• Several different Minor League Baseball teams have been located in the city of Waterbury, Connecticut since 1884. The earliest Waterbury teams played in...
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  • baseball teams in Connecticut since the late 1800s. Most have been minor league teams, however, some early major league teams played in Connecticut....
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    Waterbury is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Waterbury had a population of 114,403 as of the 2020 Census. The city is 33 miles (53 km) southwest...
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  • The Eastern League (EL) is a Minor League Baseball (MiLB) sports league that has operated under that name since 1938, with the exception of the 2021 season...
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  • The Connecticut League, also known as the Connecticut State League, was a professional baseball association of teams in the state of Connecticut. The league...
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  • Minor league baseball teams were based in Meriden, Connecticut in various seasons between 1884 and 1913. Meriden teams played as members of the Connecticut...
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    Roger Connor (category Hartford (minor league baseball) players)
    citizens raised money for a grave marker in 2001. Connor was born in Waterbury, Connecticut. He was the son of Irish immigrants Mortimer Connor and Catherine...
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  • The Eastern League was a Minor League Baseball sports league that operated from 1916 through mid-season of 1932. The successor to an early 20th-century...
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  • New Britain Perfectos (category Defunct baseball teams in Connecticut)
    a minor league baseball team based in New Britain, Connecticut. From 1908 to 1912, the Perfectos played as members of the Class B level Connecticut State...
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  • Municipal Stadium is a stadium in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. The stadium was built in 1930 originally as a dog track which attributes to its...
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    Jimmy Piersall (category Sportspeople from Waterbury, Connecticut)
    film, Fear Strikes Out. Piersall led the Leavenworth High School (Waterbury, Connecticut) basketball team to the 1947 New England championship, scoring 29...
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  • Association was a minor league baseball league. The first version of the league appeared in 1882, followed by similar one season leagues in 1891 and 1909...
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  • or with the Minor League Baseball organization. The team was originally known as the Waterbury Spirit, based out of Waterbury, Connecticut. The Spirit...
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  • in New Britain, Connecticut (1885 and 1891), Waterbury, Connecticut (1885), Lawrence, Massachusetts (1886), Bridgeport, Connecticut (1887), Scranton...
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    all-around athlete at Sacred Heart High School of Waterbury, Connecticut, Wallace played baseball, basketball and football. Wallace had a Hall of Fame...
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  • right-handed Major League Baseball catcher. A native of Waterbury, Connecticut, he played for four seasons in Major League Baseball, including stints with...
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  • league expanded into Waterbury, Connecticut, and Allentown, Pennsylvania, with the Waterbury Spirit and Allentown Ambassadors. The league was won by the Elmira...
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  • Edward H. Bagley (October, 1863 – July 24, 1919) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher from 1884 to 1885. Baseball Reference v t e...
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  • Torrington Tornadoes (category Defunct minor league baseball teams)
    The Torrington Tornadoes were a minor league baseball team based in Torrington, Connecticut. Torrington played the 1896 season as members of the Independent...
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  • minor league baseball team based in Stamford, Connecticut. From 1947 to 1949, Stamford teams played as members of the Class B level Colonial League,...
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  • The Colonial League was the name of two mid-level American minor baseball leagues. The first Colonial League was a Class C level league that existed from...
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  • Jersey City A's (category Oakland Athletics minor league affiliates)
    the team moved to Waterbury, Connecticut for the 1979 season and became the Waterbury A's. This marked the end of professional baseball in Jersey City,...
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  • early minor league baseball team based in New Haven, Connecticut. The New Haven "Blues" teams played as members of the Connecticut State League from 1899...
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  • Northern League was an independent minor professional baseball league. It was not affiliated with Major League Baseball or the organized minor leagues. The...
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  • Class B Waterbury Authors of the Connecticut State League. He died in 1947 in Jamaica, New York at the age of 68. John Walsh. Major League Baseball career...
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    club in Meriden, Connecticut (Connecticut State League) in 1884 and for a club in Waterbury, Connecticut (Southern New England League) in 1885. Jones was...
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    Mike McCormick (third baseman) (category Waterbury Rough Riders players)
    his baseball career in 1901 with the Connecticut State League Waterbury Rough Riders under Hall of Famer Roger Connor. After two years in Waterbury, McCormick...
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  • a record of 135–142, before moving to Waterbury, Connecticut. But professional baseball, and the Eastern League, would return to McCoy in 1970 when the...
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    Red Donahue (category Sportspeople from Waterbury, Connecticut)
    American Major League Baseball pitcher from Waterbury, Connecticut, who played for 13 seasons both in the National League and the American League from 1893...
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  • Torrington Braves (category Defunct baseball teams in Connecticut)
    lived minor league baseball team based in Torrington, Connecticut. In 1950, the Braves played as members of the Class B level 1950 Colonial League, which...
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