Columbia Comers


The Columbia Comers were a minor league baseball team, based in Columbia, South Carolina and played in the South Atlantic League.
Columbia's first professional team was known as the Senators and played in the short-lived first South Atlantic League season in 1892. The city did not have a professional baseball team again until 1903 when the Columbia Skyscrapers played a non-league season. In 1904, the Skyscrapers joined the new South Atlantic League and changed their name to the Columbia Gamecocks midway through the season, playing under that moniker for three and a half years. The team played as the Columbia Chicks in 1908, the Columbia Palmettos in 1909, and the Columbia Blues in 1910. In 1911, the club was finally named the Columbia Comers which was short for Commissioners. During their first year with the new name, the Comers won the second half of the South Atlantic League season before losing to the Columbus Foxes in the league championship playoff series.
In 1911, the club was finally named the Comers, and would eventually win four league titles. They briefly played part of their 1923 season in Gastonia, North Carolina as the Gastonia Combers. From 1927 until 1930, the team was an affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Season-by-season

YearRecordFinishManagerPlayoffs
189212-11-A. D. Palmer
190335-16-W. E. Law
190447-625thJohn Grim / William Engle
190552-756thBilly Earle / Robert Wallace / Charlie Dexter
190652-594thEd Granville
190736-876thJay Kanzler / Bill Hallman / Edward Ransick
190846-584thWin Clark
190941-788thArthur Granville
191046-726thWilliam Breitenstein / Dred Cavender
191187-491stDred Cavender / Langdon 'Bill' ClarkLost League Finals to Columbus Foxes four games to two.
191241-756thLangdon 'Bill' Clark / Ted McGrew / Herman 'Humpty' Badel
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191460-664thDoug Harbison / Champ Osteen
191544-424thConnie Lewis / Doug Harbison
191672-501stDoug HarbisonLost League Finals to the Augusta Tourists, four games to none.
191740-282ndJack CorbettLeague Champs
No playoffs
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191955-391stTom ClarkeLeague Champs
No playoffs
192076-441stZinn BeckLeague Champs
No playoffs
192195-531stZinn BeckLeague Champs
No playoffs
192272-593rdZinn Beck
192344-966thScotty Alcock / Roxy MiddletonThe Columbia Baseball Association folded mid-season in 1923 and forfeited its franchise rights. The team was taken over by the league on July 1 and played the remaining home games of the season in Gastonia, NC.
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192547-827thOlin Perrin / Babe Ganzel / Herbert Brenner
192640-1068thHerbert Brenner / Billy Purtell
192765-817thGabby Street
192867-786thJoe Kelly
192968-797thJoe Kelly
193039-1016thMarty Fielder / Lee Stebbins