Allentown Red Sox
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Allentown Red Sox
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The Allentown Red Sox (A-Sox) was a minor league baseball team affiliated with the Boston Red Sox. The team played in the Class A Eastern League and was based in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
In 1957, the Red Sox purchased the former Detroit Tigers Eastern League team, the Syracuse Chiefs, and moved the club to Allentown mid-season, being operated as an unaffiliated team for the balance of the season. The Red Sox ended their affiliation with their Eastern League team in Albany, New York after the season and reassigned it to Allentown for the 1958 season.
Owned by Joe Buzas, the team played for three seasons at Max Hess Stadium (formerly Breadon Field), owned by Max Hess, Jr., owner of the Allentown Hess Brothers department store.
On September 3, 1960, the Red Sox kept its Eastern League playoff hopes alive with a 7-6, 3-2 sweep of Williamsport at Hess Stadium, the second of four straight doubleheaders the A-Sox played to close out the season. Two days later, Allentown's playoff bid ended in a 5-4, 11-inning defeat at Springfield in the first game of a Labor Day doubleheader. The holiday crowd of 1,297 at Hess Stadium witnessed the last professional baseball game in Allentown for 37 years.[1]
After the 1960 season, the team was relocated due to a lack of attendance (average of 650 fans per game in 1960)[2], the team moved to Johnstown, Pennsylvania on December 5, 1960, for the 1961 season and became the Johnstown Red Sox. Today, the Red Sox AA affiliate, Portland (Maine) Sea Dogs, is the latest descendant of the team.
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Seasons
- 1958 Season
- Won: 51 Lost: 83 Pct: .381 4th Place Eastern Division, 24 GB
- Manager: Eddie Popowski
| Pos | Player | Avg | Pos | Player | W-L | ERA |
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| 1B | Matthew Daskalakis | .273 | SP | Albert Antinelli | 7-10 | 4.04 |
| 2B | Douglas Hubacek | .305 | SP | Walt Payne | 8-9 | 4.11 |
| SS | Al Moran | .206 | SP | John Issac | 10-9 | 4.01 |
| 3B | Ed Lavene | .249 | SP | Leverette Spencer | 4-8 | 3.33 |
| C | Don Gile | .274 | SP | Ronald Jirsa | 2-12 | 4.02 |
| OF | Jerry Mallett | .233 | SP | Edwin Binder | 3-5 | 3.14 |
| OF | Jim Tolleson | .226 | RP | Larry Kendig | 4-4 | 3.73 |
| OF | John Siegert | .245 | RP | Jack Thomas | 3-4 | 6.29 |
- 1959 Season
- Won: 82 Lost: 59 Pct: .582 2d Place, 3 GB
- Manager: Sheriff Robinson
- Attendance: 84,000
| Pos | Player | Avg | Pos | Player | W-L | ERA |
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| 1B | Daniel Lynk | .299 | SP | Albert Antinelli | 17-9 | 3.83 |
| 2B | Marlan Coughtry | .296 | SP | Ronald Cote | 14-12 | 3.89 |
| SS | Andrew Madalone | .276 | SP | Hal Kolstad | 12-13 | 3.64 |
| 3B | Matthew Sczesny | .266 | SP | William Thom | 5-3 | 4.11 |
| C | Bob Tillman | .272 | SP | Tracy Stallard | 9-4 | 1.68 |
| OF | Jerry Mallett | .278 | RP | Jay Richie | 9-5 | 1.90 |
| OF | Richard McCarthy | .281 | RP | Ralph Birkofer | 6-1 | 3.60 |
| OF | Ezell King | .242 | RP | Arnold Early | 2-5 | 2.86 |
- 1960 Season
- Won: 67 Lost: 72 Pct: .482 5th Place, 9 GB
- Manager: Sheriff Robinson
- Attendance: 51,654
| Pos | Player | Avg | Pos | Player | W-L | ERA |
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| 1B | Joseph Pedrazzini | .285 | SP | Bob Heffner | 16-9 | 3.23 |
| 2B | Marlan Coughtry | .308 | SP | William Thom | 14-7 | 4.47 |
| SS | John Jenson | .275 | SP | Ben Tench | 3-9 | 4.95 |
| 3B | Ted Schreiber | .257 | SP | Guido Grilli | 9-5 | 3.31 |
| C | Robert Hoffer | .225 | SP | Stan Willis | 2-9 | 6.04 |
| OF | Robert Fidler | .268 | SP | Tracy Stallard | 4-5 | 4.82 |
| OF | Richard McCarthy | .295 | RP | George Moton | 8-7 | 3.13 |
| OF | Paul Jernigan | .245 | RP | Ronald Cote | 8-7 | 4.73 |
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See also
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References
- Minor league park was a major hit, Allentown Morning Call, March 30, 2008
- baseball-reference.com (All team and player statistics and teams)
- Red Sox Double-A Affiliate History (Eastern League became AA in 1963)
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