The small town of Oneonta, New York was, for over three decades, one of the first stops on the minor league ladder for the greenest of New York Yankees prospects. The O-Yanks played in the Class A New York-Penn League, playing 70-odd games each summer between June and September. Oneonta dominated the NY-Penn League from the late 1960’s until the end of the 1980’s, winning 11 championships in 23 seasons between 1968 and 1990.
New York-Penn League (1999-2009) Born: October 7, 1998 – Affiliation change from Oneonta Yankees Moved: January 27, 2010 (Connecticut Tigers) First Game: June 16, 1999 (W 4-3
The Oneonta Red Sox were a Class A farm club in the New York-Penn League for one season during the summer of 1966. A previous incarnation of the Oneonta Red Sox played in the Class C Can-Am League from 1946 to 1951. Following the 1966 season, Oneonta left the Red Sox organization to begin a 31-year affiliation with the rival New York Yankees.
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