Tag: Waterbury CT

Waterbury Indians Eastern League Baseball

Waterbury Indians (1968-1969)

Eastern League (1968-1969) Born: November 15, 1967 – The Pawtucket Indians relocate to Waterbury, CT Affiliation Change: 1970 (Waterbury Pirates) First Game: April 20, 1968

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Waterbury Pirates

Eastern League (1970-1971) Born: 1970 – Affiliation change from Waterbury Indians Moved: November 3, 1971 (Sherbrooke Pirates) First Game: April 25, 1970 (W 3-1 @

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Watebury Indians Eastern League

Waterbury Indians (1985-1986)

Eastern League (1985-1986) Born: 1984 – Affiliation change from Waterbury Angels Moved: March 1987 (Williamsport Bills) First Game: April 12, 1985 (L 4-1 vs. Reading

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1950 Waterbury Timers Baseball Program from the Colonial League

Waterbury Timers

The Waterbury Timers were a minor league baseball club that played for three seasons and part of a fourth in the small Western Connecticut city from 1947 to 1950.  The Timers were founding members of the Colonial League, a Class B loop that included teams from Connecticut, New Jersey and New York. The team’s most notable player was 1949 player-manager Bert Shepard, a one-legged WWII veteran and former POW who became the first amputee to play in a Major League Baseball game with the Washington Senators in August 1945. The Timers and the rest of the Colonial League disbanded midseason in July 1950.

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