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This page is dedicated to anything that doesn't fit in any of the other team pages, such as: newer teams, defunct teams, or famous athletes from Washington.

Seattle Indians
1922-1938
The Pacific Coast League Seattle franchise was named the Rainiers from 1919 to 1921, but changed names to the Seattle Indians in 1922.
In 1938 the team changed it name back to the Rainiers where they continued to play in the PCL until 1964.

Joe Coscarart

Seattle Steelheads
1946

In 1946 the new West Coast Negro League formed to expand professional black baseball out west. The Seattle franchise, the Steelheads, was actually the barnsortming Harlem Globetrotters.
Not to be confused with the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, they played straight baseball.

Other teams in the League included: Portland Rosebuds(owned by Jesse Owens), Oakland Larks, San Diego Tigers, Los Angels White Sox, and San Francisco Sea Lions.

Unfortunately, the only teams that earned money to stay in business were Seattle and Oakland.
As best that can be determined, when the League folded Oakland was in first and Seattle in second.
The association ended in July of 1946, but the Steelheads played through September and once again became the Harlem Globetrotters.

Herbert Simpson

I conducted a very short interview with him.

Read it here.
Part 1
Part 2

His comment, "Can I keep that card", is in reference to wanting to keep the custom made card
I sent for him to sign. I have no problems when players do this, in fact I'm quite honored that
they think that highly of my skills. You can see the custom index card below.

Herbert Simpson

More Steelhead Information
Great P-I Article
Roster
History
More Media

1946 Seattle Steelheads

Paul Hardy Catcher- Manager

Everett Marcel Catcher

JohnnyCogdell RHP

Frank Saylor RHP

Mike Berry RHP

Al Jones RHP

Rogers Pierre RHP

Lafayette Washington RHP

Nap Gulley LHP

Herb Simpson 1B

Sherwood Brewer 2B

Joe Spencer 2B

Ulysses "Hickey" Redd SS

Robbie Robinson 3B

Bruce Wright 3B

Eugene Harden Utility

Jack Johnson Utility

Howard Gay OF

Stamp Holly OF

Zell Miles OF

Leo Rivers OF

John Bissant OF

Collins Jones OF

Seattle Rainiers
(1919-1921, 1938-1964)
The Seattle Rainiers, were a minor league baseball team in Seattle that played in the
Pacific Coast League from 1919 though 1968. For a time the Pacific Coast League was considered a third Major league.

For a time the Rainers went by the Indians (see above) and later by the Angles.

Rugger Ardizoia
Charlie Beamon
Tom Borland
Galen Cisco
Joe Coscarart
Buddy Gilbert 2
Don Gile
Bill Glynn
Bob Heffner
Larry Jensen 2
Dalton Jones
Jim Lonborg
Bob Martyn
Jim McAnany
Dave Morehead
Rico Petrocelli
Duane Pillette
Ray Rippelmeyer
Jay Ritchie
Jim Rivera
Don Schwall
Mike Shannon
George Spencer
Dave Stenhouse
Jerry Stephenson
Tom Umphlett
Ted Wieand
Ted Wills

Seattle Storm
(2000-Present)
Janell Burse
Shannon Johnson
Betty Lennox
Iziane Castro Marques

Seattle Sounders FC
(2009-Present)
Brad Evans
Nate Jaqua
Kasey Keller
Stephen King
Sebastien Le Toux 2
Fredy Monteo
Tyrone Marshall
Sanna Nyassi
James Riley
Zach Scott
Tyson Wahl
Steve Zakuani

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