Western Tri-State League

Over its three-year existence, the league featured six teams from six different cities in Oregon, Idaho, and Washington.

[2] At the end of the 1912 season, the Pendleton Buckaroos won the league championship with a .622 winning percentage.

[4][5][6] At the start of the 1913 season, it was announced that there would be an addition of two teams to the Western Tri-State League.

[7] The league had considered adding a team in Spokane, Washington, but ruled it out until the 1914 season.

[3] Early in the year, it was announced that two teams would be dropped from the league, to make it more economically effective to run the circuit.

[3] The teams that were cut were the newly formed Baker City Golddiggers, and the established Pendleton Buckaroos.

[3] They were followed by the Boise Irrigators (40–23) in second, the Pendleton Buckaroos in third (31–29), and the North Yakima Braves (30–34) in fourth.

[3] During the second half of the season, the Boise club took home the pennant, finishing with a 32–22 record.

[9][10][11][12] Before the start of the 1914 season, it was announced that the Boise Irrigators were leaving the Western Tri-State League, and joining the Union Association.

[3] Four players in the league that season had an MLB appearance some time in their professional career.

W. N. Sweet
W. N. Sweet served as the president of the Western Tri-State League for two years (1912–13).
The 1913 Walla Walla Bears.
The Walla Walla Bears won the 1913 Western Tri-State League Pennant.