Hazleton Mountaineers (baseball)
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The Hazleton Mountaineers were an American
minor league baseball franchise in the first half of the 20th century which represented Hazleton, Pennsylvania
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"Mountaineers" was the most-used name by the Hazleton team (1928–1932; 1934–1936; 1939–1940; 1949); the team was also known as the Red Sox (1937–1938) and the Dodgers (1950), reflecting their
Eastern League (1938); the Interstate League of 1939–1952; and the North Atlantic League of 1946–1950. The team played at Cranberry Ballpark.[1]
Team history
The 1929 team was formed June 16 when the
farm system affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. It would be affiliated with the Phillies (1934–1936), Boston Red Sox (1937–1938), and Brooklyn Dodgers
(1950).
The 1938 Hazleton Red Sox finished second during the regular season and made it to the finals of the Eastern League playoffs, but drew only 45,000 fans. Boston moved its affiliation to
Scranton for 1939 and Hazleton's Eastern League club transferred to Springfield, Massachusetts
. Hazleton then fielded teams in lower classification leagues from 1939 to June 12, 1940, and in 1949–1950.
A
professional basketball team took the Hazleton Mountaineers moniker and competed in early incarnations of the Continental Basketball Association
between 1946 and 1952.
Notable alumni
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References
- ^ Cranberry Creek Gateway Site
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, eds., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007, page 315
External links
- Hazleton, Pennsylvania, minor league history from Baseball Reference