The Independence Coyotes were a minor league baseball team located in Independence, Kansas, for the 1906 baseball season.
The Coyotes went 69-48 and were champions of the Class D Kansas State League by 4.5 games over the second-place Cherryvale Boosters. Ben Haas hit .341 to lead the league, while pitcher Chick Brandom paced the circuit with 16 wins and 121 strikeouts.
The Kansas State League folded after the season, and the Coyotes moved to the Oklahoma–Arkansas–Kansas League and became known as the Independence Champs. Drummond Brown and Chick Brandom from the Coyotes would go on to play in the major leagues. Brandom would end up winning the World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1909.
Year-by-year record Year Record Finish Manager 1906 69-48 1st League Champs Charles McLinn / Richard Louis Crutcher / John Hendley
Timeline of Independence minor league teams
Year(s) # Yrs. Team Level LeagueAffiliate1896 1 Independence IndependentKansas State League None1906 1 Independence Coyotes Class DNone1907 1 Independence Champs Oklahoma-Arkansas-Kansas LeagueNone1908 1 Independence Jewelers Oklahoma-Kansas LeagueNone1911 1 Independence Packers Western AssociationNone1921 1 Independence Producers Southwestern LeagueNone1922–1923 2 Class CNone1924 1 Class DNone1925, 1928–1932 6 Class C Western AssociationNone1947–1950 4 Independence YankeesClass DKansas-Oklahoma-Missouri LeagueNew York Yankees1952 1 Independence Browns St. Louis Browns
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