Category: Interstate League

Sunbury Athletics Interstate League Baseball

Sunbury Athletics

December 31, 2021

The 1950 Sunbury Athletics were a Class B farm club of the American League’s Philadelphia Athletics. This Pennsylvania-based club competed in the Interstate League, which was composed of eight clubs that summer, representing the mid-Atlantic states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Sunbury spent only one last-place season as an A’s affiliate. The franchise became the Sunbury Giants in 1951 after the New York Giants took over as parent club.

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Hagerstown Braves Baseball

Hagerstown Braves

May 27, 2019

The Hagerstown Braves were a powerhouse Class B farm club of the Boston/Milwaukee Braves during the early 1950’s. The Maryland-based club posted four straight winning seasons, won two Inter-State League pennants and one playoff championship. The Washington Senators replaced Milwaukee as the team’s parent club for the 1954 season and the team changed its name to the Hagerstown Packets.

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