Northern New York League

The Northern New York League was a Minor League Baseball circuit that operated in a span of six seasons between 1900 and 1905. League franchises were located in New York and Vermont. For the majority of its existence it operated as an independent league, except in 1902, when was classified as Class D circuit. In 1906, the league changed names to the Northern Independent League as Ottawa joined Burlington, Montpelier-Barre, Plattsburgh and Rutland in the league.^[1]

Northern New York League

Classification	Independent (1900–1901) Class D (1902) Independent (1903–1905)
Sport	Minor League Baseball
First season	1900
Ceased	1905
Replaced by	Northern Independent League
No. of teams	10
Country	United States of America
Related competitions	New York State League

Cities represented and teams

• Burlington, VT - Burlington (1903–1905)
• Canton, NY - Canton (1901)
• Gouverneur, NY - Gouverneur (1900)
• Malone, NY - Malone (1900–1902)
• Montpelier, VT / Barre, VT – Montpelier-Barre (1904–05)
• Ogdensburg, NY - Ogdensburg (1900–01)
• Plattsburgh, NY - Plattsburgh (1901–1905)
• Potsdam, NY - Potsdam (1900–1902)
• Rutland, VT - Rutland (1903–1905)
• St. Albans, VT - St. Albans (1902–1904)

MLB alumni

Doc Amole Al Boucher Jack Coombs Pep Deininger Jack Doscher Tommy Dowd

Bob Dresser Pat Duff Cy Ferry Eddie Grant Leo Hafford Doc Hazelton

Paul Krichell Bill Lauterborn Billy Lauder Frank Leary Louis LeRoy Billy Lush

Mike Lynch Cotton Minahan Jim Mullen Tom O'Hara Harry Pattee Frank Shannon

Dave Shean Dike Varney Rube Vickers Joe Wall Jack Warner Libe Washburn

Jimmy Wiggs

Sources

• Baseball Reference - Northern New York League Encyclopedia and History