The Spokane Bunchgrassers were a
Minor League Baseball 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. I ...
. They were located in
Spokane, Washington
Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Canada ...
and played at the Northwest League Grounds. They won the first ever Pacific Northwest League Championship.
Year-by-year record
Notable players
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Ollie Beard
Oliver Perry Beard (May 2, 1862 – May 28, 1929) was an American Major League Baseball player who played shortstop for the Cincinnati Red Stockings/Reds from 1889 to 1890. He then played third base for the Louisville Colonels in 1891. Born ...
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Jack Brennan
John Vincent Brennan (born August 16, 1937) is a retired United States Marine Corps officer and former political aide.http://www.providence.edu/library/archives/brennan/rppc_msbrennan.html He is best known as being U.S. President Richard Nixon's p ...
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Abner Dalrymple
Abner Frank Dalrymple (September 9, 1857 – January 25, 1939) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who hit 43 home runs (including 22 in 1884, the second-highest total to that date) and batted .288 with 407 RBI during his 12-s ...
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Lefty Marr
Charles W. "Lefty" Marr (September 19, 1862 in Cincinnati – January 11, 1912 in New Britain, Connecticut) was a professional baseball player who played outfield and third base in the Major Leagues from 1886 to 1891. He would play for the Cinc ...
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Harry Raymond
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Phil Reccius
Phillip Reccius (June 7, 1862 – February 15, 1903) was an American Major League Baseball player from Louisville, Kentucky, who played for eight seasons in the majors, mainly playing third base for his hometown team, the Louisville Eclipse.
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John Sowders
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Joe Strauss
External links
{{Teams in the Pacific Northwest League
Sports in Spokane, Washington
Defunct baseball teams in Washington (state)
Professional baseball teams in Washington (state)
1890 establishments in Washington (state)
Baseball teams established in 1890
1892 disestablishments in Washington (state)
Sports clubs disestablished in 1892
Baseball teams disestablished in 1892