Waterbury, Connecticut, minor league baseball explained

Waterbury Baseball
Firstseason:1884
Lastseason:1986
Allyears:1884–1888, 1891, 1894–1895, 1897–1902, 1906–1914, 1918–1928, 1947–1950, 1966–1971, 1973–1986
City:Waterbury, Connecticut
Past Class Level:
  • Class AA (1966–1986)
  • Class B (1947–1950)
  • Class A (1919–1928)
  • Class B (1906–1914, 1918)
  • Class D (1902)
  • Class F (1897–1901)
  • Class B (1894)
  • Class E (1891)
League:Eastern League (1966-1986)
Past League:
Pastmajorleague:
Pastnames:
  • Waterbury Indians (1985–1986)
  • Waterbury Angels (1984)
  • Waterbury Reds (1980–1983)
  • Waterbury A's (1979)
  • Waterbury Giants (1977–1978)
  • Waterbury Dodgers (1973–1976)
  • Waterbury Pirates (1970–1971)
  • Waterbury Indians (1968–1969)
  • Waterbury Giants (1966–1967)
  • Waterbury Timers (1947–1950)
  • Waterbury Brasscos (1920–1928)
  • Waterbury Nattatucks (1918–1919)
  • Waterbury Contenders (1913–1914)
  • Waterbury Spuds (1912)
  • Waterbury Champs (1911)
  • Waterbury Finnegans (1910)
  • Waterbury Invincibles (1909)
  • Waterbury Authors (1906–1908)
  • Waterbury Rough Riders (1899–1902)
  • Waterbury Pirates (1898)
  • Waterbury Indians (1897)
  • Waterbury Brassmen (1895)
  • Waterbury (1888, 1891, 1894)
  • Waterbury Brass City (1887)
  • Waterbury Brassmen (1886)
  • Waterbury (1884–1885)
Pastparks:Municipal Stadium
Leaguechamps:3 (1924, 1925, 1970)

Several different Minor League Baseball teams have been located in the city of Waterbury, Connecticut since 1884.

Teams

Connecticut State League teams

The earliest Waterbury teams played in the Connecticut State League between 1884 and 1912. These teams went by several different nicknames during this period, including the Brassmen, Brass City, Indians, Pirates, Rough Riders, Authors, Invisibles, Finnegans, Champs and Spuds.

Waterbury Brasscos

The Waterbury Brasscos (also called the Nattatucks) played in the Eastern League from 1918 to 1928. They won two league titles in 1924 and 1925.

Waterbury Timers

The Waterbury Timers played in the Colonial League between 1947 and 1950.

Eastern League MLB affiliate

Waterbury became home to professional baseball again in 1966 when the Waterbury Giants, an affiliate of Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants came to town. From 1966-1986 (with the exception of 1972), the Waterbury team played in the Eastern League as an affiliate of the Giants, Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers, Oakland Athletics, Cincinnati Reds and California Angels. The team name changed every time the affiliation agreement changed hands. Waterbury did not have an Eastern League team at the start of the 1972 season. However, midway through the season, flooding in Elmira, New York made the home ballpark of the Elmira Pioneers unusable, forcing them to play their "home games" in the second half of the 1972 season in Waterbury.

Waterbury Spirit

The Independent Northeast League chose to place a team in Waterbury in 1997 as the Waterbury Spirit, but they folded after the 2000 season, only to be resurrected in 2003 under a new owner, relocating to Lynn, Massachusetts and becoming the North Shore Spirit.

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