Patrick T. Powers (1862 - August 2, 1925) was an American baseball executive who served as the president of the Eastern League, an independent league that is nearly as old as the National or the American Leagues. Elected at a meeting of independent baseball executives on September 5, 1901 at the Leland Hotel in Chicago, he was also the first president of the second National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, or NABPL ("NA" for short), from 1901 to 1909. 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Baseball is a team sport in which a player on one team (the pitcher) attempts to throw a hard, fist-sized ball at a player on the other team (the batter), who attempts to hit the baseball with a tapered, smooth, cylindrical bat that can be made out of either... The Eastern League is a minor league baseball league which operates primarily in the northeastern United States, although it now has a team in Ohio. ... This article refers to the American baseball league. ... American League The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Official website: http://egov. ... Minor League Baseball, formerly the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues and also known in the past as NAPBL, National Baseball Association, and NA, is the organization which oversees the governing and organization of minor league baseball in North America. ...

The purpose of the association was to keep the independent leagues of baseball independent, and separate from the National League and the American Association, who were engaged in a nasty turf war, stealing players and hurling accusations at one another.

Ban Johnson, president of the AA, which later became the American League, found Powers' organization very useful. In the same peace treaty signed with the National League, the NA teams made agreements to feed players to the National and American leagues. By 1903, they were subordinate to the "major" leagues, and became the first "minor" leagues. Byron Bancroft Johnson (January 5, 1864 - March 28, 1931) was an American executive in Major League Baseball who served as the founder and first president of the American League. ... American League The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ...

Powers' NA has continued on as the overseeing body of the various baseball leagues that make up affiliated baseball. The NA goes by the moniker Minor League Baseball today, even though that is misleading; there are still many independent leagues, like the Northern League, the Central League, and the Golden Baseball League, whose ballclubs throughout the United States and Canada also feed players, albeit fewer, to the major leagues. Minor League Baseball, formerly the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues and also known in the past as NAPBL, National Baseball Association, and NA, is the organization which oversees the governing and organization of minor league baseball in North America. ... The Northern League is an Independent minor league baseball league which operates in the Midwestern United States and the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Alberta. ... See also: Central League (football) The Central League (セントラル・リーグ Sentoraru Riigu) is one of Japans two major professional baseball leagues (the other is the Pacific League). ... The Golden Baseball League is an independent minor league in California and Arizona, whose member teams are not associated with any Major League Baseball teams. ...

Powers retired from the post at the NABPL in 1909. At the time there were 35 leagues and 246 professional baseball clubs in the organization.

External link

• Minor League News - story of the rise of the second National Association