The Portland Webfeet were a Minor League Baseball

Minor league baseball

Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...

 team in the Pacific Northwest League

Pacific Northwest League

The Pacific Northwest League was a professional Minor League Baseball league based in the Pacific Northwest. It was the first professional baseball league ever in the region.-Founding:...

. They were located in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

 and played at Columbia Park. They were active from to .

In the Webfeet won the league championship, even playing teams from the California League

California League

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, including Sacramento

Sacramento, California

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, San Francisco

San Francisco, California

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 and San Jose

San Jose, California

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. The Pacific Northwest League folded in the second half of the 1892 season due to the onset of a nationwide economic depression known as the Panic of 1893

Panic of 1893

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.

Year-by-year record

Year	League	Affiliation	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
	Pacific Northwest League	none	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Pacific Northwest League	none	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A League Champions
	Pacific Northwest League	none	41-34	2nd	John Barnes John Barnes (manager) John Sloane Barnes was a Minor League Baseball manager . Born in Ireland, J.S. Barnes was a prominent athlete, promoter, and proponent of physical fitness. Barnes organized the Pacific Northwest League in 1890, the first professional baseball league in the region. In that same year, he led the... /George Borchers George Borchers George Benard "Chief" Borchers was a 19th century Major League Baseball pitcher. In he led the pitching staff of the minor league Nashville Tigers with the most wins .-External links:... /Henry Harris	none

Notable players

• Kid Baldwin
  Kid Baldwin
  Clarence Geoghan "Kid" Baldwin was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played seven seasons at the Major League level. In addition to playing catcher, Baldwin also played outfield, third base, second base and first base. He also pitched two games in the season.-Early life:Baldwin began to play...
  
  
• Tom Dolan
  Tom Dolan (baseball)
  Thomas J. Dolan was a player in Major League Baseball. Dolan was primarily a catcher, but also played outfield, third base, and pitched 4 innings.-External links:...
  
  
• Willard Mains
  Willard Mains
  Willard Eben Mains was an American professional baseball pitcher. He joined the National League at the age of 19 with the Chicago White Stockings, started two games in , winning one and losing the other...
  
  
• Jake Stenzel
  Jake Stenzel
  Jacob Charles Stenzel was a center fielder in Major League Baseball from 1890 to 1899. He played for the Chicago Colts, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Browns/Perfectos, and Cincinnati Reds. Stenzel was tall and weighed .-Early career:Stenzel was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1867...
  
  
• George Tebeau
  George Tebeau
  George E. Tebeau was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Cincinnati Red Stockings and Toledo Maumees of the American Association, and with the Washington Senators and Cleveland Spiders of the National League. Tebeau batted and threw right-handed. He was born...
  
  
• Bill White (shortstop)
  Bill White (shortstop)
  William Dighton White , was a professional baseball player who was mainly a shortstop in major leagues for five season from to . During his major league career, he played for three different franchises: the Pittsburg Alleghenys in , the Louisville Colonels from 1886 to 1888, and the St...
  
  

External links

• Team history at Baseball Reference