Connecticut League
| Classification | Independent (1884-1885, 1888, 1891) Class B (1894-1896) Class F (1897-1901) Class D (1902) Class B (1903-1912) |
|---|---|
| Sport | Minor League Baseball |
| First season | 1884 |
| Ceased | 1912 |
| President | J. Howard Taylor (1888) A.W. Lang (1891) Jim O'Rourke (1895) D.W. Porter (1896) Sturgis Whitlock (1897-1898) Tim Murnane (1899) Sturgis Whitlock (1900) Tim Murnane (1901) Jim O'Rourke / Sturgis Whitlock (1902) Sturgis Whitlock (1903) Jim O'Rourke (1904-1906) W. J. Tracey (1907-1908) Jim O'Rourke (1909) W.J. Tracy (1910) Jim O'Rourke (1911-1912) |
| No. of teams | 5 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Most titles | 4 Meriden Bulldogs (1885, 1888, 1891, 1897) |
| Related competitions | Connecticut Association |
The Connecticut League, also known as the Connecticut State League, was a professional baseball association of teams in the state of Connecticut. The league was a minor league for most of its existence. It began as offshoot of the original Connecticut State League, which dates back as far as 1884. In 1891, the Connecticut State League included the Ansonia Cuban Giants, a team made up of entirely African-American ballplayers, including future Hall-of-Famers Frank Grant and Sol White. In 1902, it was a Class D league with teams in eight cities. In 1905, the league became Class B, which lasted until 1913, when the league became the Eastern Association due to several teams outside of the state entering the league. Also a Class B league, it survived two more seasons, then folded after the 1914 season.