Staten Island Yankees

New York-Penn League (1999-2019)

Tombstone

Born: 1999 – The Watertown Indians relocate to Staten Island, New York
Contracted by Major League Baseball: November 2020
Folded: December 3, 2020

First Game: June 16, 1999 (L 4-3 @ Oneonta Tigers)
Last Game: September 2, 2019 (L 4-1 @ Brooklyn Cyclones)

New York-Penn League Champions: 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2009 & 2011

Stadia

1999-2000: College of Staten Island Baseball Complex (4,555)¹

2001-2019: Richmond County Bank Ballpark

Ownership & Affiliation

Owners:

1999-2006: Stan Getzler, Josh Getzler & Hal Steinbrenner
2007-2011: New York Yankees & Mandalay Baseball Properties
2012-2020: Nostalgic Partners LLC (Glenn Reicin, Nick Tiller, et al.)

Major League Affiliation: New York Yankees

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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