Steubenville Stubs

The Steubenville Stubs was the predominant name of a minor league baseball team that sparsely played in Steubenville, Ohio between 1887 and 1913. The team was first formed in 1887 as a member of the Ohio State League, before disbanding on June 29 of that year.^[1] A second Stubs team played in 1895 as a member of the Interstate League, however that team also proved to be short-lived.^[2] The club moved to Akron, Ohio on May 13, 1895 to become the Akron Akrons and then to Lima, Ohio on May 19, 1895 to become the Lima Farmers.^[3]

The third incarnation of the Stubs began in 1905 as the city fielded a team for the Ohio–Pennsylvania League, named the Steubenville Factory Men. A year later the club moved to the Pennsylvania–Ohio–Maryland League and took up the Stubs moniker.^[4] In 1907 the Stubs ended the season with a 69-33 for the league title. After skipping the 1908 season, the Stubs returned for the 1909 and 1911 seasons. The team disbanded on August 20, 1911.^[5] In 1912 the Stubs moved to Follansbee, West Virginia for the second half of the 1912 Ohio–Pennsylvania League season, as the Steubenville-Follansbee Stubs. The club went 14–15 to fourth of four teams in a tight race in the second half, before the league folded on August 6, 1912. The Fairmont Fairies were declared the league champion when the Stubs were unable to field a team for the playoffs.^[6]

A final Stubs team played in the Interstate League in 1913, before disbanding for the final time.