Pittsfield Hillies

Former minor league baseball team
Minor league baseball team
(2)1919
1921Team dataBallparkWahconah Park

The Pittsfield Hillies were an Eastern League (Class A) baseball team from 1919 to 1930. They were League Champions in 1919 and 1921.

Their home field was at Wahconah Park, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

1905

The Pittsfield Hillies was a professional minor league baseball team based in Pittsfield, Massachusetts which played in the Hudson River League. The Saugerties team from Saugerties, New York moved to Pittsfield on July 8, 1905 and resumed play as the Hillies. They finished with a 13-49 record and folded on July 25 of that year.[1]

Future Major League Hillies

  • Cliff Brady (1919–20)
  • Paddy Smith (1920)
  • Charlie Hargreaves (1921–1922)
  • Bob Barrett (1923)
  • Joe Batchelder (1923, 1926)
  • Si Rosenthal (1923)
  • Ed Taylor (1923)
  • Clay Van Alstyne (1923–1924)
  • Earl Webb (1923–1924)
  • Chick Autry (1924)
  • Hal Goldsmith (1924)
  • Mule Haas (1924)
  • Ike Kamp (1924)
  • Hunter Lane (1924)
  • Mose Solomon, the "Rabbi of Swat" (1924)
  • Art Mills (1924–1926)
  • Joe Benes (1925)
  • Bill Cronin (1926)
  • Paul Richards (1926)
  • Charlie Bates (1927)
  • Joe Cascarella (1927–1928)
  • Augie Walsh (1927)
  • Jack Burns (1928)
  • Ed Connolly (1928–1929)
  • George Loepp (1928)
  • John Shea (1928–1929)
  • Joe Cicero (1929)
  • Ed Durham (1929)
  • Frank Mulroney (1929)
  • Owen Kahn (1930)

Hillies with previous Major League experience

References

  1. ^ The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Second Edition
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  • Hillies rosters