Sacramento Senators Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Danville Old Soldiers The 1901 River Rats finished

The 1901 River Rats finished 51-61 under manager Billy Smith

and Oilers before the Depression took the franchise in 1933

and played in the Blue Grass League for one season in 1908

and the rest is history

Sacramento Senators Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Danville Old Soldiers The 1901 River Rats finishedThe Sacramento Senators, based in Sacramento, California, carried the capital city's signature baseball name through multiple stints in the early California League, appearing in 1890 91, 1893, 1901, 1904, and 1908 09 as leagues formed, folded, and reformed around them. The name was the natural choice for the seat of state government, and it proved durable: Sacramento clubs would answer to Senators on and off for decades, with sportswriters eventually