Nashua Pirates

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Nashua Pirates
Minor league affiliations
Previous classes Double-A
Previous leagues
Eastern League
Major league affiliations
Previous teams
Team data
Previous names
Mascot The Nashua Chicken (1983-1986)
Previous parks
Holman Stadium
Owner(s)/
Operator(s)
Jerome Mileur, Ben Surner & George Como

The Nashua Pirates were a minor league baseball team, based in Nashua, New Hampshire. The team started in 1983 as the Nashua Angels, an affiliate with the California Angels in the Eastern League. The club changed affiliations in 1984 to the Pittsburgh Pirates and were then renamed the Nashua Pirates. The team's home ballpark was Holman Stadium. [1] [2]

During the mid-1980s, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania initiated a plan to construct a ballpark for a new Minor League Baseball team in the city. This ballpark, named Riverside Stadium, attracted the Pirates, which moved the Nashua affiliate to Harrisburg. The team was renamed the Harrisburg Senators, a nod to the previous Senators franchise. [3]

Season-by-season

YearRecordFinishManagerPlayoffs
198360-806th Winston Llenas
198458-827th Billy Scripture
198566-736th Johnny Lipon
198662-788thDennis Rogers

Notes

  1. "5th Minor League Team at the Plate. Competing Atlantic League Teams. Upstart Atlantic League Teams Looking for Fan Base, Home Ballparks". New Hampshire Union Leader. May 16, 1998. pp. a9.
  2. "Nashua Targeted By Class A League". New Hampshire Union Leader. February 1, 1995. pp. Sports.
  3. Weiss, Bill; Wright, Marshall. "A History of the Harrisburg Senators". MiLB . Retrieved March 24, 2016.