Guthrie Senators

Guthrie Senators was the primary name of the minor league baseball teams based in Guthrie, Oklahoma, United States.

Guthrie Senators
(1904-1906, 1909-1910, 1912, 1914, 1922-1924) Guthrie, Oklahoma
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes	Class D (1904, 1906, 1912, 1922-1924) Class C (1905, 1909-1910, 1914)
Previous leagues	Oklahoma State League (1912, 1922-1924) Western Association (1905, 1909-1910, 1914) South Central League (1906) Southwestern League (1904)
Team data
Previous names	Guthrie Linters (1922–1924) Guthrie Orphans (1914) Guthrie Spas (1912) Guthrie Senators (1905-1906, 1909-1910) Guthrie Blues (1904)
Previous parks	Island Park (1904) Electric Park (1905-1906, 1909-1910) Fairgrounds Park (1912, 1914, 1922-1924)

History

The Guthrie Senators played in the Western Association (1905, 1909–1910) and South Central League (1906).^[1] Later, the Guthrie teams played in the Oklahoma State League (1912, 1922–1924) as the Guthrie Spas in 1912.^[2] and the Guthrie Linters in 1922 and 1923.^[3] Guthrie was also represented in the Western Association for a brief time in 1914,^[4] under the name Guthrie Orphans.^[5]

The ballparks

Although the Guthrie ballpark had different names over the years, it was consistently located in what is now known as Mineral Wells Park.^[6]

The field used by the 1904 Guthrie Blues was known as the Island Park diamond.^[7] Island Park was renamed Mineral Wells Park in 1910.^[8] The Island Park athletic field, which later in 1904 hosted the first Bedlam Series football game between Oklahoma A&M University (now Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma, was located just across Cottonwood Creek from the current park gazebo.^[9]

Beginning in 1905, Guthrie's ballpark was known as Electric Park.^[10] Electric Park was also located immediately across Cottonwood Creek from the “island” portion of Island/Mineral Wells Park.^[11] The Guthrie Senators used Electric Park as their home field through 1910.^[12]

In 1911, the City of Guthrie purchased Electric Park from the streetcar owners who developed it and consolidated the land, including the ballpark, into Mineral Wells Park.^[13] Further amenities were added, including a racetrack and fairgrounds, around the existing ballpark.^[14][15] Guthrie teams continued playing at the fairgrounds ballpark through the final days of minor league baseball in 1924.^[16]

Notable alumni

Notable players include Red Downs, Eddie Hickey, Tex Jones, Bill McGill and Clare Patterson. They were managed for part of the 1906 season by Charlie Bennett.