History of York Minor League Baseball
 | York White Roses and, briefly, the York Pirates
 | York was on of the original 6 cites of the Eastern
League AA (Teams
in Eastern League and New York - Penn League) which was formed in
1923. For the first fifteen years of its existence, the league was known as the New York-Pennsylvania
League (NY-PEN). York was in the in the Eastern League for 22
years. From 1923 to 1932 they were unaffiliated, 1933 [Brooklyn
Dodgers], 1936 [Washington Senators], [On July 2, 1936 York team moved to Trenton,
NJ and became the Trenton Senators]. 1958-1959 [with the St Louis], 1962
[Boston], 1963-1967 [Washington Senators], In 1968 and 1969 they were
the York Pirates [Pittsburgh] All-time attendance was 530,392* (*Records are incomplete.)
York won the league championship in 1925 and 1969. |
| The Harrisburg Senators franchise (which was affiliated with the
Pirates) moved to York in 1943 and became the White Roses in the Interstate
League. The team was affiliated with Pittsburgh from 1943 through
1950, independent in 1951, and with the St Louis Browns in 1952. |
|
| The games were played at Bob
Hoffman Stadium (pictures and commentary). (formerly Veterans Memorial
Stadium) |
| A ticket from 1940 game |
| In 1933, the York White Roses were a Class
A affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Hard Luck Haunts Dick Such's Pitching: In the long history of baseball, there have been few, if any, pitchers to match the hard luck of Dick Such of York in 1967. The Eastern League righthander compiled an excellent earned-run average of 2.81, but he lost 16 straight games and finished the season without a victory. In 11 of his defeats, Such allowed no more than two runs a game. However, he had poor support from his teammates. York had a club batting average of only .217. The White Roses were shut out 29 times and were the victims of four no-hitters.
source |
| Hall of Famer Brooks
Robinson played in York (1952). |
| Reference Sites
|
|
