New England League (1946-1948)
Tombstone
Born: 1946
Affiliation Change: 1949 – Affiliation change (Lynn Tigers)
First Game: May 8, 1946 (W 7-4 vs. Nashua Dodgers)
Last Game: September 17, 1948 (L 11-0 vs. Nashua Dodgers)
New England League Championships: None
Stadium
Fraser Field
Opened: 1940
Ownership & Affiliation
Owner:
Major League Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Attendance
We have compiled an incomplete record of Lynn Red Sox attendance. Team and league figures for the 1946 New England League season remain undiscovered.
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Source: The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.), Lloyd Johnson & Miles Wolff, 2007
Background
The Lynn Red Sox were a Class B farm club of the Boston Red Sox that played for three seasons in the New England League.
The Red Sox finished in first place in the New England League regular season for all three summers of their existence, but never managed to win the playoffs. Eleven Lynn players ultimately went on to see Major League service time. The most notable alumni included Chuck Stobbs, who won 107 games in the Majors, journeyman first baseman Dale Long, who played parts of 10 seasons in the big leagues, and infielder Fred Hatfield who played up for nine seasons.
Following the 1948 season, the Red Sox pulled out of Lynn and were replaced by the Detroit Tigers. The re-named Lynn Tigers operated for only half of a season before folding in July 1949.
Fraser Field is still used today for collegiate wooden bat league baseball. Parts of the old ballpark were condemned in the late 1990’s, but after an extensive renovation in 2003, the ballpark was used for independent professional baseball as recently as 2007.
In Memoriam
Infielder Fred Hatfield (Lynn ’48) died on May 22, 1998 at the age of 73.
Pitcher Chuck Stobbs (Lynn ’47) passed away on July 11th, 2008 following a battle with throat cancer. The 15-year Major League veteran was 79 years old. Sarasota Herald-Tribune obituary.
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