Vandergrift Pioneers
The Vandergrift Pioneers were a Class C minor league baseball team in Westmoreland County, Western Pennsylvania. The Pioneers served as a farm club of the Philadelphia Phillies for three-and-a-half seasons from 1947 to 1950. The Pioneers were the champions of the Middle Atlantic League in their debut summer of 1947. The team disbanded due to financial difficulties midway through the 1950 season.