# Springfield Midgets

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{{Short description|Minor league baseball team}}
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The '''Springfield Midgets''' were a minor league [baseball](/source/baseball) team that played from 1903 to 1904 in the [Missouri Valley League](/source/Missouri_Valley_League) and from 1906 to 1909 and 1921 to 1930 in the [Western Association](/source/Western_Association). Based in [Springfield, Missouri](/source/Springfield%2C_Missouri), they were affiliated with the [St. Louis Browns](/source/St._Louis_Browns) in 1930.

==Year-by-year record==
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Year !! Record !! Finish !! Manager !! Playoffs
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| 1903 || 82–48 || 2nd || Frank Hurlburt || none
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| 1904 || 77–46 || 2nd || F. Smith / [John Perrine](/source/John_Perrine) || none
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| 1906 || 72–67 || 4th || G. Bennett / J.W. Seabaugh / John Shinn || none
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| 1907 || 46–92 || 7th || F.R. Pierce || none
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| 1908 || 48–85 || 7th || D.C. "Dad" Risley / Tony Vanderhill || none
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| 1909 || 56–70 || 6th || Frank Hurlburt || none
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| 1921 || 85–60 || 1st || [Charley Stis](/source/Charley_Stis) / Wilson White ||
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| 1922 || 68–69 || 4th || Wilson White ||
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| 1923 || 70–74 || 5th || [Runt Marr](/source/Runt_Marr) ||
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| 1924 || 47–112 || 8th || [Charles Schmidt](/source/Boss_Schmidt) / Alvin Maline / Pete Adams || none
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| 1925 || 67–82 || 5th || [Marty Purtell](/source/Marty_Purtell) ||
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| 1926 || 92–66 || 1st || [Marty Purtell](/source/Marty_Purtell) || '''League Champs'''
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| 1927 || 63–69 || 4th || Harold "Chuck" Funk || none
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| 1928 || 61–66 || 5th || Bob Wells ||
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| 1929 || 71–77 || 3rd || [Joe Mathes](/source/Joe_Mathes) ||
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| 1930 || 64–73 || 5th || [Kid Elberfeld](/source/Kid_Elberfeld) ||
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|}

==References==
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Category:Baseball teams established in 1903
Category:Defunct minor league baseball teams
Category:Sports in Springfield, Missouri
Category:1903 establishments in Missouri
Category:1930 disestablishments in Missouri
Category:Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1930
Category:Defunct baseball teams in Missouri
Category:Defunct Missouri Valley League teams
Category:Defunct Western Association teams
Category:Baseball teams disestablished in 1930

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