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The Arkansas State League was an American minor league baseball league that played in various seasons between 1894 and 1935, forming three different times. The first version was in operation in 1894, followed by an 1897 league. The Class D level league operated from 1908 to 1909 in Arkansas and Louisiana and also in 1934 to 1935 in Arkansas and Missouri. In 1936, the league evolved to become the Arkansas-Missouri League. Little Rock and Rogers each won two league championships.
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- Alexandria, Louisiana: Alexandria Hoo Hoos (1909)
- Argenta, Arkansas: Argenta (1908); Argenta Shamrocks (1909)
- Bentonville, Arkansas: Bentonville Officeholders (1934–1935)
- Brinkley, Arkansas: Brinkley Infants (1908)
- Camden, Arkansas: Camden Rainmakers (1894)
- Cassville, Missouri: Cassville Tigers (1935)
- Fayetteville, Arkansas: Fayetteville Educators (1934); Fayetteville Bears (1935)
- Fort Smith, Arkansas: Fort Smith Indians (1894, 1897); Ft. Smith Soldiers (1909)
- Helena, Arkansas: Helena Ponies (1908); Helena Hellions (1909)
- Hot Springs, Arkansas: Hot Springs Bathers (1894, 1897); Hot Springs Giants (1908); Hot Springs Vaporites (1909)
- Huntsville, Arkansas: Huntsville Red Birds (1935)
- Jonesboro, Arkansas: Jonesboro Zebras (1909)
- Little Rock, Arkansas: Little Rock Rose Buds (1894); Little Rock Senators (1897)
- Monroe, Louisiana: Monroe Municipals (1909)
- Morrilton, Arkansas: Morrilton Cotton Pickers (1894)
- Newport, Arkansas & Batesville, Arkansas: Newport Pearl Diggers 1908; Newport-Batesville Pearl Diggers (1909)
- Pine Bluff, Arkansas: Pine Bluff Pine Knotts (1908)
- Poplar Bluff, Missouri: Poplar Bluff Tigers (1908)
- Rogers, Arkansas: Rogers Rustlers (1934); Rogers Cardinals (1935)
- Siloam Springs, Arkansas: Siloam Springs Buffaloes (1934); Siloam Springs Travelers (1935)
- Texarkana, Arkansas: Texarkana (1894) ;Texarkana Nobles (1897)
- Texarkana, Texas: Texarkana (1909)
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1894 & 1897
1894 Arkansas State League
Season ended June 23[2]
1897 Arkansas State League
After the league disbanded August 18, Little Rock and Hot Springs played a 21-game series for the championship of Arkansas.
1908 & 1909
1908 Arkansas State League
Poplar Bluff was replaced by Brinkley June 8. No Playoffs were scheduled.[4]
1909 Arkansas State League
Argenta & Alexandria disbanded June 7; Monroe moved to Newport-Batesville July 1.
League disbanded July 7.[1][5]
1934 & 1935
1934 Arkansas State League
The Arkansas State League reformed with four teams. Franchises based in Bentonville, Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Rogers, Arkansas, and Siloam Springs, Arkansas joined. The winners of the first and second halves of the season played for the league championship at the end of the year.
Playoff: Rogers defeated Siloam Springs 5–2 in a one-game playoff for the first half title. Bentonville was declared second half winner when Fayetteville and Siloam Springs folded August 19.
Finals: Rogers defeated Bentonville 4 games to 3 for the championship.[1][6]
1935 Arkansas State League
The league expanded, adding the franchises in Cassville, Missouri and Huntsville, Arkansas to expand from four teams to six teams.
Playoff: Rogers (1st half winner) defeated Siloam Springs (2nd half winner) 4 games to 3 for the championship.[1][7]
All teams continued play in the renamed 1936 Arkansas–Missouri League. The Arkansas State League folded.[8]
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