The '''Colorado State League''' was an unaffiliated minor league baseball league that played between 1885 and 1898 involving teams from Colorado. Notable participants included the '''Leadville Blues''', who were members of the league in multiple seasons, including 1885, 1889, and 1898. The league disbanded after the 1898 season, with Aspen’s team folding mid-season despite leading the standings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colorado State League Team Rosters and Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/l-COSL |website=Stats Crew}}</ref>
==Cities represented== * Aspen, CO: Aspen Silver Kings 1889; Aspen Miners 1896, 1898-1899 * Colorado Springs, CO: Colorado Springs 1889, 1896 * Denver, CO: Denver Solis 1889; Denver Gulfs 1896, 1898 * Fort Collins, CO: Fort Collins Farmers 1898 * Gillett, CO: Gillett 1896 * Glenwood Springs, CO: Glenwood Springs Bathers 1898 * Leadville, CO: Leadville Blues 1889, 1898-1899 Leadville Angels 1896 * Louisville, CO: Louisville Coal Miners 1898 * Pueblo, CO: Pueblo Ponies 1889; Pueblo Rovers 1896, 1898-1899 <ref name="encyc">{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball |editor1=Lloyd Johnson |editor2=Miles Wolff |edition=Third |publisher=Baseball America |date=2007 |isbn=978-1932391176}}</ref>
==Standings & statistics== '''1889 Colorado State League'''<br /> President: Henry S. Woodruff {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers |- |Pueblo Ponies{{efn|Pueblo disbanded on July 22<ref name="encyc"/>|group=1889}}||37||21||.638||-||E.R. Alden / George Bowman / DeRemer |- |Colorado Springs||41||34||.547||3½ ||Don Goddard |- |Aspen Silver Kings{{efn|Aspen disbanded on July 29<ref name="encyc"/>|group=1889}}||25||30||.455||10½ ||Ford |- |Leadville Blues||19||31||.380||14 ||White/Blake/John Foutz |- |Denver Solis{{efn|Denver disbanded on June 2<ref name="encyc"/>|group=1889}}||12||18||.400||NA||James McLaughlin |} {{notelist|group=1889}}
'''1898 Colorado State League'''<br /> President: A. Magnam {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Team standings!!W!!L!!PCT!!GB!! Managers |- |Aspen Miners{{efn|Aspen disbanded on July 31<ref name="encyc"/>|group=1898}}||35||21||.625||-||A. Magnam |- |Louisville Coal Miners{{efn|Louisville disbanded on July 7<ref name="encyc"/>|group=1898}}||10||11||.476||NA||Thomas Hilton |- |Leadville Blues||NA||NA||NA||NA||Harry Grier |- |Glenwood Springs Bathers||NA||NA||NA||NA||C.M. Keck |- |Denver Gulfs||NA||NA||NA||NA||Burt Davis |- |Fort Collins Farmers{{efn|Fort Collins disbanded on August 24<ref name="encyc"/>|group=1898}}||NA||NA||NA||NA||Frank Abbott/ E. Avery |- |Pueblo Rovers{{efn|Pueblo disbanded on May 30<ref name="encyc"/>|group=1898}}||1||2||.333||NA||Frank Hoffman |} {{notelist|group=1898}}
'''Player statistics''' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Player!! Team!!Stat!! Tot |- |Bartley Reed||Denver||BA||.436<ref name="encyc"/> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?code=COSL&class=N/A Baseball reference]
Category:Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States Category:Baseball leagues in Colorado Category:Sports leagues established in 1889 Category:Sports leagues disestablished in 1898
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