The Pacific Coast International League was a minor league baseball league that played between 1918 and 1922. The Class B level league franchises were based in the Northwest United States and British Columbia.
History The Pacific Coast International League was a re–branding of the former Northwestern League and was known as the Northwest International League in 1919. In 1922, the name was changed to the Western International League.
Teams in the league included the Aberdeen Black Cats, Portland Buckaroos, Seattle Giants, Spokane Indians, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Beavers, Victoria Islanders and Yakima Indians.
As the Northwest International League, it consisted of two Washington–based teams and two Canada-based teams: the Seattle Drydockers, Tacoma Tigers, Vancouver Beavers and Victoria Tyrees. On June 8, 1919, the league disbanded, with the Beavers in first place. Therefore, they were the de facto league champions. The Tigers finished in last place with a 5–17 record. Wally Hood, who played in the major leagues from 1920 to 1922, spent time in the league.
Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Joe McGinnity played for the Vancouver Beavers in 1918.
Cities represented Aberdeen, WA: Aberdeen Black Cats 1918 Portland, OR: Portland Buckaroos 1918 Seattle, WA: Seattle Giants 1918, 1920 Spokane, WA: Spokane Indians 1918, 1920 Tacoma, WA: Tacoma Tigers 1918, 1920–1921 Vancouver, BC: Vancouver Beavers 1918, 1920–1921 Vancouver, WA: Vancouver Beavers 1918 Victoria, BC: Victoria Islanders 1920; Victoria Bees 1921 Yakima, WA: Yakima Indians 1920–1921
Standings and statistics
1918 Pacific Coast International League schedule Team standingsWLPCTGB Managers Seattle Giants 4028.588–Bill Leard Portland Buckaroos3728.5691.5Bill Fisher Aberdeen Black Cats3235.4787.5Dick Egan Vancouver Beavers /Vancouver (WA) Beavers 2639.38816.0Robert Brown James A. Hamilton Tacoma Tigers 139.591NABill Speas Spokane Indians 916.360NANick Williams Tacoma and Spokane disbanded May 26; Vancouver, British Columbia (26–28) moved to Vancouver, Washington June 25. The league suspended operations July 7.
+ Player statisticsPlayer TeamStat TotPlayerTeamStatTot Cliff LeePortlandBA.359 Cyrus Young SeattleW13 Bob SmaleSeattleRuns62 Frank Rapp PortlandSO80 Bevo LeBourveauSeattleHits91 Cyrus Young SeattlePct.867; 13–2 Bill FisherPortlandHR4
1920 Pacific Coast International League schedule Team standingsWLPCTGB Managers Victoria Islanders 6946.600–Bill Leard Yakima Indians6548.5753.0Frank Raymond Vancouver Beavers6550.5654.0Bob Brown / William KirbyTacoma Tigers6653.5555.0Bobby Vaughn Spokane Indians5658.49112.5Cliff Blankenship Seattle Giants2490.21144.5Dave Hillyard / Bill Kenworthy / Bill Hoffman No Playoffs Scheduled.
+Player statisticsPlayer TeamStat TotPlayerTeamStatTot Paul StrandYakimaBA.339Bert ColeTacomaW24 Charlie GormanYakimaRuns101 Harry Morton VictoriaSO198 Jim Harrigan YakimaHits156Bert ColeTacomaPct.774; 24–7 Tiny GrahamTacomaHits156 Lee Dempsey VictoriaHR19
1921 Pacific Coast International League schedule Team standingsWLPCTGB Managers Yakima Indians7936.687–Frank Raymond Tacoma Tigers6353.54316.5Charles Mullen Victoria Bees4571.38834.5Cliff Blankenship / Elmer Hansen Vancouver Beavers4572.38535.0Billy Purtell No Playoffs Scheduled.
+Player statisticsPlayer TeamStat TotPlayerTeamStatTot George LafayetteYakimaBA.428Guy CooperYakimaW22 George LafayetteYakimaRuns132Guy CooperYakimaSO162 George LafayetteYakimaHits179 Henry Robcke TacomaPct.762 16–5 Ed Handley VictoriaHR15
References
External links Baseball Reference