Geneva Cubs Baseball

Geneva Cubs

New York-Penn League (1977-1993)

Tombstone

Born: 1977
Moved: November 18, 1993 (Williamsport Cubs)1ASSOCIATED PRESS. “Williamsport gets minor league team”. The Republican (Pottsville, PA), November 20, 1993

First Game: June 21, 1977 (W 8-3 vs. Auburn Phillies)
Last Game: September 5, 1993 (W 7-3 @ Elmira Pioneers)

New York-Penn League Champions: 1978, 1987 & 1992

Stadium

McDonough Park (3,000)21980 Geneva Cubs Program

Dimensions (1980): Left: 325′, Center: 370′, Right: 300′

Ownership & Affiliation

Owners:

Major League Affiliation: Chicago Cubs

Attendance

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Sources:

  • The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (1st ed.), Lloyd Johnson & Miles Wolff, 1993 (1977-1992 figures)
  • Baseball America’s 1994 Almanac (1993 figures)

 

Background

The Geneva Cubs were the short-season Class A farm club of the Chicago Cubs for nearly two decades. The small city of approximately 13,000 is part of the Finger Lakes region of New York.

Despite Geneva’s long run with the Cubs, remarkably few impact Major League players ever came through McDonough Park. The Cubs’ top prospects of the era, Mark Grace and Rafael Palmeiro, both bypassed Geneva. The best known Major Leaguers to come out of Geneva during the Cubs years were:

  • Billy Hatcher (Geneva ’81),
  • Jamie Moyer (Geneva ’84)
  • Brendan Donnelly (Geneva ’93).

Local owner Paul Velte moved the team to Williamsport, Pennsylvania after the 1993 season.

1993 Geneva Cubs baseball program from the New York-Penn League

 

Geneva Cubs Shop

 

 

Links

Our Towns; A 4-30 Manager Learns to Play Utility Infielder“, Michael Winerip, The New York Times, July 22, 1988

New York-Penn League Media Guides

New York-Penn League Programs

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