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The Portland Webfeet were a
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team in the
Pacific Northwest League The Pacific Northwest League was a professional Minor League Baseball league based in the Pacific Northwest. It was the first professional baseball league ever in the region. History Founding The Pacific Northwest League was founded in 1890. In ...
. They were located in
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and played at
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. They were active from to . In the Webfeet won the league championship, even playing teams from the
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, including
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,
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and San Jose. The Pacific Northwest League folded in the second half of the 1892 season due to the onset of a nationwide economic depression known as the
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.


Year-by-year record


Notable players

* Kid Baldwin *
Tom Dolan Thomas Fitzgerald Dolan (born September 15, 1975) is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Dolan grew up in Arlington, Virginia. He attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, w ...
* Willard Mains *
Jake Stenzel Jacob Charles Stenzel (June 24, 1867 – January 6, 1919) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a center fielder in Major League Baseball from 1890 to 1899 for the Chicago Colts, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, S ...
*
George Tebeau George Tebeau (December 26, 1861 – February 4, 1923) was an American professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played in the big leagues between and for the Cincinnati Red Stockings (1887–1889) an ...
* Bill White * Jiggs Parrott - First MLB player from Oregon.


See also

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History of baseball in Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon, has been home to many baseball teams, dating back to the 19th century. Despite this, Portland has never fielded a Major League Baseball team. In 2018 the Portland Diamond Project was formed to lobby for a Major League Base ...
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