New York-Penn League History

New York-Penn League (1957-2019)

Tombstone

Formed: 1957 – Re-Branded from the PONY League
Dissolved by Major League Baseball: 2020

First Game:
Last Game: September 10, 2019

Seasons: 63
States & Provinces: 10
(CT, MA, MD, NJ, NY, OH, Ontario, PA, VT, WV)

Leadership

Trophy Case

Editor's Pick

Clubbie: A Minor League
Baseball Memoir

By Greg Larson
Greg Larson’s superb memoir of his 2012-2013 tour of duty as clubhouse attendant for the New York-Penn League’s Aberdeen Ironbirds was one of Fun While It Lasted‘s favorite sports books of 2021.
 
As the new clubhouse attendant for the Aberdeen IronBirds, a Minor League affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, Larson assumed he’d entered a familiar world. He thought wrong.
 
He quickly discovered the bizarre rituals of life in the Minors: fights between players, teammates quitting in the middle of the games, doomed relationships, and a negligent parent organization. Larson fell deep into his madcap venture as the scheming clubbie. He moved into the clubhouse equipment closet, his headquarters to swing deals involving memorabilia, booze, and loads of cash. By his second season, Larson had transformed into a deceptive, dip-spitting veteran, now fully part of a system that exploited players he considered friends.
 

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Background

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New York-Penn League Franchise List

Franchise Years Active NY-Penn League Champions
Auburn Americans 1980 None
Auburn Astros 1982-1995 None
Auburn Doubledays 1996-2019 1998 (Co-Champions)-2007
Auburn Mets 1962-1966 1962-1964-1966
Auburn Phillies 1972-1977 1973
Auburn Red Stars 1979 None
Auburn Sunsets 1978 None
Auburn Twins 1967-1971 1967-1970
Auburn Yankees 1958-1961 None
Batavia Clippers 1988-1997 None
Batavia Muckdogs 1998-2019 2008
Batavia Pirates 1961-1965 1963
Batavia Trojans 1966-1987 None
Brooklyn Cyclones 2001-2019 2001-2019
Connecticut Tigers 2010-2019 None
Elmira Suns 1982-1983 None
Erie Cardinals 1981-1987 None
Erie Orioles 1988-1989 None
Erie Sailors 1990-1993 None
Geneva Cubs 1977-1993 1978-1987-1992
Geneva Twins 1973 None
Glens Falls Redbirds 1993 None
Hamilton Redbirds 1988-1992 None
Hudson Valley Renegades 1994-2019 1999-2012-2017
Jamestown Expos 1973 None
Jamestown Expos 1977-1993 1989 & 1991
Little Falls Mets 1977-1988 1984
Lowell Spinners 1996-2019 None
Mahoning Valley Scrappers 1999-2019 2004
New Jersey Cardinals 1994-2005 1994
Newark Co-Pilots 1968-1979 1975
Newark Orioles 1983-1987 None
Niagara Falls Pirates 1970-1979 1972
Niagara Falls Rapids 1989-1993 1993
Niagara Falls White Sox 1982-1985 1982
Norwich Sea Unicorns Never Took The Field (2020) None
Oneonta Red Sox 1966 None
Oneonta Tigers 1999-2009 None
Oneonta Yankees 1967-1998 1968-1969-1971-1974-1977-1979-1980-1981-1985-1988-1990-1998
Pittsfield Astros 2001 None
Pittsfield Mets 1989-2000 1997
Queens Kings 2000 None
St. Catharines Blue Jays 1986-1994 1986
St. Catharines Stompers 1995-1999 None
State College Spikes 2006-2019 2014-2016
Staten Island Yankees 1999-2019 2000-2002-2005-2006-2009-2011
Tri-City ValleyCats 2001-2019 2010-2013-2018
Utica Blue Jays 1977-1980 None
Utica Blue Sox 1981-2001 1983
Vermont Expos 1994-2005 1996
Watertown Indians 1989-1998 1995
Watertown Pirates 1983-1988 None
Welland Pirates 1989-1994 None
West Virginia Black Bears 2015-2019 2015
Williamsport Astros 1968-1970 None
Williamsport Crosscutters 1999-2019 2001 (Co-Champions)-2003
Williamsport Cubs 1994-1998 None
Williamsport Red Sox 1971-1972 None

 

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