden Lobsters, Salt Lake City White Wings, Railway Ducks/Lagoon Farmers and Park City Miners. The league folded after the 1901 season, with the forming of the 1902 Utah State League.
The league reformed in 1909. The 1909 Inter–Mountain League was a Class D level minor league, comprising the Helena Senators, Salt Lake City Mormons (moved to Livingston), Butte Miners and Boise Irrigators (moved to become Bozeman Irrigators. The Inter–Mountain league permanently disbanded on July 25, 1909.
Cities represented Boise, ID: Boise Irrigators 1909 Bozeman, MT: Bozeman Irrigators 1909 Butte, MT: Butte Miners 1909 Farmington, UT: Lagoon Farmers 1901 Helena, MT: Helena Senators 1909 Livingston, MT: Livingston 1909 Ogden, UT: Ogden Lobsters 1901 Park City, UT: Park City Miners 1901 Salt Lake City, UT: Salt Lake City White Wings 1901; Salt Lake City, UT: Salt Lake City Mormons 1909
Standings and statistics
1901 schedule Team standingsWLPCTGB Managers Ogden Lobsters3110.756– Dad Gimlin Salt Lake City White Wings 2615.6345.0 C.H. Griffin Railway Ducks / Lagoon Farmers 2319.5488.5 James Clippinger / John Crichlow Park City Miners 339.07128.5 H.S. Townsend Railway (5–7) sold franchise to the owner of Lagoon Resort, June 8 Park City disbanded July 15 with remaining games forfeited.
+Player statistics Player TeamStat TotPlayerTeamStatTot Homer Chase Hausen OgdenBA.438George BorchersOgdenW15 Pearl Casey OgdenRuns51 Harry Newmeyer LagoonSO129 Homer Chase HausenOgdenHits67 Edwin Kidder Railway/Salt Lake CityPCT.857 6–1 Homer Chase HausenOgdenHR3
1909 schedule Team standingsWLPCTGB Managers Helena Senators4319.694– John Huston Salt Lake City Mormons / Livingston 3923.6294.0 E.S. Farnsworth Butte Miners 2136.36810.5 John Barnes Boise Irrigators / Bozeman Irrigators1641.28122.0 Con Strothers Salt Lake City (34–17) moved to Livingston July 10; Boise (13–38) moved to Bozeman July 10; Butte disbanded July 18.League disbanded July 25.
See also Intermountain West
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