Newark Newks

Newark Newks
Newark Newks
1905–1915; (1905–1912, 1915); Newark, Ohio ;
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes	Class D (1911–1912, 1915); Class B (1911); Class D (1908–1910); Class C (1905–1907);
League	Buckeye League (1915); Ohio State League (1911–1912); Central League (1911); Ohio State League (1908–1910); Ohio–Pennsylvania League (1905–1907);
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. Newark was without a team until the 1944 Newark Moundsmen returned to play in the Ohio State League.

Year-by-year records

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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Timeline

Year(s)	# Yrs.	Team	Level	League	Affiliate
1889	1	Newark	Independent	Ohio State League	None
1905	1	Newark Idlewinds	Class C	Ohio-Pennsylvania League
1906	1	Newark Cotton Tops
1907	1	Newark Newks
1908–1910	3	Newark Newks	Class D	Ohio State League
1911	1	Newark
1912	1	Newark Skeeters
1915	1	Newark New Socks		Buckeye League
1944–1947	4	Newark Moundsmen		Ohio State League	St. Louis Browns
1948–1951	4	Newark Yankees		Ohio-Indiana League	New York Yankees
1994	1	Newark Buffalos	Independent	Frontier League	None

References

^ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.

Baseball Reference Newark, Ohio

[encyc-1] Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (Third ed.). Baseball America. ISBN 978-1932391176.

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