Category: New England League

Lynn Tigers

The Lynn Tigers were a Massachusetts-based farm team of the Detroit Tigers in the faltering Class B New England League during the summer of 1949. The New England League began the 1949 season on April 30th with eight clubs. But the wheels soon came off. On July 19th Lynn called it quits in midseason, with the Fall River Indians and Manchester Yankees also withdrawing from the collapsing circuit on the same night.

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Pawtucket Slaters New England League

Pawtucket Slaters

The Pawtucket Slaters were a Class B farm club of the National League’s Boston Braves for four summers between 1946 and 1949. The Rhode Island club had a local rival in the Providence Chiefs/Grays who played in nearby Cranston. The Slaters disbanded along with the rest of the remaining clubs in the New England League following the 1949 season.

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Providence Grays New England League Baseball

Providence Grays

The Providence Grays were a forlorn minor league baseball outfit in the Class B New England League for a few months during the summer of 1949. The team ran out of money and folded after just two months of play, foreshadowing the disintegration of the rest of the New England League at the end of that summer.

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Portland Pilots Baseball

Portland Pilots

New England League (1947-1949) Down East League (1950) Born: 1947 Folded: 1949 – The New England League ceases operations First Game: Last Game: September 18,

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