Newark Newks

Newark Newks
19051915
(1905–1912, 1915)
Newark, Ohio
Class-level
Previous
  • Class D (1911–1912, 1915)
  • Class B (1911)
  • Class D (1908–1910)
  • Class C (1905–1907)
Minor league affiliations
League
Team data
Previous names
  • Newark New Socks (1915)
  • Newark Newks (1912)
  • Newark Skeeters (1911)
  • Newark Newks (1907–1910)
  • Newark Cotton Tops (1906)
  • Newark Idlewilds (1905)

The Newark Newks was the predominant name of a minor league baseball team based in Newark, Ohio from 1905 until 1915. The team was first known as the Newark Idlewilds and began playing in the Ohio–Pennsylvania League. In 1906 the club changed its name to the Newark Cotton Tops. Finally in 1907, the team took on the Newks name. In 1908 the team moved in the Ohio State League, where they played until 1911. On June 22, 1911, the team moved to Piqua, Ohio to become the Piqua Picks. However that June, the Grand Rapids Furniture Makers of the Central League moved to Newark and became the Newark Skeeters. The next season the Skeeters played in the Ohio State League and posted a 72–68 record before vanishing. The city fielded the Newark New Socks (sometimes referred to as the Newsocks) in the 1915 Buckeye League before folding permanently.

Year-by-year record

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Year Record Finish Manager Notes
1905 37-46 NA Jack Doyle
1906 65-74 6th Gene Bates, Bill Bottenus,
Andy Sommers & Walter Snodgrass
1907 86-53 2nd Bob Berryhill
1908 74-75 5th Bob Berryhill & Harry Eells
1909 46-64 NA Homer Davidson & Erve Wratten
1910 58-80 4th Bob Berryhill, Charles Riehl,
Charles O'Day
1911 29-33 5th Alfred Newnham Team moved to Piqua, Ohio on June 22
1911 34-42 7th Harley Parker & John Pendry Grand Rapids moved to Newark on June 27
1912 70-68 3rd Jack Grim, Sandy Murray & Barry McCormick
1915 14-24 4th Erv Wrattan

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