1949 Poughkeepsie Chiefs baseball program from the Colonial League

Poughkeepsie Chiefs

Colonial League (1948-1950)

Tombstone

Born: 1948
Folded: July 15, 19501NO BYLINE. “Colonial Baseball League Quits Play”. The Journal (Poughkeepsie, NY). July 16, 1950

First Game: April 28, 1948 (W 8-2 vs. Bridgeport Bees)
Last Game: ?

Governor’s Cup Championships: None

Stadium

Ownership & Affiliation

Owner: Lou Baselice

Major League Affiliation: ?

 

Background

The Poughkeepsie Chiefs were a Class B minor league baseball team that played in the Colonial League from 1947 until the league’s demise in 1950. In 1947, the franchise was known as the Poughkeepsie Giants. The Colonial League included teams from New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

The 1948 Chiefs played for the Governor’s Cup championship, losing to the Port Chester Clippers 4 games to 1 in the championship series. In 1950, the Chiefs stood atop the Colonial League (43-26) when the financially ailing loop folded in mid-season on July 15th.

Pro baseball has never returned to the city of Poughkeepsie since the Chiefs went out of business in 1950. For the past two decades, the Hudson Valley region has been represented by the Hudson Valley Renegades of the New York-Penn League, who play in nearby Fishkill, New York.

 

Links

Colonial League Programs

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Comments

2 Responses

  1. I saw games played at the field in 1954-56, but I was 6-8 years old then. I also remember (I think) seeing Max Patkin there once, the Clown Prince of Baseball. he had a Cadillac Eldorado convertible, a white one. But please: who did I see play there during those years, semi-pro teams?

  2. 1950 Little World Series Poughkeepsie NY.between ItilianCenter,AmericanLegion.won by American Legion.Can the article of this be found.?I was on the American Legion team.

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