Saginaw Ducks

Saginaw manager Ducky Holmes was the namesake of the "Ducks" nickname and led the team to the 1914 title.

Baseball Hall of Fame member Jesse Haines pitched for the Saginaw Ducks in both 1914 and 1915, his first professional seasons.

Saginaw began the 1906 season playing as charter members of the short lived Interstate Association.

Wolf then owned a billiards hall and other business ventures, while also serving the public on numerous boards and organizations in Saginaw.

[12] A noted strong defensive short stop Bush would go on to a lengthy major league playing career with the Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators.

Bush then became a major league manager with the Washington Senators, Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds.

Playing under Bush at Minneapolis, Williams won the Triple Crown in the American Association,hitting .366, with 43 home runs, and 142 RBI.

[15] Managed by Clarence Jessup, the Saginaw team finished the season 30 .5 games behind the first place Mount Clemens Bathers, who were the league champions with a 63–41 final record.

Led by managers Bruce Hayes and Frank Dillon, Saginaw ended the season 3.0 games ahead of the second place Kalamazoo White Sox in the final standings of the eight-team league.

[5][19] The Saginaw "Wa-was" repeated as champions in 1909, continuing play in the eight-team Southern Michigan League, which held no playoffs.

[5] After two consecutive championships, the 1910 Saginaw Wa-was finished in last place in the Southern Michigan League standings.

The Wa-was ended the season in eighth-place in the eight-team Southern Michigan League final standings.

Due to their tie in the standings, a playoff series was held, and Kalamazoo beat Lansing 4 games to 2 in the finals to claim the league championship.

The season before he was the player-manager of the 1910 Elgin Kittens of the Class D level Northern Association, leading the team to the league championship.

[27] With a record of 88–51, playing under manager Mal Kittridge, the Krazy Kats finished 16.0 games behind the first place Kalamazoo Celery Pickers in the final standings.

The Trailers folded with a record of 19–44, playing their partial season under manager James Walter Hartwell.

The Ducks were managed by the returning Ducky Holmes, with the team finishing 5.5 games behind first-place Bay City Beavers.

[44] At age 20, Baseball Hall of Fame member Jesse Haines first pitched for Saginaw win 1914, his first professional season.

[46] Haines then joined Saginaw Ducks in where he won 17 games, pitching 258 innings, earning 115 per month.

Haines led the Ducks to the league title by pitching a ten-inning complete game in the final of the championship series.

"In the minor leagues you were lucky to get paid at all," said Haines, "But I wanted to play so badly that the salary meant but little to me.

Haines was signed by the Detroit Tigers on June 29, 1915, from Saginaw, beginning his major league career.

Managed by Ducky Holmes, Saginaw had compiled a record of 31-38 when the league folded, finishing 13.5 behind the first place South Bend Factors.

[57] The ballpark faced criticism when hosting professional baseball in 1906, with the playing field in Saginaw being noted as problematic in newspaper accounts.

Originally the field was a lumber yard and it is not much better today, the sod having been worn away in spots, allowing sawdust to percolate through."

[12] In the era, Aces Park was located at Davenport Avenue and Mary Street in Saginaw, Michigan.