Glens Falls, New York hosted this Class AA Eastern League farm team of the Detroit Tigers for three summers during the late 1980’s. The Glens Falls Tigers sent more than two dozen players up to the Major Leagues, including future Hall of Famer pitcher John Smoltz.
New York-Penn League (1993) Born: 1992 – The Hamilton Redbirds relocate to Glens Falls, NY Moved: 1993 (New Jersey Cardinals) First Game: June 17, 1993
Eastern League (1980-1985) Born: March 1980 – Eastern League expansion franchise Affiliation Change: 1986 (Glens Falls Tigers) First Game: April 12, 1980 (L 3-1 @ Waterbury Reds)
The Adirondack Lumberjacks were an independent baseball team based out of Glens Falls, New York from 1995 until 2002. Glens Falls hosted Class AA minor league farm clubs of the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers from 1980 until 1988, plus a Class A St. Louis Cardinals farm team in 1993. But by the mid-1990’s the city’s East Field no longer met modern standards for affiliated Minor League Baseball. Glens Falls was a classic example of a community left behind by the minor league stadium boom of the 1990’s. Like many such communities, it turned to independent ball to fill the void.
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