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Connellsville Cokers (baseball)

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Connellsville Cokers
Minor league affiliations
Previous classesClass D
LeaguePennsylvania–West Virginia League (1914)
Previous leagues
Team data
Previous names
  • Connellsville (1914)
  • Connellsville Cokers (1907–1909, 1912)

The Connellsville Cokers, based in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA, were a professional minor league baseball team that played in the Western Pennsylvania League in 1907, the Pennsylvania–West Virginia League in 1908 and 1909 and the Ohio–Pennsylvania League in 1912. An un-nicknamed Connellsville team then played in the PWVL in 1914. They were the first professional baseball team to be based in Connellsville.[1]

Notable players include major leaguers Roy Ellam,[2] Hy Myers and Huck Wallace.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ BR Minors
  2. ^ a b BR Minors
  3. ^ BR Minors